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Ammaria Johnson, an elementary school student in Chesterfield County, VA died Monday at school after suffering a fatal allergic reaction at school. She was only seven years old. Ammaria’s death shook the food allergy community to its core. How could this have happened? What precautions were taken at her school? What emergency directives were followed, [...]

I’m so excited to tell y’all that I’ll be on The Martha Stewart Show, December 16th at 9 am CST/10 am EST on The Hallmark Channel. We’ll be talking about baking allergen-friendly recipes for the holidays, and I’ll show Martha my favorite holiday treat; dairy, egg and nut free molasses cookies. (If you need a [...]

My food allergic son John will turn nine Wednesday. I know we all cherish our children’s birthdays, but for me, I especially thank God every year on John’s birthday that he is alive and well, and pretty much like any other 4th grade boy who loves sports, playing guitar and hanging with his friends. I [...]

Howdy! Wow, I feel as though I’ve been kind of a loser blogger this summer (seeing as I have only averaged one measly post a month!). But I honestly needed the break. Last spring was so crazy emotionally and physically that I had to step back and just hang out. It was a great summer [...]

Hi everyone! I check my blog on a regular basis to read all your comments, and then realized, oh my goodness it has been a solid month since I last posted! SOOOO not like me! But please know I’ve been busy doing other food allergy related projects such as writing new recipes (not ready to [...]

Hope everyone is well! Things have been fabulously slow around here and I am just enjoying being home with the kids and having no obligations. This morning I had an appearance on Windy City Live, a local live talk show in Chicago. It was big fun and everyone was so willing to talk about food [...]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to give y’all a heads up that I will be doing some blogging for Martha Stewart’s Whole Living site. I’m very excited as it is another way to reach a whole other audience with great allergen friendly recipes and tips. I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE for you to show your support for [...]

Wow, where has the time gone? I’m so sorry for being MIA the past several weeks. Things have been incredibly busy for so many reasons; vacation, IEP meetings and testing, sports, and many other obligations resulting from having lots of little kids under one roof. I have found there just isn’t enough time, so if [...]

Everyone is talking about this story. CNN covered it, MSNBC, The Today Show, Fox News, and countless daily newspapers, blogs and other news outlets. It’s the perfect recipe for a story with legs (in the newsroom this is what we label a story that runs off and takes on its own life); an innocent child [...]

Valentine’s Day is only two weeks away. So now is the time to give these fabulous little chocolate sugar cookies a whirl. Even better, do it on a snowy day like today, when many of us mamas are trapped in the house with rambunctious kids. I love a good simple sugar cookie, and this chocolate [...]