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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!

 
An Open Letter to the AllergyEats Community from Paul Antico, Our Founder
An Open Letter to the AllergyEats and Food Allergy Community

A Message from Paul, Founder of AllergyEats Dear friends, It has been a very long time since you’ve seen an…

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How a Tick Changed Me: My Life With Alpha-Gal Syndrome
How a Tick Changed Me: My Life With Alpha-Gal Syndrome

[This AllergyEats Blog post guest was written by Heather Wilson, an Alpha-gal awareness advocate.] I am lying in bed, and…

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Food Allergy Hero: Brian Hom's Story
From Tragedy Emerges A True Food Allergy Superhero: Brian Hom’s Story

 All too often these days, we read about another life lost to food allergies – generally in our younger community.…

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A Food-Allergic Teen’s View on Food Bans in Schools
A Food-Allergic Teen’s View on Food Bans in Schools

Year-after-year, as back-to-school approaches, one topic always brings out significant divisiveness in our community: whether or not schools should be…

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Royal Caribbean: Delicious Dairy-Free Meals
Royal Caribbean: Delicious Dairy-Free Meals

Today’s blog was written by AllergyEats’ team member, Adrienne Walkowiak, who recently experienced life at sea with a food allergy.…

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AllergyEats' Top Reviewer: Over 100 Restaurants and Counting
AllergyEats’ Top Reviewer: Over 100 Restaurants and Counting!

We have a great community here at AllergyEats – so many people who believe in our mantra “We’re all in…

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The Summer of Food Allergy “Firsts” – Ice Cream, Pizza, and Cupcakes, Oh My!

Food Allergy “Firsts” As food-allergic individuals or food allergy parents, it’s all too easy to focus on the fear and…

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Amazingly Easy Food Allergy Dining Experience in NYC!

AllergyEats’ Marketing Manager, Jesse Pezzullo, whose daughter has a dairy allergy, is the author of today’s blog. Bistango uses “an…

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