You Might Also Like: At The Table: The Food Allergy Podcast

Jenna (0:07)

Food is one of the most basic ways that we care for each other. I'm allergic to shellfish, cashew, pistachio, and pine nuts.

SPEAKER_2 (0:14)

And tree nut allergy.

Jenna (0:14)

My allergy is eggplant.

Ari Zellig (0:16)

Severe allergies to milk and eggs.

Jenna (0:18)

I'm much more direct about what is at stake.

SPEAKER_4 (0:20)

Advocating is important.

SPEAKER_2 (0:22)

I'm glad I did it for my daughter. That's care.

SPEAKER_4 (0:24)

That's love.

Jenna (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_2 (0:55)

This show is brought to you by Genentech and Novartis, in partnership with Xolair, Omalizumab. Our hosts have been compensated for their participation, as has our guest, Allergist Dr. Zellig. This episode features Hannah, a real patient living with food allergies, who is compensated for her time and expenses in sharing her personal experience. Individual results may vary.

The information shared in this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Please talk to your doctor if you have any questions about your health or treatment. And stay tuned until the end of the episode for important safety information.

Jenna (1:31)

Hi Tyler, how are you?

Tyler (1:32)

I'm great Jenna, how are you?

Jenna (1:33)

I'm good thanks, happy to be back with you.

Tyler (1:35)

Absolutely.

Jenna (1:36)

Very excited for this episode. We are back for our season finale of At The Table. How amazing is that?

Tyler (1:42)

Can you believe it? It's been such a good season. This has been a really wonderful journey to be on. We've connected with so many people.

Jenna (1:49)

Yeah, and such a pleasure chatting with you and chatting with the community and having the wonderful feedback of people really enjoying listening to this. So it makes it really rewarding and so many wonderful recipes from you.

So for our final episode, we'll have a special guest joining us a little bit later, allergist Dr. Ari Zellig, who will be talking with us about treatment options including Xolair. But first, we are heading to college and we are pulling up the chair at the dorm room table. Tyler, what was your go-to favorite meal at college? Do you remember?

Tyler (2:22)

I certainly do. And before we even do that, I dropped my son off at college. He is a freshman at the University of Wyoming. And we had the spectacular three-day road trip. We had the absolute best time. He had a ton of stuff with him and he had a microwave oven. And that was my one go-to thing that I insisted they take with him. And we did the math on it to make sure it wasn't like too big or too small. So it didn't take up any extra room because his dorm room was pretty tiny.

But he's got some way to cook in his room, which is so incredibly important. So I got a couple of fun things to share. My own personal go-to meal when I was in college and I went to culinary school. So it was a little bit different.

Ari Zellig (3:00)

Yeah, that's a little bit.

Tyler (3:01)

But my go-to meal was carbonara. It was really just scrambled eggs and bacon and pasta and that kind of stuff over and over again. And of course I've learned how to really perfect this ancient, incredible, delicious Roman dish. And I would eat that almost every single day because it was so incredibly cheap.

Jenna (3:15)

Oh my gosh.

Going to culinary school and your favorite meal in college is a different experience than what I experienced living in an apartment building in New York City. They were made into dorm rooms. And we had a little convenience store downstairs called The Sea Store. And they had candy and minor conveniences, I will say. And one of the things they had was a boxed stuffing, instant stuffing. So you just add water to the bowl and you put it in the microwave and it's fluffy. And that was my favorite meal.

Tyler (3:47)

That's killer. Having a bodega downstairs or having the store where you can go find things to judge, I think that's a really great way to feed yourself.

Jenna (3:56)

Honestly, in college, when you're just learning how to do laundry for the first time and live on your own for the first time, those are the gateways to figuring out how to take care of yourself. It's such a special moment for both the parent and also for a college student going on your own, but still with some guardrails, just not your parents. So we have to keep ourselves safe and we have to start to look after ourselves.