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- [Grant] Many students wind down after school,

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but one student chooses to spend her time

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working on her first book, a cookbook at that.

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Alannah Williams is only nine years old,

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and working hard to complete her first book.

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The book is called Dance Like a Cupcake,

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and consists of recipes specifically designed

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for kids with food allergies.

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- I made it because my brother, he has allergies,

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and it was sad when I could eat something

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that he couldn't eat.

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So I thought of making this cookbook.

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- [Grant] What makes this book even more unique,

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is the focus on fitness and health.

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A number of aerobic and anaerobic exercises

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are included, and meant to be challenges.

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Commonly used food items such as eggs or milk

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are substituted with healthy alternatives.

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- The ultimate goal is to one, raise awareness for kids

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and adults with food allergies.

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And two, to promote healthier lifestyles.

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- [Grant] Williams is doing most of the research on her own

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and getting a little help from her mom as well.

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- I'm very proud of her, because she had an idea

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and instead of just keeping it an idea,

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she decided to move forward and make it into something that,

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a dream that will actually come true for her.

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- [Grant] The book is for kids,

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but encourages parents to spend more time

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with their kids in the kitchen.

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It focuses on desserts, and will be the first

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of many food allergy-friendly cookbooks to come.

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- When you eat these desserts, they're really yummy.

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And they make you dance like a cupcake.

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- [Grant] Petty Officer Grant Wamack, Yongsan, Korea.