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Passport to Plate - EpiPen Safe Traveling with food allergies in the US and abroad. ANA Allergic to: peanuts, treenuts, shellfish, celery, all yellow dye, sodium nitrate, and sodium benzoate

10/26/2026

4 nights in Tokyo with peanut, tree nut, shellfish, celery, sodium benzoate, sodium nitrate, and yellow dye food allergies.

This was my first time in Japan and I was nervous about eating for sure with the language barrier as well had how prevalent shellfish and nuts are here. So far so good though!

📍Granola bars for the plane but they did have a prepackaged box of crackers so I could read the ingredient list. Unfortunately none of their boxed meals had ingredient lists and their customer service chat was unable to provide them prior to our flight.

📍A margarita pizza at DisneySeas

📍There was a bunch of vendor trucks in the Meiji Jingu so I was able to find one that didn’t serve shellfish and had some of the best chicken skewers ever plus fried rice balls with sugar and soy sauce.

📍7/11 makes really good food and it’s all individually packaged with an ingredient list I could translate. It’s been a great way to try some different foods.

📍a delicious burger for lunch at Adrift by the Imperial Palace

📍another margarita pizza with farm to table ingredients at Kabeat

09/21/2026

Festivals with severe food allergies can be SCARY. 😬

When we decided to camp at Bourbon & Beyond for Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, one of my biggest concerns was food. We won’t be able to simply leave the campground, find safe food and come back — and with multiple severe allergies, eating from festival vendors isn’t something I can automatically assume will be safe.

Then I learned that Bourbon & Beyond offers medically necessary food accommodations. ❤️

I contacted their accessibility team, and they added me to their pre-approved accommodations list, allowing me to prepare my own safe food at our campsite and bring that day’s food into the festival.

That means I can make my own sandwiches for lunch AND dinner, pack them safely, enter through the Access Lane and actually focus on enjoying the festival. 🥹🎶

THIS is what accessibility and food-allergy inclusion can look like.

I’ll be documenting the process this weekend — from making my food at camp ➡️ security ➡️ getting into the festival ➡️ actually eating safely inside — so other people with food allergies know what to expect.

09/08/2026

Labor Day take-out lunch at this new Mexican spot in Hamilton, Ohio.

They took my allergies very seriously when I let them know everything; and answered all my questions, kindly and thoroughly. I didn’t feel rushed or like I was bothering the staff at all… not something that can always be said for other places.

My beef and cheese quesadilla was delicious - and safe!. We will be back!


08/31/2026

Next trip… loading!
3 weeks in Japan🇯🇵 here we come! 1.5 months out from 🛫

So much planning goes into any international trip, but even more when traveling with multiple severe food allergies.

If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear them.

Tokyo➡️Yokosuka➡️Hakone➡️Kanazawa➡️Takayama➡️Kyoto➡️Hiroshima

07/12/2026

I love scratch kitchens and a staff that is genuinely knowledgeable and accommodating with food allergies. Plus the food is simply divine 😍 So many reasons why Via Vite is our go too celebration spot in Cincinnati.

04/18/2026

A safe airport breakfast before boarding. Thanks

04/17/2026

Grilled grouper sandwich with a view… and allergen safe ☀️🍽️

Sloppy Joes at Treausre Island was a lovely spot for a dinner. I ordered a grilled grouper sandwich with “no fancy seasoning” as I call it, just salt and pepper. They cooked it on a seperate section of the grill with seperate utensils from the shellfish. It was delicious!

Neither the French fries or kettle chips were safe (fries in the same oil as the shellfish) and I wasn’t hungry enough to upgrade to a side salad, so I just got the fries on a separate plate for my husband to eat. The server was very patient and throughout taking my allergies and cooking notes down.

**anaphylaxis allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, sodium nitrate, sodium benzoate, celery, yellow dye**

04/16/2026

**I have peanut, tree nut, shellfish, sodium nitrate, sodium benzoate, yellow dye, and celery allergies. All anaphylactic level.**

We came for dinner, and came back for two beach days with safe lunches!

I look forward to getting fresh grouper every time I come Florida but sometimes it’s not possible due to restaurants not being able or willing to prepare it safely… but not at Caddy’s!

The servers were great with all my questions and clarifications. I was able to confirm the ingredients for the seasoning of the grouper sandwich as well as they confirmed they would grill it on a separate clean part of the grill, free from shellfish. The server brought my food separate from the rest of my table to make sure I got the correct plate. I was also able to get great fresh vegetables as a side because I wasn’t able to eat the French fries or kettle chips due to being fried in the same oil as shellfish.

It went so good that we came back the next two days and used their beachfront and got to go lunches directly to the beach.

Both were great with the same great customer service experience! Grilled chicken sandwich and a salad with grilled chicken. Both safe, and both delicious. I had to take the almonds off the salad and switch the dressing on the salad in order to be safe, and both modifications were made correctly. This is something that sometimes doesn’t happen and I have to send the food back to get something made the way I requested it, but they were on it.

Thanks for a great couple days! We’ll be back ☀️

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