Hannah Kaminsky, My Sweet Vegan - By now, I would have to hope that most of you have already done away with your Christmas leftovers, be it by eating them just as they were in their former glory, re-incarnating them into a whole new dish, or discovering them just a few days late, and allowing the trash bin to polish them off instead. However, perhaps there’s still just a few of those half-eaten goodies tucked away that you can’t bear to toss. Or, maybe - even if you never had these main ingredients in the first place, you might feel the need to stock up anyways just to make this sweet treat:

Foods Matter, January 2008 - Following on from the article in FM Nov 07, a study at Johns Hopkins Childrens’ Center last July suggests that too-heavy reliance on blood tests alone to predict IgE-mediated allergic reactions may not be a good idea. Researchers compared the three most widely used commercial IgE blood tests, ImmunoCap, Turbo RAST and Immulite ...

Alisa Fleming, One Frugal Foodie - My husband and I spent the holidays in British Columbia with his family.  Every day of the visit we would make our pilgrimage to the Whole Foods (a whopping ¼ mile from his parents house) for a jumbo muffin with tea.  Now, the muffins in Vancouver are quite unlike those we see at Whole Foods stateside.  These are dense, ginormous, mountains of hearty goodness that are surely 1000 calories each.  But we had to have them everyday, it was the holidays and vacation after all!

According to two new pieces of research, many widely practiced methods for food allergy prevention in children may be ineffective.  Former theory involved strict diets for both mom and baby, plus a strategic introduction of foods into the child’s diet.  However, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a team of German Researchers have indicated that these strategies may simply be overkill ...

Turtle Mountain, those wonderful creators of So Delicious and Purely Decadent dairy-free ice creams, have just released an entire line of dairy-free yogurts.  Available in five flavors, the new So Delicious yogurts are made with certified organic ingredients, fortified with Vitamin B12 (vegetarian friendly), formulated for maximum calcium absorption, a good source of Pre- and Probiotics for enhanced intestinal health, cholesterol free, and of course, certified vegan.  Keep an eye out at your local Whole Foods, Wild Oats, or other natural food grocers for these new products.