Archive for the ‘Best of the Blogosphere’ Category

One of my favorite food allergy bloggers, Kelly Rudnicki, recently wrote an insightful post on her blog, The Food Allergy Mama (www.foodallergymama.com), that left my jaw hanging in disbelief.  In it, she reviews the infuriating comments and attitude of members of the Gurnee, IL school board as they discussed a new state-mandated food allergy requirement.  [...]

There are a lot of uplifting stories in the blogosphere about individuals dealing with food allergies.  I read so many of them, and sometimes I like to write about one or two in this blog and share highlights. However, I don’t believe I’ve ever reprinted one verbatim… until now.
The website of the popular magazine Living Without (www.livingwithout.com) wrote a piece [...]

In the spirit of the season, I thought it would be nice to add a little fun for our wonderful AllergyEats members, fans, and users who help build AllergyEats on a daily basis.  So, I have decided to give away one AllergyEats T-shirt per week, through the New Year’s holiday weekend, to a lucky AllergyEats user.  All you [...]

I read a terrific thread of comments on LinkedIn the other day.  A page called “Celiac Handbook: Living and Loving the Gluten-Free Life” had a great discussion about how readers felt about the slew of restaurant gluten-free menus.  The post was started by Amy Leger of the Savvy Celiac (www.thesavvyceliac.com) and, in my opinion, had [...]

(This AllergyEats Blog entry has been guest written by Adrienne Walkowiak, a lifelong dairy allergic who also provides public relations services to AllergyEats.)
As someone that has had a lifelong dairy allergy, I’m always cautious when eating at restaurants.  And as a mom of two young daughters – who, thankfully, didn’t inherit my food allergies – I [...]

I came across a great post about food allergies and restaurants in the blog of a website named Allergy Free Shop (www.allergyfreeshop.com). The article is quite extensive in its content, from basic food allergy facts to thoughts and recommendations for restaurateurs. I think it is a valuable read for those of us who live with [...]

Tina Turbin is a strong advocate for those who live gluten-free.  As she states on one of her sites, GlutenFreeHelp.info, “I have been actively involved in this area of research, writing, meeting and working with MANY specialists as well as developing gluten-free recipes.”  (As an aside, she is also the author of a children’s book [...]

“Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack?” I don’t think so. “Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie?” Gluten-free please.
Judging from many news items I’ve seen this spring, Major League Baseball is beginning to “get it” when it comes to patrons with food allergies and gluten intolerance. Drivers of these changes, however, differ markedly.

Parents who have been dealing with a child’s food allergies for a while and who take big family trips probably already know this, but Disney is simply the gold standard in accommodating children with food allergies.
That said, many people still ask me whether or not Disney is safe with respect to food allergies and I [...]