We always go berry picking at Berry Creek out in the Chouteau/Locust Grove area each June. Love them. I love the Summerside Vineyard and Winery in Vinita - their Raspberry and Blackberry wines are so yummy! We really like Smokinfoods.com barbecue spice rub (a few guys from Tulsa who are into Barbecue competitions make and sell this.) For non-food items, my neighbor is the owner of Spiffy Spoonz (www.spiffyspoonz.com) and I *love* her products. They make terrific gifts items. That's all I can think of right now... ~Laura

Well... this bathroom reno HAS taken a long time, we just installed the faucet last week... and it is no longer carried by HD- but I don't think it's more than a year old... So, I'm gathering that Pegasus is just a name that HD attaches to products that they outsource? Like Heat pumps and furnaces that I found out (just bought one this spring) can be made by the same manufacturer and depending on the day of the week- they will have different labels attached?

If your daughter was just diagnosed with Celiac, I would highly recommend that you and others in your family be tested. Also, that her own family be tested as well but she has probably already been given that advice by her doctor. This is a genetic problem and is very common within families once one member is tested positive. My brother has recently been diagnosed as Celiac. My mother who is now deceased had Celiac. I never thought I had it because I don't have the common gastro-intestinal problems. But it turns out that over 50% of Celiacs don't have these symptoms. I do have peripheral neuropathy in my feet, i.e. lots of foot pain and just recently learned that this can be caused by Celiac disease. So I had a blood test last Monday. Hope to know more soon but the more I read about Celiac, the more I'm fairly certain that if I don't have the disease, as a minimum, I am gluten intolerant so I'm trying to eat that way. Rather difficult. As far as how to cook for them, the best way is to avoid processed foods. Cooking from scratch is best. All veggies, meats, cheese, and dairy (if they haven't also been tested as sensitive to dairy) give you a wide variety to cook from. Unfortunately, sugar is okay which is what I've been eating way too much of since I started on this gluten-free diet. I need to work on that. I also have used the Arrowhead Baking mix with success in cooking "impossible pies". I have not had good success with non-gluten pasta yet, still trying to find something that tastes decent. I recently tried lasagna and it was pretty awful. I recently downloaded the gluten-free info from the Whole Foods website to find out what was gluten-free in their store. Seems like their own brand of "365" is mostly gluten free where possible. (Bread doesn't count). We have a Whole Foods store near us which I will be frequenting a lot more often. Good luck. --Alice

they are not required to list where the food is made if it contains more than one ingredient. most likely, at least one of the ingredients is from china. I find it annoying also. -rj