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And yet at least once a year I find myself asking detailed questions of a variety of chefs. "Do you serve sorbet as well as ice cream?" Kevin Flynn Practical Traveler column offers advice to parents whose children have food allergies; drawing (M) "What sort of oil do you use for frying?" "How about your pasta? Do you make it with an egg?" These... . Houston Chronicle May , Panel allergy drugs need no prescription GAITHERSBURG, Md. Three popular allergy medications are safe enough to be sold without prescription, a federal advisory panel ruled Friday in an unprecedented case that could save the health insurance industry billions of dollars but increase costs for many consumers. Acting on a petition by WellPoint Health Networks of Thousand Oaks, Calif., the Food and Drug Administration panel recommended that Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec be made available over the counter, without supervision by a... . Los Angeles Times , Family Album They'd Better Watch Out At holiday time, parents of kids with food allergies must be more vigilant than ever It might seem odd that Stephanie Lewson brought her own pumpkin pie to ie Callender's, a restaurant known for its pies. Weirder still that she cut the dessert into inch squares, speared them onto toothpicks and passed them out to the women gathered at the Lake Forest restaurant.As Lewis rattled off the ingredients (Mocha Mix, flavorless gelatin, Tofutti cream cheese, egg replacer), they oohed and aahed over the flavor and texture. Finally, a pumpkin pie that... . Miami Herald, The (FL) , ALLERGY DRUG FACES FDA'S DISAPPROVAL Allergy sufferers who have depended on Seldane to fight off sneezing, watery eyes and runny nose will have to turn to another medicine soon if the government succeeds in pulling the drug off the ket.The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed withdrawing approval for Seldane, the second most popular allergy drug, because it has potentially deadly side effects. Seldane's maker plans to fight the action but is urging d ors to switch patients to a safer version of the... . Miami Herald, The (FL) , FDA MAY OK PRE ALLERGY NASAL SPRAY Allergy sufferers may soon be able to buy without a prescription a medicine that promises to prevent their sniffles.Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have voted unanimously to allow the prescription nasal spray Nasalcrom to be sold over the counter. An estimated million Americans suffer allergic rhinitis, caused by annual pollen or mold seasons, or persistent allergies from dust mites, pets or other substances.d ors try to prevent the symptoms by... . The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) May , Watery eyed suffers head to d ors as allergies strike Several medical practitioners say their appointment books are filling up with scheduled visits from this spring's dose of watery eyed allergy sufferers. "I've seen maybe a percent increase in patients carrying those kinds of symptoms," said Dr. Jason DeRouen, a family practice resident at Baton Rouge General Medical Center.Similarly, d ors at Family Medicine Center said they are scheduling two to three more people a day complaining of... . Newsday (Melville, NY) , New Car Filters Nothing to Sneeze At Air in there will give the allergy ridden a refuge on wheels Allergy sufferers sneezing their way through an early ragweed season now have another place to go to escape from pollen and other irritants, one less scenic than Arizona but closer their cars. They do, that is, if they own one of the small but growing number of models equipped with systems that filter pollen, dust and other irritants from the air that is drawn into the heater, ventilation and air conditioning system from outside or recirculated through the system from the car's.

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