Washington, DC - Your chance to feast on D.C.’s most popular vegan pub grub while indulging in free vegan ice cream has finally arrived – and just in time to celebrate the beginning of spring!  Boston-based Wheeler’s Black Label Vegan Ice Cream is making its D.C. premiere by teaming up with Asylum for a one-of-a-kind ice cream tasting and benefit bash on Saturday, March 22, 2008.  Invite your friends and family to enjoy delicious vegan brunch & pub grub anytime from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.—and 10% of the day’s sales from Asylum’s extensive vegan menu will be donated to Compassion Over Killing, a Washington, D.C.-based animal advocacy charity ...

Malvern, PA -- March 18, 2008 -- Acme Markets is issuing a voluntary recall on all codes of Acme label 4-pack cinnamon rolls with icing due to an undeclared milk ingredient. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. The recall affects all Acme locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland ...

Like millions of people around the world, I had to remove a food from my diet for health reasons.  My nemesis is milk, or all dairy products if you will.  While many situations have been quite easy to handle, with a seamless transition, brunch has proven time and time again to be the most challenging meal. Simple at-home breakfast is easy, but when sharing meals with others, brunch hides a myriad of threatening ingredients for many free-from dieters ...

Lakeland, FL - Publix Super Markets is voluntarily recalling all codes of prepackaged 2 and 4-pack Apple, Pineapple and Pumpkin Empanadas sold in its retail bakeries due to an undeclared milk ingredient. Those who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. The recall affects the following 10 counties:

Alisa Fleming, www.Godairyfree.org - Milk ingredients linger in some of the strangest places, but I was still a bit taken back when I discovered that beer could be one of them. It seems ‘Milk’ beer has been around for some time, and may linger in breweries under the code name of Sweet Stout.  Quite often it makes itself known with a more obvious title, such as Milk Stout or Cream Stout.  Sweet “milk” stouts became popular in Great Britain following the Second World War, but they have slowly crept into the U.S. and may be gaining in popularity.  So what exactly is a milk stout? ...

Little Bay Baking, a relatively new gluten-free / casein-free baking mix company, is offering several discounts for their mid-winter special.  Head over to the Little Bay Baking online store to get $3.00 off their GF Cooking from Scratch DVD (also casein-free), free shipping on all cases of 6 mixes, and 10% off their cookie mixes.  Amy, one of the reviewers here at Go Dairy Free, can vouch for these great mixes.  Her gluten-free household has already given the Waffle & Donut Hole, Cookie Bar, Gingerbread Cookie, Pumpkin Bread, and Cornbread mixes two thumbs up! 

Foods Matter, March 2008 - Researchers have found two chemical clues that may help them tame sudden, severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). The first clue: people with anaphylaxis have high blood levels of an inflammatory chemical called platelet-activating factor (PAF). The second clue: anaphylaxis patients have low blood levels of PAF acetylhydrolase, an enzyme that breaks down PAF. Those patterns may lead to new drugs to block PAF and treat anaphylaxis, Canadian researchers report ...

New York, NY – Finally, dining out doesn't have to come with a side of miscommunication and an after-dinner trip to the emergency room.  At Worry-Free Dinners' inaugural prix fixe dinner on April 1st, 6:30pm at Lilli and Loo, (792 Lexington Avenue, New York) allergic diners will order with ease, knowing that the kitchen is fully prepared to handle their special needs ...