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I often get questions directly or on the AllergyEats Facebook page about taking a cruise with food allergies.  Having never done this myself, I was grateful to AllergyEats friend and user Heather Sires for writing up her recent experience and allowing me to print it here.
 

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I want to start off that I have multiple severe [...]

[This AllergyEats Blog entry was written by Melissa Freixas - I like the message at the end, so stick around for it!]
My birthday was not super this year, for various reasons it was not. Why it wasn’t is not important, I chose to not have a party and I chose to not go out to [...]

[The main part of this AllergyEats Blog post submitted by community member Linda Brown]
 

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Many of you read my 7-day AllergyEats Blog posts entitled The Disney Chronicles: Dining out with 3 food-allergic children.  (The first one is linked here, and all can be found by clicking on “March 2011″ in this blog.)  In those, I reviewed [...]

[This AllergyEats Blog post co-authored by Adrienne Walkowiak]
 

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As many of you know from experience, people with food allergies can often feel isolated.  Food-allergic children frequently can’t eat the cake at birthday parties or enjoy the same snacks as their friends. And until recently, many baseball fans with peanut allergies had to avoid ballparks because of [...]

[The first part of the following blog entry was submitted by South Austin Mom and is published on her blog here]

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Homeslice Dairy-Free Pizza (by South Austin Mom, whose son is allergic to dairy and nuts)

I finally mustered up the courage to have the kids try take-out pizza a couple of weeks ago. Talk about anxiety! [...]

[The following post was submitted to me by "Marc from New York"]
 
Food allergies, although common, take quite a toll on the lives of those who suffer; I know because I suffer from a number of food allergies. I am sensitive to dairy, caffeine, and wheat-based products. When I consume products containing these ingredients I encounter [...]

[The following post was written by Adrienne Walkowiak, a member of the AllergyEats team who has dealt with a dairy allergy her whole life]
Screamer’s Café: Cooking Up Some Fun
My daughters love to help me cook at home, and we were thrilled to learn about a family-friendly neighborhood restaurant that also offers kids’ cooking classes and [...]

Back in April, we published a blog entry entitled “Disney is the gold standard for serving kids with food allergies.”  Since then, I don’t how many times I’ve referred people to that entry (and the wonderful reader comments that came with it), but it seems every week or so someone else asks the question.  The [...]

Our members have come through again! Given that AllergyEats is designed to be a community site, it is great to see members helping members beyond just the key task of rating restaurants.
Yesterday, an AllergyEats Facebook fan (Melissa) asked:
“Have any of you gone on a cruise? We are considering taking a cruise with our food allergic [...]

A friend of mine was sharing with me a wonderful experience she had at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL with her food-allergic daughter, so I asked if she’d write a quick blog entry. The following is what she wrote. It needs no further introduction.
Recently while on vacation in Naples, FL, I had the chance to [...]