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Allergic Girl: Adventures In Living Well With Food Allergies

32 Comments 07 February 2011

My favorite poster girl for food allergies, Sloane Miller, has a book coming out soon! I'm so happy for her! I haven't been able to get my hands on a review copy...yet, but knowing how polished Sloane is I'm sure it has a lot of good tips on how to deal, if you or someone [...]

Food Allergies, NEW YORK

Council Passes Lappin Bill To Protect Food Allergic New Yorkers

6 Comments 27 February 2009

I just received this most excellent news:For the average New Yorker a simple mistake by a waiter or cook is an inconvenience. If you order decaf and the waiter brings you regular, it might keep you up all night. However, for the 300,000 New Yorkers who suffer from food allergies, a similar mistake could be [...]

Corn Allergy, Food Allergies, Hospital Info

I'm Alive! Gluten-Free Hospital Food & Allergy Info Update

3 Comments 10 February 2009

Thank you all for the good vibes you've sent my way over the last few days. I've been thinking about what an interesting place cyberspace is, and how I have friends that I've never even met in person. Amazing! I'm happy to report that everything went well with my surgery, and after a weekend of [...]

Corn Allergy, Food Allergies, Hospital Info

Gluten-Free Hospital Food & Info

11 Comments 04 February 2009

I'm a little nervous. I'm having surgery tomorrow. Don't worry- due to the miracles of modern medicine I won't have to spend the night, but I'll still have to have full anesthesia. I'll spare you the details because, trust me, you don't want the details. Besides, guessing will be more fun! Labotomy? J-Lo implants? Fripple [...]

Food Allergies

Corn Allergy News

32 Comments 27 September 2008

Epicurious recently had an interesting article* about corn allergies on their new Epi-log blog. As many of you know, I am allergic to corn and dairy. I always thought this allergy was uncommon, but this article points out that in the United States there are an estimated 10,000,000 people with a corn allergy! Whoa! Does [...]