Archive for May, 2010

Freedom to Dine and AllergyEats have come to an agreement whereby Freedom to Dine’s restaurant reviews are now being listed on AllergyEats.
For those who might be unfamiliar with Freedom to Dine (www.freedomtodine.com), it is a website devoted to “Restaurant reviews and experiences for those living gluten and allergen free.”  Since launching in March 2009, Freedom [...]

Good news from AllergyEats!  We have added over 57,000 new restaurant listings to the AllergyEats database.  Total listings are well over 600,000 now.
Many of you have sent messages during these first three short months asking why you couldn’t find certain restaurants you wanted to rate.  That should be much less of a problem now.  Please consider going back to [...]

You may already know my story from entries on the AllergyEats Blog (though this video highlights more about the beginnings and basics of AllergyEats), but how about Dr. Lynda Schneider’s?
Dr. Schneider is a leading allergist worldwide.  She is Director of the Allergy Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, and is Board certified in Allergy/Immunology, Pediatrics, and [...]

I came across a nice article from examiner.com (which, as an aside, I’ve found to have many positive articles about food allergies) entitled, “Management that makes a positive difference – starfish award.” Now, I confess that I have no idea what the “starfish award” is, but I found the content of the article inspiring [...]

What a nice way to start last week’s Food Allergy Awareness Week!
Generally, I use the AllergyEats Blog solely to talk about food allergy and intolerance issues related to restaurants. However, the issue I bring up today is relevant in that it calls into question the prevalence of food allergies, which can have a direct [...]

Nation’s Restaurant News magazine had a very quick survey in one of their daily emails last week that I thought was interesting and worth sharing here.
The question they asked restaurants was “How do you accommodate food-allergic guests?”
Here are the 4 answers:
71% We expect diners to let us know when they have food allergies
13% Servers ask individual [...]

(This AllergyEats Blog entry has been guest written by Ken Allen, a food allergic who also provides public relations services to AllergyEats.)
Questions continue to swirl around McDonald’s French fries and whether they are safe for people with gluten intolerance. Amy Ratner, associate editor of Gluten-Free Living (www.glutenfreeliving.com) made a valiant stab at the issue [...]