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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Cheese is Dairy and the pepperoni has Soy listed in the flavorings. this was a slice I reheated for my daughter while I served my son a slice without cheese, just sauce and crust.
This pie was about to go into the oven for celebrating the Jewish New Year. Honey cake can be dull without nuts. And Eden can only tolerate about one egg per cake so I decided to bake an apple pear pie drizzled with local honey.
