Welcome to Maine Stay Inn, a Kennebunkport Bed and Breakfast Inn and Cottages.

This weekend marks the second annual Gluten-Free Weekend at the Maine Stay Inn.  As a gluten-free eater, I look forward to this weekend all year – it means a special reason to make everything safely edible for me (and for other GF guests, of course!).  This year’s menu included cookies and brownies, muffins and breads, and my favorite blackberry-peach crisp, all safe for Celiacs.  But gluten-eaters never knew the difference!  When breakfast plates come back as clean as they did this morning, it is the best compliment a girl could ask for… until today. One gluten-free guest brought me her empty plate to show me how much she enjoyed her meal and said, “It was wonderful, but the best part was not feeling like an oddball.”  Her smile said it all.  Although we always provide for gluten-free diets (given appropriate notice, of course), the plate often comes separate from others at the table (to ensure there is no contamination) and may look different (perhaps a muffin instead of a bread or a color-coded ramekin), there is something to be said for being able to be and eat entirely “normally.”  This wonderful guest acknowledged in a single sentence why we hold a gluten-free bed and breakfast weekend – so gluten intolerant individuals can enjoy every aspect of a bed and breakfast experience.  Though the weekend’s not over, I am already looking forward to our 2011 Gluten Free weekend at our Kennebunkport bed and breakfast!

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