These are some of the books we think every celiac should own. Check back soon - we're always on the prowl for new authors and topics.

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	The Gluten-free Gourmet, Second Edition: Living Well Without Wheat by Bette Hagman Bette Hagman is the doyenne of gluten-free cooking. If we were on a deserted island (that happened to have a six burner, gas stove) and we could only have one gluten-free cookbook with us, this would be it. It contains chapters on what foods to avoid, alternative flours, raising a celiac kid, traveling and eating out, and time-and money-saving tips for the celiac. And then there are the recipes: breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, pizza, pasta, soups, and a ton of other GF goodies.
	The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread: More than 200 Wheat-Free Recipes by Bette Hagman Bread, bread, bread, bread, bread. This book is celiac porn. It includes chapters on yeast breads, sweet yeast bread, yeast-free loaf bread, rolls and buns, specialty breads, muffins, breakfast breads and crackers. Our favorite part about it, though, is that chapter where she goes super in depth about all alternative flours and gives you lots of gluten-free flour mix recipes for different purposes. If you are at all interested in GF baking, this is the holy grail of books.
	The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods: Creating Old Favorites with the New Flours by Bette Hagman Not exactly health food—what with recipes for meat loaf and macaroni salad with ham and peas—but every once in a while a celiac needs to indulge in the comfort foods that the wheated world takes for granted. So take solace in your gluten-free biscuits. We won’t tell.
	The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy: Wheat-Free and Gluten-Free with Less Fuss and Less Fat by Bette Hagman Have we mentioned that we love Bette Hagman? And she’s not even paying us to say that. Her recipes in this book include tags for low fat, low sugar, and low cholesterol. Don’t get us wrong, the book is not full of tofu pops and sprout sandwiches, but it does offer some healthier suggestions. And, as usual, the book includes a wealth of information, Hagman style, on GF baking and cooking.
	Kids with Celiac Disease : A Family Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Children by Danna Korn The quintessential book for parents of children or teenagers with celiac disease. It deals with the emotions surrounding the diagnosis and provides educational information on celiac disease and practical information on dealing with friends and family, grocery shopping, junk food, and snack time. It makes a good gift for relatives that might need a little help understanding your little one’s condition.
	The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide by Melissa London, Eric Glickman This is a book is for kids in the third through fifth grade age range. It’s about how a little girl named Paris navigates through life with celiac disease, and is illustrated with black and white drawings. Good for helping slightly older kids deal with their diagnosis and helping them understand that life is not over.
	Eating Gluten-Free With Emily: A Story For Children With Celiac Disease by Bonnie J. Kruszka, Richard S. Cihlar A colorfully illustrated children’s book for younger kids (preschool-first grade) that will help them understand their diagnosis and deal with all of the emotions they’re bound to feel.
	Healing With Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition by Paul Pitchford This book has become very popular in the alternative community because of its incredible breadth of information. A great reference book—something you will keep going back to for years—it integrates Western nutrition with the philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). There are chapters on proteins, sweeteners, oils and fats, vitamins and minerals, and also chapters on such things as food combining, how to strengthen the immune system through food, and specific diets for healing.
<	Diet and Nutrition: A Holistic Approach by Rudolph Ballentine Between the south beach diet, the zone diet, the atkins diet and all the other diets out there, it’s hard to know what the healthiest way to eat is. This book, written by an MD with serious alternative leanings, gives you information on how to develop a balanced diet and explains the fundamental concepts of digestion, elimination, and the connection between diet and the mind. There are chapters on carbs, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins as well as on fasting, cooking, Ayurvedic nutrition, and the value of eating organic. It is a testament to this book that it was written in the 70’s and is still the best, most inclusive, understandable book on nutrition and food we have ever come across. A must read not only for every celiac, but for every person.
	Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens This book, written by an M.D., is extremely dense and slightly more esoteric than most other nutrition books. It looks at food through a spiritual lens and may cause you to think about your diet in a completely different way. To give you a better idea, here are some things talked about in the first chapter: how to individualize your diet, mental relationship with food, eating to enhance your communion with the Divine, general goals around which to organize a diet, distinguishing between healthy intuition and unconscious habitual eating patterns, etc. This book just might permanently alter your perspective on food, health, and eating, but it must be read in small doses (read, digest, repeat).
	Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad Ayurvedic cooking is naturally wheat- and gluten-free, so this cookbook is full of yummy Indian/Ayurvedic recipes that are perfect for celiacs. Written by Dr. Vasant Lad, one of the foremost experts on Ayurveda, and his wife, the book also gives a really nice introduction to Ayurveda, Ayurvedic cooking, and how to correct improper eating habits.
	Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners by Amadea Morningstar Review: Another Ayurvedic cookbook, but this one is written by a Westerner, Amadea Morningstar, an Ayurvedic nutritionist, author, and educator, and a friend of gfplanet. In fact, years ago, in the far away land of New Mexico, the founder of this website consulted with Amadea about a diet that would help her heal following her diagnosis of celiac disease. In her book, Amadea offers a gentle perspective on Ayurvedic cuisine in particular and on food in general.