Woodmere, NY ~ Shabtai Gourmet is a unique Gluten Free bakery line specializing in, Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Soy Free, Casein Free, and Dairy Free cakes & cookies. In 2002 Cindy Fern Itzkowitz established Cinderella Sweets, and started baking her sweet treats. Cindy has brought a fresh and exciting new approach to gluten free & other allergen free cake production & marketing. “All bakers use and have the same ingredients available, and all have very similar recipes,” Cindy says, “but very few bakers have the creativity, patience, and talent to turn an ordinary pound of ingredients into an exquisitely crafted pound of scrumptious cake. We know what it takes to apply a small bakery’s quality control, in a mass production environment ...

Santa Claus, IN ~ In honor of Food Allergy Awareness Week, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana has announced that several of its restaurants are now offering a menu of pre-packaged foods, which do not contain the eight most common food allergens (wheat, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soy and eggs).  They are also catering to gluten-free needs with gluten-free breads, buns, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies.  The park President, Will Koch, said that parents have expressed concerns in recent years about what foods their children could eat at the park, so Holiday World’s new food service director took on the initiative.  This week the park’s 500 food employees are receiving education from the Evansville’s Tri-State Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Support Group. Visit the "Restaurants & Food" page on www.HolidayWorld.com for a list of the allergen-free menu items. 

Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate food allergy awareness week then to write about the wonderful food products now available for food sensitivities.  I say food sensitivities, because if you have a severe or highly sensitive food allergy, you should contact the manufacturer prior to consumption of any processed food to ensure that there are no potential cross-contamination issues that might render the food unsafe for you.  That being disclaimed, one of the new products that has me the most excited is the new Purely Decadent Frozen Dessert Pints (aka "ice cream").  They are made with coconut milk, and consequently they are dairy-free, egg-free, and soy-free.  That's right, dairy-free AND soy-free.  Last week I had the opportunity to taste test three flavors of this new "ice cream" product, and I was floored with its luxuriousness, and downright healthy ingredient list.  Please do enjoy my full Purely Decadent Coconut Milk "Ice Cream" Review.

SCHILLER PARK, IL - A single, innocent parent oversight resulting in a child’s anaphylactic reaction to one of its allergy-friendly foods recently prompted one company to voluntarily strengthen the food allergy labeling on all of its products.  “As the U.S. leader in allergy-friendly AND gluten-free foods, we take very seriously our responsibility to our customers,” says Scott Mandell, President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Enjoy Life Foods.  “So we want to do everything in our power to ensure that what happened with that child doesn’t happen again,” he adds ...

Congratulations to Miranda Lund, she will be receiving a copy of “The Raw 50” by Carol Alt, and Kristen Kauke, who won a copy of “Allergen-Free Baking” by Jill Robbins. Thank you to the hundreds of responses we received for this month’s giveaway, and for letting us know your favorite cookbook of all time. We read them all … some were a fun surprise, like “the one we received for free from Costco” and “the cookbook my boyfriend made for me,” some met a special diet need, and others were tried and true cookbooks etched into American history.  Curious?  According to the Go Dairy Free newsletter readers, the best cookbook of all time is …