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Q&A with cookbook author Elizabeth Gordon

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What do you do, having spent your whole life cooking and baking in a family of culinary professionals, when you’re suddenly diagnosed with severe food allergies as an adult? If you’re Elizabeth Gordon, you start down the new path of creating a career out of developing recipes and teaching about allergy-free foods.
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Review: The Complete Allergy-Free Comfort Foods Cookbook

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Do you or a loved one have any food allergy? Then this is the cookbook for you, my friend.

Elizabeth Gordon pretty much tosses out the gamut of trigger foods – gluten, dairy, soy, nuts and eggs – so no matter what your intolerance, you can make any recipe in The Complete Allergy-Free Comfort Foods Cookbook and rest assured that everyone can sample.

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10 Allergy-Fighting Foods

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I’ll go on record as saying that while spring isn’t technically here yet, this is the worst allergy season on record. I’d prefer not to have to welcome spring in a med-induced fog, so I was delighted to see this post on Rodale’s website: 10 Foods That Fight Spring Allergies.

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When You Finally Get Answers

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It took years and it took a battery of tests and an army of doctors, but at least I know what I’m dealing with. Diverticulosis.

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Should you cleanse?

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Another new year. Another vow to lose the weight, eat better, get healthy. Good for you. But are you going to do it the right way? We thought we’d take a look at cleanses, which many use as a quick way to drop the pounds, and give you a little food for thought.

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How to be the Low-Calorie Life of the Party

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Overdosing on a season of hors d’oeuvres and tight pants? Fear not. You can make it through and keep a rein on what goes into your body. This time around, end the year on a health(ier) note by sticking to these nibbles at your next bash.

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Fight Stress with These 7 Foods

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It’s really OK to eat when you’re stressed. It’s just important to eat the right foods instead of the easy junk. You want to stoke your body with foods that help counteract the stress-inducing chemicals flooding through. Here are 7 foods or meals that do just that.

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