The first night we arrived in Paris we were starving! I was on a trip with my family during the summer a few years ago. We had just arrived in Paris after traveling around Italy for a few weeks. Everyone in Italy had been fabulous about my allergies, so the […]
Lately there have been quite a few articles about food allergies in the news. My friend from college who I hadn’t heard from in over a year sent me an article the other day on the allergy studies being done for peanuts. I guess there are some people who will […]
The other night I went out to dinner with my grandmother, Nana. We went to an Italian restaurant I had been to before, but not in at least a year. I gave the server my chef card and she came back and said I should be all set. They only […]
My dad, who also grew up with peanut and tree nut allergies (aww, genetics… I can thank him for being an Allergic Reactor), has always told me these two theories from his experience that both complement and conflict with each other. My Dad’s Theory Part 1: The Nicer the Restaurant, […]
I work at an Italian Restaurant once a week. Over the years I have worked at quite a few Italian restaurants. It is the safest type of restaurant for me to work at. I don’t usually divulge the severity of my allergies when I am working at these restaurants, unless […]
In the past few years, I have noticed a new character trait in the movies and on TV: food allergies. The media portrayal of food allergies is often quite misguided. Although this seems to be a fad, the problem with this is that more often than not, it gives irresponsible […]
