As someone with allergies to tree nuts and peanuts, I can attest: food allergy…

As someone with a severe nut allergy, I have learned to be vigilant about…

I ‘assumed’ I’d be safe eating at the restaurant without my epi auto-injector. And then suddenly, a severe allergic reaction.

I was brought to tears, not just because Lexi wanted to cook dinner for my allergic family. It was her texts revealing – she could keep us safe.

As the elderly man asked about my excitement over vegan mayo, he made me feel he cared – about my family and our food allergies.

After many years of school, I have finally graduated (for the last time) and…

For a teen, food allergies are hard. There’s the food you can’t have, the allergy ‘jokes,’ the anxiety. Will things get better? Well, I can say, they do.

My pandemic bubble was also a “food allergy bubble.” On the ski trip, I learned I was painfully out of practice with ordering safe food.

In my culture, apologizing is as much a part of life as having a cup of tea. How I learned to stop saying ‘sorry’ for my food allergies.

If you could get one allergen back in your diet, what would it be? For me, the answer was always “avocado”. And miraculously, it happened.