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.
Read my writing on
The Huffington Post
Read my writing on
Psychology Today
This is a photo of homemade butter with fleur de sel from dashandbella.blogspot.com
The photo is a perfect example of how I like to eat my butter...meaning the bread looks great but only because the butter is piled on. I can't remember the last time I ate truly fresh homemade butter. The idea of Eden one day eating butter or seeing how much it can change the taste of food is a definite fantasy for me.
