Restaurants, Travel, News, and More

Welcome to Food For Thought, the companion blog to the AllergyEats restaurant guide. Here we add more color to the picture – whether we’re talking about restaurants, travel, legislation, personal stories, or anything else related to food allergies.  We hope you’ll share your own comments and be a part of the conversation, too.  Enjoy!

 
Freedom to Dine restaurant reviews now listed on AllergyEats

Freedom to Dine and AllergyEats have come to an agreement whereby Freedom to Dine’s restaurant reviews are now being listed…

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New restaurants added to the AllergyEats database and other milestones!

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…

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(Video) Dr. Lynda Schneider, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Paul Antico, AllergyEats.com, on “About Health TV”

Dr. Lynda Schneider, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Paul Antico, AllergyEats.com, on “About Health TV” You may already know my story…

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We need more restaurant managers like Jeremy Draper of Outback Steakhouse

Management Makes a Positive Difference I came across a nice article from examiner.com (which, as an aside, I’ve found to…

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Responses to the New York Times article downplaying the number of people with food allergies

What a nice way to start last week’s Food Allergy Awareness Week! Generally, I use the AllergyEats Blog solely to…

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Nation’s Restaurant News poll on accommodating food-allergic guests

Nation’s Restaurant News magazine had a very quick survey in one of their daily emails last week that I thought was…

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Are McDonald’s french fries gluten-free? Yes… and… well, no

(This AllergyEats Blog entry has been guest written by Ken Allen, a food allergic who also provides public relations services…

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How far can a restaurant go to be allergy-friendly? Ask Clyde’s

I was so impressed with the details in this article from Restaurants & Institutions magazine that I felt the need…

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AllergyEats in the News — Motivations

Paul Antico of AllergyEats.com By Boston Skirt, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (click the title above to go to the original…

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Baseball Stadiums becoming a hit with new gluten-free options and allergy-friendly promotions

“Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack?” I don’t think so. “Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie?” Gluten-free please. Judging from…

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AllergyEats now displaying Gluten Intolerance Group Chef-to-Plate Awareness Campaign logos

Gluten Intolerance Group Chef-to-Plate Awareness Campaign This program runs through the month of May and is designed to highlight the…

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Disney is the gold standard for serving kids with food allergies

Parents who have been dealing with a child’s food allergies for a while and who take big family trips probably…

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