Allergic Girl: Adventures in Living Well with Food Allergies

by Sloane Miller

Overview

enjoy your food-allergic life to the fullest

"Food allergies affect nearly 12 million people in the United States, including 1 in 17 children under the age of three. Allergic Girl offers the reader excellent practical and helpful advice for identifying and coping with food allergies. Sloane Miller's anecdotal commentary about her own food allergy trials and tribulations teaches and directs readers how to live well with food allergies. A great resource." ?Bill McLin, President and CEO, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

"As a chef, restaurant owner, father, and food allergy advocate, I believe Allergic Girl is a great guide for anyone with food allergies who wants to dine out safely." ?Ming Tsai, James Beard Award winning chef and author of Simply Ming and Simply Ming One-Pot Meals

"Sloane Miller is a force of nature. Her passion for feeding people well no matter what their food allergies inspires everyone who meets her. After you read Allergic Girl, you will walk into the world more confidently,with Sloane holding your hand." ?Shauna James Ahern, author of Gluten-Free Girl and coauthor of Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef

"Sloane Miller is a trusted and knowledgeable resource on living with food allergies, and Allergic Girl is a comprehensive guide to living joyfully with food allergies." ?Mary Jane Marchisotto, Executive Director, Food Allergy Initiative

"Allergic Girl is a revelation and a full-fledged guide to embracing life rather than allowing food allergies to run the show. Sloane Miller shares a lifetime's worth of knowledge on how to dine, date, and travel safely in spite of life-threatening allergies. Her words will get you, right in the gut." ?Gwen Smith, Editor, Allergic Living magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470930984
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	01/25/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	721 KB

About the Author

Sloane Miller, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., is ablogger, advocate, consultant, and authorityon food allergies who manages multiplefood allergies herself. Her hugely successfulblog, Please Don't Pass the Nuts (allergicgirl.blogspot.com), was the first blog dedicatedto food-allergic adults. A licensed psycho-therapeutic social worker since 2000, Miller opened a private coaching practice in 2007 for the food-allergic community. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, New York magazine, and the New York Daily News, and on cnn.com, abcnews.com, and other websites.

Table of Contents

Apologia.

Prologue—Kissing.

Section 1 – You.

1.The Allergic Girl.

2. Team You.

3. The Reassurance Room.

Section 2—Relationships.

4. Nothing To Prove.

5. The Loves Of Your Life.

6. Your Kiss Is on My List.

7. Life’s A Banquet.

Section 3—In & Of The World.

8. To Be In the World and Of the World.

9. The Home Court Advantage.

10. Life of the Party.

11. Read The Restaurant.

12. Unstoppable.

Epilogue.

Resources.

Index.

Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

Is it possible to live a safe yet full life with life-threatening food allergies? According to Miller, the answer is an unqualified yes. A social worker who maintains the Allergic Girl blog (www.allergicgirl.com), Miller shares her wealth of knowledge and experience gained from living with severe food allergies and coaching food-allergic clients. The book is divided into three sections: an introduction to food allergies, how to cope with them, and how to find the right doctor; several chapters on relationships with self, family, friends, lovers, and food; and discussions of how to manage dining out and participating in social events and celebrations involving food. Throughout, Miller emphasizes building positive relationships, and she coaches readers to be assertive but also patient with others who may not know how to respond to someone with food allergies. She includes sample phrases and conversations to help readers communicate their needs clearly and graciously in a variety of situations. VERDICT As the parent of a child with a severe food allergy, this reviewer found Sloane's approach both positive and practical. Highly recommended for anyone with food allergies, as well as their families and friends.—Janet A. Crum, City of Hope Lib., Duarte, CA

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