{"id":38541,"date":"2019-07-10T09:48:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=38541"},"modified":"2019-07-09T21:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:50:55","slug":"dealing-with-food-allergies-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/07\/10\/dealing-with-food-allergies-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Food Allergies At University"},"content":{"rendered":"Coming to university with severe food allergies was one of the things I was most worried about. I have a long list of food allergies and finding the right places to eat can be tricky! Sharing a kitchen and eating in a large dining hall meant a lot of things could go wrong, so I had to be even more mindful than usual.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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Squirrel outside Goldring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI will go into anaphylactic shock if I consume peanuts, tree nuts, or sesame seeds (which means that if I eat them it can be fatal). I keep an Epipen on me at all times, I read the ingredients on everything, and if there aren\u2019t ingredients (like at restaurants) I have to ask.<\/span>\r\n\"Burwash<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nLuckily, Vic College\u2019s Burwash Dining Hall<\/a> puts labels their meals (which is honestly how I chose what college to go to). In first year, this made it much easier for me to find food I could eat.\u00a0<\/span>In second year, they took the labels away, so I went straight to the Victoria College Dean of Students and Food Services and asked for them to put them back up (thankfully, they did).\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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The only dessert I could eat on my birthday was jello lol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nNow day-to-day food is one thing, but to find a restaurant to eat at that is allergy-friendly is a whole other struggle. So, below are a few places near campus that offer safe options:<\/span>\r\n\r\nSorelle and Co.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>This is a cute cafe on the edge of Yorkville, and amazingly, it offers peanut, tree nut, and sesame-free options. This is the first coffee shop that I could actually eat at (and it's so close to campus too). Sorelle offers a lot of other allergy-free and gluten-free items, and they don\u2019t taste bad at all! This may be more pricy than your regular Timmies but the fact that I can eat their is worth it for me.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nFamoso.<\/a>\u00a0This is an Italian pizza place just past Bloor and Spadina. To ensure that the food you order is allergy-safe they use completely new ingredients (for no contamination) and clean the oven and other utensils before cooking. This option means a lot to me, especially when a spare sesame seed can be the difference between life and death!<\/span>\r\n\r\nJumbo Empanadas.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>This is a tiny restaurant in Kensington Market. It\u2019s not particularly known for its allergy awareness, however they only sell empanadas. I know that I\u2019m not allergic to any of the ingredients that go into empanadas, and since they don\u2019t make anything else, there\u2019s no chance of cross-contamination!<\/span>\r\n\r\nToronto restaurants also tend to have online menus, so I like to check out what they serve before I go. If they use a lot of what I\u2019m allergic to, I usually avoid it. Allergies can be difficult; I hope some of the options I listed can take a little stress off of your next meal if you have allergies too, and if anyone knows any other allergy-friendly places I would be delighted to hear about them!<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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