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**MK** (0:07)
Food is one of the most basic ways that we care for each other. I'm allergic to shellfish, cashew, pistachio, peanut, and tree nut allergy.

**Jonah** (0:15)
My allergy is eggplant. Severe allergies to milk and eggs.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (0:18)
I'm much more direct about what is at stake.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:20)
Advocating is important. I'm glad I did it for my daughter.

**MK** (0:23)
That's care, that's love.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (0:27)
This is At The Table, The Food Allergy Podcast, a show about food, connection and living with food allergies. Each episode, we pull up a chair to a different table, from date nights to tables abroad and discuss how to navigate each moment while still eating safely. Because living with food allergies isn't just about what you can eat, it's about still having your seat at the table.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:54)
This show is brought to you by Genentech and Novartis in partnership with Xolair, Omalizumab. Our hosts have been compensated for their participation, though our guests have not. The information shared in this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Please talk to your doctor about any questions regarding your health or treatment, and stay tuned until the end of the episode for important safety information.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (1:18)
All right, we are back for another episode of At The Table. I'm Jenna Eschkowitz.

**Tyler Florence** (1:23)
And I'm Tyler Florence.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (1:24)
Hi, Tyler. Welcome back.

**Tyler Florence** (1:26)
Thank you so much. Yeah, so good to see you again. You too.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (1:27)
I'm good, thanks. I had such a nice chat with you last time. I thought we should do it again.

**Tyler Florence** (1:31)
I know, right? We talked about going to Sleepaway Camp. And I just think this is such a valuable podcast for so many people who live with food allergies and have loved ones with food allergies. And so we're excited to be here to talk about all the issues and share some really good information.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (1:44)
Yeah, we're going to navigate it all. And today we're taking off and we are pulling up a chair to The Table Abroad, a table where language barriers meet ingredient lists. And travel just always sounds so dreamy, right? There's new places, there's new food, there's new experiences. And then you actually get there and you're like, what can I eat with food allergies?
Did you travel when you had food allergies, Tyler?

**Tyler Florence** (2:10)
I had food allergies as a small child. And then I outgrew most of them by the time puberty kicked in. My mom, she reminded me of how restrictive life was back then. She told me that we never traveled. If we went to a restaurant, she would pack my food. And if we went anywhere, it would be to a relative's house. And then my mom would cook my food with the relative. But there's a wonderful world out there. Now since then, I've traveled all over the globe many times and enjoyed my life profoundly as a chef through the food of different cultures around the world. I've got some really great advice on how to navigate that and how to think through what the first and second and third steps will look like when you're trying to make reservations and make plans for a big trip abroad. And then also we've got a great recipe to share with you with some food that you can take on the plane.

**Jenna Eschkowitz** (2:59)
I'm excited to talk through this and I feel like you're gonna have a lot of really great tools in talking to restaurants and how restaurants operate abroad and some of the things that we can do. Travel can be really amazing, but it also can come with a lot of unknowns. And sometimes when you think you've checked everything, things can still slip through. So we have a story here from Jonah who has a nut allergy and had a close call on a flight back from Europe.

**Jonah** (3:27)
Remember the first time I went to Europe on that flight home, I got served a dish. I looked at the menu and I didn't see any nuts on the menu. And I looked at the dish and I didn't see any nuts on the dish. So I ate it. I didn't think twice. Turns out there was some sauce with crushed up cashews and there was no way to see it in the dish. And I didn't want to bother the flight attendant beforehand.
And I'm lucky to be alive. And it's stunning to me that no one thought, hey, let's maybe not hide nuts in a dish on an airplane.