Celiac Awareness Month   Tomorrow kicks off a month that is very
personally important to me. It’s May, yes, which means nice
weather, blooming flowers, the start of summer barbecues,
evening beach walks, and Greatist’s move to NYC.  But it’s also
Celiac Awareness Month. As someone who was relatively unaware of
this disease— I had heard of it once or twice in a few nutrition
and culinary classes— my diagnosis last March came as quite a
shock. Actually, more like an 18-wheeler careening down the
highway at 90 miles an hour and slamming into a brick wall. The
only cure for Celiacs is a completely gluten-free diet,which
means cutting out all gluten, the protein found in wheat, rye,
and barley. Basically, Celiac sufferers can kiss any
conventional breads and baked goods goodbye— forever. Even a
speck invisible to the naked eye can make us sick. I thought my
life was over, that surely I could not last my last year in
college without drinking beer (which, because of it’s raw
materials of barley or wheat, sadly, is b