Discovering one of her sons had a lifethreatening allergy to nuts and eggscatapulted Alice Sherwood into the bewildering world of food allergies. Howcan you mak... » 

Discovering one of her sons had a lifethreatening allergy to nuts and eggscatapulted Alice Sherwood into the bewildering world of food allergies. Howcan you make a birthday cake without flour? What happens to family meals whenpackaged foods which may contain traces of nuts along with pasta bread andpeanut butter become forbidden? Suddenly it became crucial to findalternatives but most cooking without recipes lacked taste or containedunfamiliar ingredients that were hard to find. So Alice armed with a lifelonglove of food got to work in the kitchen and devised her own recipes. TheAllergyFree Cookbook is unique. There are no dismal special diet versionsof recipes which dont work. Instead there are dishes from around the worldthat center on ingredients other than eggs dairy gluten and nuts.Throughout Alice gives several variations for each recipe. So a nutfree cakethat uses butter for example may be adapted for the dairyfree crowd by usingsoy spread. The AllergyFree Cookbook has more than 100 recipes for mealssnacks and lunchboxes as well as for suppers and birthday parties. All thecrowdpleasing favorites are here. By experimenting with polenta and potatoflour for example Alice has invented a glutenfree crunchy shortcrust pastrythats superb in apple tarts while rice potato and tapioca flours combine toform a dough that works a treat for French bread. With the AllergyFreeCookbook everyones invited to dinner «