Colette Martin

Colette Martin is a cookbook author, food photographer, food allergy advocate and an expert on how to bake allergen-free. She is the author of the highly acclaimed Learning to Bake Allergen-Free: A Crash Course for Busy Parents on Baking without Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy or Nuts and The Allergy-Free Pantry: Make Your Own Staples, Snacks, and More without Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy or Nuts. When her son was diagnosed with allergies to wheat, milk, eggs, soy and peanuts in 2001, she had to reinvent how her family ate. Having first learned to bake in her grandmother's kitchen with wheat, butter, milk, and eggs, Colette understands first-hand what it means to transform her kitchen to accommodate multiple food allergies. Colette served as vice-chair of the board for Kids with Food Allergies Foundation from 2012 to 2014. Today she serves as a board member of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. She shares solutions for busy families with multiple food allergies at her blog, Learning to Eat Allergy-Free. She believes that everyone should be able to eat birthday cake, and that breakfast is better if it includes chocolate!