Food Allergy Field Guide: A Lifestyle Manual for Families

by Theresa Willingham

Eat Different without Seeming Different. Help for Children Who Can't Eat Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Corn, Soy, or Nuts.That's the goal of this positive, upbeat guide for the families and caregivers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889374075
• ISBN13: 9781889374079
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Savory Palate
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Up-to-date information on food sensitivities

Food Allergy Field Guide: A Lifestyle Manual For Families offers practical, "reader friendly", up-to-date information on food sensitivities; advice on reading labels, grocery shopping, eating out for those with food allergies; tips on emotional, social and psychology considerations stemming from food allergies; pointers for parents on helping their food allergy sensitive child to enjoy parties, field trips, and outings; how to detect hidden food allergies; one hundred kid-tested and approved recipes along with valuable cooking advice; and an extensive resource list. Food Allergy Field Guide is a "must" for anyone who must deal with food allergies for themselves or members of their families -- especially their children.

At last!

Cookbooks for special diets are always a treat (especially for our family, where we have several different food sensitivities to deal with), but a highly readable, real hands-on coping manual like this one is a real find! Willingham puts food sensitivities in perspective, with humor and practical advice that I can actually use. This one's a keeper!

Comprehensive and Reassuring

The Food Allergy Field Guide is one of the most comprehensive books of its type that I've ever seen. Since we're dealing with a couple of different food sensitivities in our family, it's great to have a one stop resource for shopping, eating out and cooking. It puts food sensitivities in the right perspective, too, reminding us that having a food sensitivity isn't the end of the world, but can be the start of a whole new world of healthy eating. I find that very reassuring and comforting.

A Great Handbook for People With Food Sensitivities

I have read the Food Allergy Field Guide and I believe the author has provided a wonderful resource of information for parents of food sensitive children or anyone coping day to day with a food allergy or food intolerance. The book's clear and easy reading style makes it my first choice when recommending literature on the subject of living comfortably with a food sensitivity. There are wonderful stories, tips, substitution tables, and recipes, all underscored by a rich collection of footnoted references.

It's About Time!

It's about time that someone wrote such a complete, well documented, understandable book like this! It is quite obvious that Ms. Willingham has thoroughly researched the subject. It has become the food bible at our house. Unlike most books on food senstivities, this one is full of wit and character creating a pleasurable reading experience. I will definately look for more books by this author!