Product Description As part of the Let's Eat Out! series, the American Steak & Seafood and Mexican Cuisine Passport is a pocket-size guide that can be carried around in your purse, suit jacket pocket, briefcase or backpack - anywhere from around the corner to around the world. The passport allows you to scan a menu, quickly spot the safest choices and ask the right questions to avoid 10 common allergens found in food preparation. Its sample cuisine menus provide the name of each dish in its native language as well as its English equivalent. This information can help you navigate a menu and make informed choices based upon your special dietary needs.
Customer Reviews: Perfect for those with food allergies / specialized diets!June 29, 2007 The Love of Food(Chicago, IL) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the size of a passport and very organized and well written. The American Steak & Seafood and Mexican Cuisine Passport is perfect for making choices while traveling, or while dining at your favorite local restaurant.
This guide is extremely to use. It provides sample menus that you'd see at typical Steak & Seafood and Mexican restaurants. Then you are provided with descriptions of each dish and how it is prepared and the ingredients used. From there you are provided with specific considerations as to how the preparation or ingredient list may affect you if you have gluten or food allergy issues.
WoHoo!November 18, 2009 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can successfully eat out at restaurants with family and friends again. I love how small this book is because now I feel comfortable at many restaurants and my food allergies are no longer holding me back! Thank you!
WorthlessNovember 27, 2007 Scott T. Spence(Kennewick, WA U.S.A.) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book from the point of view of someone who cannot tolerate wheat gluten in my food. Unfortunately, I found this book to be completely worthless. As you can imagine, steak, potatoes and vegetables simply don't contain wheat gluten. If you are ordering onion rings, the batter may or may not contain wheat gluten so the book suggests asking the waiter. Few employees have read the ingredient list on the bag of batter or any other pre mixed ingredients.
The book recommends asking the waiter about potential gluten content for almost any food served in the restaurant. I prefer not to depend on a waiter who has 8 other tables to wait on, 3 dinners waiting to be delivered to 2 tables, who may not get along well with the cook and who may have had a fight with his wife before coming on duty - all of which affect his mood and judgment.
While the book contains typical ingredients contained in the Mexican recipes listed, Mexican food recipes differ from cook to cook - often even in the same restaurant. Again, the authors recommend asking the waiter if the foods contain certain ingredients.
Common sense is a far better guide than anything offered in this book.
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