An Allergy Free Baking book has finally arrived!
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An Allergy Free Baking book has finally arrived!
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A review kindly made by David Jenkins from www.hub-uk.com I had never heard of allergies until I was in my mid-twenties so, as far as I am concerned, I had never suffered from any but once I knew about them they seemed to be everywhere. I had heard of Coeliac disease but I had never associated that as just being one of many allergies, nor understood what it was. And I had certainly never heard of any one being allergic to flour or wheat! Almost certainly allergies seem to be on the increase with more and more people suffering from them. In fact, many allergies can make life unbearable and I suppose the worst type are food allergies because we all have to eat. Everyone who has brought up children knows how fussy they can be when it comes to eating but imagine what it must be like to have a child who is not fussy through choice but cannot eat any of the normal foods because of allergic reaction. That is what Susan Swann, who has written "Cakes and Cookies for Children on Restricted Diets", had to cope with for her youngest child Gemma. "It soon became apparent that Gemma had Multiple Food Allergies and Food Intolerances. By the age of three and a half Gemma was unable to tolerate any food at all and was Naso-Gastrically fed with a chemical substitute for twelve months". Susan tells, in the introduction to her book, how gradually Gemma was brought back on to solids. However the part of Gemma's diet she found it very difficult to find substitutes for was cakes, biscuits and bread. Through experimentation a series of recipes were created with the focus being on Gemma's allergies and food intolerances, but at the same time creating recipes which her four older children would enjoy eating so that Gemma did not continually have different foods from the others. If you are a parent with a child suffering from food allergies or food intolerance then this book is worth its weight in gold to you. Following a brief introduction Susan guides you through the various foods that cause allergic reactions or food intolerance. For example, did you know that "Wheat flower is added to White Pepper . . ."? Or that "Corn is sometimes used as a glue on envelopes and stamps"? The main section of the book is of course the recipes. There are one hundred and one of them for cakes, biscuits, flapjacks and cookies. Although written with children in mind adults can enjoy all the recipes as well. Each recipe is clearly laid out with a list of ingredients, cooking temperatures in centigrade and Fahrenheit as well as the relevant Gas mark, clear instructions and, most importantly, which diet the recipe is intended for. To further help you, at the back of the book, there are conversion charts, a glossary of alternative ingredients that are used and a chart of all the recipes showing which food allergies or intolerances they are suitable for. What are you waiting for? Order your copy from Susan and get baking!
Here are some thoughts from others who have purchased a copy of my book.
'Hi Susan. 'have just ordered
a copy of your book, its a relief to find one that has multiple food
dietary
needs, as my two children and I have all different intolerance's and this seems
to combat my problem, hoping it puts a stop to binning all the hard
work. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK,
and thanks for making my life a little
easier.'
'I have three children with a
form of colitis which is brought on by food. I have searched and experimented
with all sorts of things to help my children to live a fairly normal life, as
they are only 7,5,3. They want nice goodies. I was actually looking for a
birthday cake for my daughter as she has wheat, egg, dairy,
gluten and soya
allergies. That is how I found your web site. The cheque is in the post for a
copy of your book. We live in Bedfordshire. Thank
you for taking the time to
write a book which could help a lot of children.
I hope your daughter is doing well.'
M Lucas
'Thank you for sending the recipe book so quickly.
The last few months
'Good
morning,
I
found your cookery book on the internet last week and printed off some sample
recipes for my daughter to see. She has previously tried other
wheat/egg/dairy/soya free recipes without great success but found the
chocolate cookies were delicious! My 11 month old grand-daughter has
severe allergies to these products and my daughter has previously been unable
to feed her anything but the basics.
Many thanks.'
Mr
Dent
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