Food Allergies

The holidays can be particularly stressful for families of kids with nut allergies, especially when attending parties outside of the home. The key to doing this safely and successfully is to have a conversation with the host ahead of time. Read a few tips on how to do this.

An allergy skin prick test can either confirm or deny an allergy to a specific substance and works for both food and environmental allergies. Read to learn what happens during this test and why it may take a couple of hours.

Tinleigh is reaching new milestones: she's now in 1st grade and even eats lunch in the cafeteria! This may sound like a typical milestone for most kids, but for a child with severe food allergies and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), it's quite the undertaking! Read how she and her family made them happen.

Preparing Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful under the best of circumstances! But when you have a guest with food allergies, menu planning can be even more of a challenge. Read on for a few recipes and tips for hosting a food-allergy-friendly Thanksgiving meal.

For food allergy families, the scariest part of Halloween is the "unsafe" treats on trick-or-treat night. Read how one family handles trick-or-treating with food allergies safely, while still enjoying the holiday.

Peanut oral immunotherapy works similarly to allergy shots, where patients eat a progressive amount of the allergen until they build up a tolerance, or immunity, to it. Read one patient's experience and how it gave his family peace of mind.

The holidays can be challenging when you or a guest have food allergies. Here are helpful tips to consider this holiday season.

Because preparing for college with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder can add complication to your search, here is a list of things to consider:

Helpful tips for packing a well-rounded and nut-free lunch, from one of our dietitians.

Ideas for allergy-friendly on-the-go snacks, which avoid the six most common allergens.

When you're ready to start introducing your baby to solid foods, use this guide to determine the appropriate textures, portion size and frequency based on the age of your child.

Make allergy friendly cookies this year with a recipe that is milk-free, wheat-free and egg-free.

Recipe: allergy friendly pan-friend chicken with meat sauce.