Leslie Hammond is an expert on cooking for people with cooking allergies. She appears regularly on TV stations all over Northern California doing cooking segments about allergy-free cooking. She runs her own business called Fancy-Free, which specializes in allergy-free birthday cakes, catering, and more. SheÆs from Davis, California.

Each of the 150 recipes included in this family-friendly cookbook are free of gluten and the eight most common allergens thus taking the guesswork out of determining which recipes are safe and which are a risk. Culinary expert, Leslie Hammond teaches readers how to use naturally allergy-free ingredients and substitutes to add richness, texture, pizzazz and nutritional content to meals without losing the "yummy" factor.