LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA – The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) has declared this May 8 – 14 “Food Allergy Awareness Week,” a time for educating the public about food allergies. For the parents of the approximately 8% of American children who suffer from severe food allergies, however, every week is “food allergy awareness week.” These parents live with the knowledge that for their children, ingestion of even a tiny amount of food can quickly cause a potentially life-threatening reaction.

Parents of severely food-allergic children face numerous challenges: finding recipes for safe and delicious foods that meet the requirements of the prescribed “strict avoidance” diet; getting others to take the allergy seriously; creating a safe and enjoyable home, school and social life for the child; dining in restaurants; traveling; and more. Because food is everywhere, this is a condition that affects every aspect of the family’s life.

To help parents successfully care for and feed their food-allergic children, Plumtree Press has published two books by Linda Coss: How To Manage Your Child’s Life-Threatening Food Allergies: Practical Tips For Everyday Life and What’s To Eat? The Milk-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free Food Allergy Cookbook. The mother of a teenage son with multiple potentially fatal food allergies, Ms. Coss has over ten years of experience as the leader of a support group for parents of children with severe food allergies.

How To Manage is a thorough instruction manual that provides the detailed, step-by-step information that parents need. What’s To Eat? is a comprehensive cookbook with over 145 recipes for everything from main dishes and side dishes to breakfast foods and baked goods. Both books are available at www.FoodAllergyBooks.com, Amazon.com, and booksellers nationwide.

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