You can learn to manage food allergies at Thanksgiving... and you can eventually even have fun. No, really.   Dealing with food alle...

Today, I'm excited to share a guest post I wrote for the web site Reboot This Marriage by Tanja Pajevic, my college buddy! Reboot Thi...

Nut-free or not nut-free...table. That is the question facing many school-aged kids with allergies.   If your school-aged c...

" Feeding Eden ," by Susan Weissman is a new memoir that speaks to the heart of what it means to parent a child with severe food a...

Lots of you are heading out for Spring Break soon, or maybe you are already contemplating a summer vacation. Food allergies add some stress ...

It was a beautiful day to be at Navy Pier in Chicago and that's where I was today as a guest at WBEZ , the local Chicago affiliate of Na...

One of the most frequent questions I hear from parents of kids with food allergies and peanut allergy, especially, is whether or not a certa...

Yesterday my daughter with food allergies had her 12 th birthday. Wow, time flies. It's been 8 years of living with a severe nut aller...

Who's attending a Super Bowl party this weekend or just watching with family at home? Me, too! Either way, snacks are a big part of watc...

Turkey Day is fast approaching and I know a lot of you have questions about having a safe meal with the family, dining out while you travel,...

Allergic Living’s Winter Issue – Get It While You Still Can! Many of you know that I have accepted a position as Associate Editor of Allerg...

When my daughter was younger, she used to question her food allergies and ask why she had this problem when others didn't. I used to exp...

Since school snacks are now a hot topic for parents around the country, I thought I would re-post this granola bar recipe which has been a r...

There are three kinds of cookie lovers: those who love soft chewy cookies, those who love crunchy, crisp cookies and those who love ANY cook...

Food allergies force us into the kitchen out of necessity. But sometimes that necessity can turn out to have unexpected health benefits. Rec...

Dealing with nut allergies means avoiding bakeries. So now that you have to home bake, what ingredients are safe to use? Labels don't ...

One of the number one questions I get is: Where do you find a nut-free bakery in Chicago? The answer is that it hasn't been easy and mos...

I don't know if it's all of those Nutella commercials that we've been seeing lately (you know, Nutella for breakfast, etc.) but ...

Back- to-school time is exciting but for the parent dealing with food allergies, elementary school or any new school can be scary to contemp...

Summer is the time that many of us get in the car, hit the road and visit the relatives. For many of us, these are folks we haven't seen...