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*        CAROL FENSTER, PH.d. to be inducted into the Colorado Author's Hall
of Fame on September 18, 2021.

            Denver, CO, July 27, 2021 - Author Carol Fenster, a pioneer in
celiac awareness and gluten free cooking, is being inducted into the
Colorado Author's Hall of Fame on September 18, 2021.

            Back in 1988, after years of bad sinus problems, Fenster was
told by her doctor to stop eating wheat. She reveals, "I realized everything
that I ate had gluten, including my staples of pasta and bread. Back then,
the notion that food could make you sick was not very well accepted. I was
raised on a wheat farm. For me, wheat was an essential thing and a good
thing. I felt that there was something wrong. How could I avoid a food that
was an important part of my life? I was expecting a call from the doctor
saying that he made a mistake. Of course, that call didn't come."

            Fenster always enjoyed cooking, and as she had to completely
change her diet to live, she began making recipes.  "I realized there might
be more people that need this information. And indeed, there were." Back in
the 1980's and 90's, gluten intolerance wasn't widely talked about or
diagnosed.  The outcome: her first book, Wheat-Free Recipes and Menus was
publishing in 1995.

            "I thought it would help a few people. Back then we had no idea
what the gluten free market really was. Our biggest dreams were achieved
when we realized how many people needed to eat gluten free. I now work with
doctors and nurses and celiac centers around the world. We all work toward
greater recognition of how many people need this diet."

            Today, access to gluten free products in stores is easy to find,
but that wasn't always the case. It's because of advocates like Carol
Fenster that awareness of celiac disease, and gluten intolerance was brought
to the public eye. "Now we can go into a restaurant and order a gluten free
dish and be pretty confident that it will come out gluten free. 30 something
years ago, that was almost impossible."

            Her efforts to bring gluten-free cooking information to the
millions who need it led to her induction into the invitation-only Les Dames
d' Escoffier International. She taught gluten-free cooking classes at the
famed Rancho La Puerta Spa and Resort in Mexico. She developed gluten-free
products for industry leader Bob's Red Mill, trained Disney parks and
resorts chefs, and appears on PBS, the Health Network as well as many radio,
newspaper, and websites.

            "I feel very honored to be among this highly select group of
people," Fenster said when finding out she was inducted to the Hall of Fame.
"It's an affirmation for all of the work I've put in for gluten free
people."

 

[Carol has come to Houston a couple of times to talk with our members.  Do
you remember her?  I love her cookbooks.  You will  too!  Jyr]

            

About Colorado Authors' Hall of FameR

Authors' Hall of FameR strives to educate the people of Colorado and the
country about the stories of the authors who shaped their works using their
personal presence and the environment of our State with courage, leadership,
intelligence, compassion, and creativity. Inductees are authors who've made
a major impact on others with their words. The Authors' Hall of FameR
recognition endeavors to ensure their legacies never die.

 

CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL!!!!

Janet Rinehart, TX


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