What I Do Now:
Board Member, Food Allergy Fund, non-profit focused on underlying causes of food allergies.
Speaker, Guest Teacher, Research Advocate for the food allergy community.
Why I wrote a book: I was an English teacher long before I was a mother, but children changed my life in ways I hadn't foreseen. My son Eden was seriously allergic to seven of the "Big 8" food allergens. So I devoted myself to learning about this vexing modern epidemic. I began narrating my family's food allergy journey to support the food allergy community and to unpack the universal experiences of food and family: I began as a blogger and then I wrote my memoir, FEEDING EDEN: I continue to support the food allergy community by writing, speaking and teaching.
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The Huffington Post
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Psychology Today
A few days ago I wrote a piece on Psychology Today about recent trends towards eating "clean" and nutritious and organic food -- A wonderful sentiment! But sometimes parents can get overwhelmed and overburdened by that goal.
Today I received my goop newsletter filled with "Healthy Recipes" which seem remarkably simple and doable. I have a feeling that some (like the Butternut Squash Fries) are about to become Fantasy Foods...
