Understanding and managing your child's food allergies

This book provides a thorough overview of food allergies. The author uses case studies to show how food allergies present differently in different people. He also describes other allergies that might present the same symptoms.
I was turned off by the perspective that mild allergic responses, such as skin rashes, should be medicated instead of avoiding a known allergen. This seems absurd to me. The author argues that if the allergic reaction appears mild, there is no reason to exclude a whole food and present nutritional issues. I counter that we, collectively, exclude whole kinds of foods (ancient grains, anyone?) regularly - on non-allergic diets just based on culture. Except for that silly (and potentially dangerous) notion, I liked the book.