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Allergy-Free Cookbook [Hardcover]

Alice Sherwood (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 5 July 2007

Healthy, tasty, fabulous food that everybody can enjoy

Alice Sherwood was thrown into the bewildering world of food allergies when her 2-year-old son was diagnosed with a severe nut and egg allergy. Frustrated with the bland allergy-free recipes on offer, she got to work in the kitchen to devise her own delicious dishes for the family.

Discover over 100 recipes, from crusty bread and creamy ice-cream to melt-in-the mouth sponge cake which are all adapted to exclude one or more of the “big four” allergens: eggs, diary, nuts, and gluten. Pick up great ideas for snacks, light lunches, kids’ parties and smart suppers. All recipes are approved by the specialists at Allergy UK. Find reassurance on key issues from checking food labels, to sourcing alternatives and steering a safe path through school life.

Get into the kitchen and whip up food that’s allergy free: not flavour and enjoyment free.

Product details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (5 July 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405312602
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405312608
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 2.2 x 24.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 242,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Delicious but simple mix-and-match recipes (Mail on Sunday ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Alice Sherwood is a freelance TV and website producer whose son has a serious nut and egg allergy. She lives in London and spends holidays on the family farm in Wales where she spends hours in the kitchen.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Allergy-Free Cookbook 7 Jan 2008
By C. Wake-walker
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent find. I have several friends with children who have allergies and the recipies I have tried were all super and really worked. Beautifully presented and photographed and clear instructions. Very good buy
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, appetising and attractive 26 Mar 2008
By J. Geller
Format:Hardcover
This allergy free cookbook is a must for anyone with family or friends wiht allergies. The recipes are delicious and all are marked with handy symbols indicating the relevant allergy it suits (nut free, dairy free, gluten free, egg free) and many recipes have varients ie the dairy and non-dairy version.
It includes helpful advice on entertaining people with allergies and for school age mums it has great advice on arranging birthday parties or how to work with schools and other mums so your child can be safely included in social activities.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Allergy Free Cookbook 14 Oct 2008
By H. Fielder
Format:Hardcover
The Allergy-free Cookbook
I throroughly recommend this book to anyone who has family or friends with a food allergy. As the mother of a child with severe egg and nut allergies, I have delighted in finding a book with delicious recipes that can be cooked for the whole family to enjoy. People are truly amazed when they hear the cakes are egg free. The chocolate cake is a must and my daughter now regularly asks to make the fairy cakes. Dorling Kindersley have published it in a highly presentable fashion. Thank you Alice Sherwood for making cooking fun and safe again.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A fine cookery book 24 Jan 2008
By Lucy Taylor
Format:Hardcover
This is first and foremost a very good cookery book. The recipes are new, beautifully presented, well photographed and really work. It is a good mixture of sensible basic recipes, often with a subtle twist, and new and interesting ideas. It is then also a very good book for providing for the many people one knows who have allergies, intolerances and even dislikes. The substitutions really work, and the results are really delicious. The poor allergic guest need no longer be given something dull on the side - here are real food ideas that everyone can eat, and intolerance 'prescriptions' that can be easily applied to your every day cooking.

This is a very useful book to have on your shelves.

The rhubarb sorbet is fabulous, and loved by my rhubarb despising child!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic guide to surviving allergies with no hocus pocus and chocolate cake too! 11 Aug 2008
By F. Anderson
Format:Hardcover
Wow! I'm 33 and have been severely allergic to milk nuts fish and seafood for the whole of my life, and to eggs for 28 years. This is the book I should have written if only I had this lady's talent. Gorgeous pictures, lovely recipes, and a vast introductory section with refreshing, up to date practical advice on how to live with allergies. Absolutely no crystal hugging "aura field" nonsense. Absolutely no hint of "diets" and "find your intolerances" rubbish. Indispensible for those with real food problems and a bit of eye opener for those who need to know, including teachers nurses and professionals who deal with children everyday. Buy it for your local school, yourself, and everyone you know who is remotely affected by food allergy. Then bake the allergic people a chocolate cake and watch them cry with joy because they've never been able to eat one before.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I'd been led to believe 8 Feb 2010
By Betty
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a beautifully presented cookbook. It has plenty of information about allergies and various ingredients at the start, and the recipes at first glance look wonderful. However, the way the recipes are written is the same as a lot of these books - with the use of (sometimes unhelpful) substitutions for various allergies. For example:

The chocolate layer cake. The bog standard recipe is written as dairy, egg and nut free. The cake looks delicious. However this version of the recipe requires the use of wheat flour to work. There is a seperate gluten-free version of the same cake, however this cake requires SIX eggs to work! So if you have wheat/gluten and egg allergies, the recipe is unsuitable.

Unfortunately the rest of the book is very similar. And having experimented with combining elements of the dairy free recipes with the gluten free recipes, I've found they just don't work. It's a shame, because the book is written with multiple food allergy sufferers in mind, but the reality is that this book really hasn't been of any help to me.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Lazy alternatives for dairy allergies 18 Aug 2010
By claire002
Format:Hardcover
I bought this some time ago when trying to devise a menu for my dairy and egg allergic child. What a waste of money. The dairy free alternatives given generally suggest the soya alternative, eg soya milk or soya cheese. Well, soya milk is OK to cook with, but not great, and goes particularly grainy when frozen. But the dishes that involve cheese (and there are a lot of them) simply suggest a soya cheese replacement. Anyone who has tried soya cheese will know that this is no alternative at all - most are pretty foul, and even those that are vaguely palatable don't cook in the same way as normal cheese.

I was hoping for some interesting new recipes - if its just a case of using normal recipes and substituting a (disgusting) soya alternative, well, dur, why do I need this book? Don't bother...

If you want baking alternatives for dairy/egg allergies, check out the many good vegan cookbooks available.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Bad muffins 20 Nov 2010
By James L
Format:Hardcover
Disappointing. I have a fair few GF cookbooks so know that Gluten-free cooking can be a lot better than this. The muffin recipe is a case in point. End result was dry, tasteless muffins that were the worst I have ever made. I even remembered to add the butter which is something that the author seems to forget about halfway through the recipe.

In GF cooking the key is to try and capture the taste and moistness of wheat-based alternatives... something the recipes here fail to do.

That and the lack of proof-reading of the recipes is why I suggest you avoid this book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Pre-used book
Very good service and great value for money. Have lactose and gluten intolerant grandchildren so great help in making cakes etc everyone can enjoy !
Published 1 month ago by Jean Cottle
5.0 out of 5 stars A cookbook that doesn't feel the boundaries of allergies.
This book tackles the four most common allergies.. and made me realise i am cooking for three of them... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. A. K. Fekete
5.0 out of 5 stars is a different allergy book
I am in love with this book. I have bought 3 copy and give to some friends as a gift. I believe is a very high standar allergy book, different recipe for different allergy. Read more
Published 4 months ago by girasole74
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant for allergy sufferers
The book gives you not only the traditional recipies but then also includes the alternatives without the various ingredients i.e. egg, nuts etc. Brilliant. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Cara Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars this is wonderful!
bought this for my mother to get her head round the whole gluten and dairy free thing, as my family has many intolerances and allergies! Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Oliver
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for multi -allergy sufferers
I bought this book as my 3 year old had really bad eczema and stomach problems. After seeing a nutritionist and having a blood test done, it came back that she was allergic to to... Read more
Published 20 months ago by ET
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, now indispensable
I already have a copy myself, but bought this one for a friend. Cleverly written and a must for anyone who has an allergy and wants to do 'home cooking'
Published on 19 April 2011 by J. Sagi
5.0 out of 5 stars Allergy free cookbook - great
I bought this as a gift for someone who has an egg allergy - though it covers allergies for diary, nuts etc. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2011 by Spngebb
4.0 out of 5 stars Allergy free cooking
It is worth getting this cookbook simply for the delicious chocolate cookie recipe - they barely make it into the cake tin.
Published on 18 Feb 2011 by A. Mathewson
2.0 out of 5 stars Would not recommend with multiple allergies.
I have a child who is not allowed to eat Nuts as yet and is allergic to Milk, Wheat, Eggs, Barley . . . . and a few other things. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2010 by Wigs
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