Coping

Allergy-Free is becoming smart business

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 11, 2010

Allergies and Business: AdAge article discusses allergy-safe options for businesses. How do you feel about becoming a new, premium “marketing strategy?”

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Super Shopping Day

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by Erin Anne Beirne on December 22, 2009

Today I’m heading to town (which is an hour-plus away) to have my Get-Ready-For-Christmas Super Shopping Day. Food is always an issue on days like this: I don’t want to lug a whole sack of grub around with me, I want to start light because I hope to be travelling heavy by the time I’m [...]

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Fast Food — Slowly!

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by Erin Anne Beirne on December 17, 2009

Every now and again, my food issues can drive me to tears. Happily, that no longer happens too often but, even now, after all these years of practice later, one of the greatest food-related Meltdown Moments in my little world appears when I’m both hungry and rushed. Add “nowhere near home” to the list, and [...]

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Special Diets and Social Life…

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Real life discussions are about how to cope with special diets. Media only talks about the special diets themselves.

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Visiting: Simplified

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Don’t have to have food to hang out… Really!

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The “Wonderful People (Weird Food)” Tribe

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Welcome to the “Wonderful People (Weird Food)” “Wonderful Food (Just Different)” Tribe!

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Mirror, Mirror

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

It interesting how much it bothers other people when I don’t eat the same food as they do…

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The Tie that Binds… or Breaks?

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Food can be a divisive topic in some households…

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Breaking the Rules

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Restaurant rules? Um… if I eat your food I’ll be sick, so let me eat mine instead… Honest, we’ll all be much happier this way.

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Check, Check, and then Check Again…

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by Erin Anne Beirne on October 25, 2009

Check every label, all the time. The same product, marketed in different countries, is by no means guaranteed to be made from the same recipe. Here is one example. In fact, even something familiar might undergo a change that renders it unsafe. (Mistakes can be such a drag…)

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