Food allergies often mean that individuals and their families stay far, far away from restaurant food. Eating out becomes a forbidden activity. This can be particularly true for people with allergies to common ingredients, such as milk, eggs or gluten. Given the prevalence of these ingredients, and the number of ...

Is your child's school nut-free? Are you scrambling for an alternative to peanut butter? If so, you aren’t the only one. As kids return to our educational institutions, parents and children alike often need to find a way to eat safely, whether they are allergic themselves or are supporting classmates ...

Labeling of processed foods is one of the most confusing aspects of managing a new food allergy. How do you evaluate the sentence, "Produced in a facility which also processes milk, gluten and tree nuts"? Or the ever-illuminating, "May contain peanuts and soy"? Another favorite of mine is the following: ...

In just the past few weeks, I've read about more food recalls than I'd care to remember. The first bad news for consumers was the Canadian outbreak of listeriosis. This outbreak has involved multiple food products from Ontario processed meats to Quebec cheeses. Several deaths have occurred across the country. ...

This month I'm taking part in a writing project, hosted by my friend Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings. If you've never stopped by his blog, it's a chatty, friendly kind of place where you can put up your feet and sip a cuppa, while enjoying his writing and ...