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Allergy Friendly

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Building Allergy-Friendly Gingerbread Houses in Annapolis

See one of the recipes that helped pack the class at Whole Foods Market.

The second annual gluten-free, allergy-friendly gingerbread house class at Whole Foods Market attracted more than 30 participants looking for a safe alternative to the holiday classic. The class held Sunday at the popular Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole grocery store focused on building and decorating gingerbread houses without using any of the top eight allergens, Tammy Studebaker wrote in an email. Studebaker, who directed the class, is the director of outreach and education for the Eating and Educating, Living Life Foundation (ELL). She has been presenting similar classes at Whole Foods for two years. She said the top eight allergens are: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, soy, fish and shellfish. “People today are avoiding foods …

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