Kelsey Cole has celiac disease. If she inadvertently ingests gluten from any source, within an hour she experiences debilitating stomach pain, breaks out in a rash, vomits, and then suffers from insomnia for several days. It can take up to six months to fully recover, she says, as her body fights the gluten that it interprets as a foreign object and continues to attack.

Which is why she and the estimated 3 million others with the condition in this country have to be just as vigilant about what they eat as those suffering from peanut, shellfish or other life-threatening food allergies. And while Denver is host to plenty of gluten-free restaurants and stores , it’s also why on the second Saturday of the month, from June through October, you can find her at a parking lot at Elati Street an

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