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unhappy meals; For three million Americans, peanuts pose a lethal threat, lurking in everything from French fries to hand lotions.

Vogue

| December 01, 2005 | Wood, Gaby | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Gaby Wood

Ava is omnivorous," I wrote in my diary soon after my daughter turned ten months old. She loved mangoes, chorizo, smoked salmon, shepherd's pie-her palate, at least, was well traveled. I liked to imagine that her unstoppable appetite would translate to a similarly fearless embrace of life.

So it was without hesitation that I tore off a corner of my peanut-buttered toast a few months later and gave it to her. Nothing happened at first, but after an hour, as I tried to put her down for a nap, she squirmed and began to scratch her ear. When I looked, I saw her ear was red, and as I was wondering what it might be, the rash spread to her ...

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