"The picky eating habits of contemporary U.S. children were far from inevitable, according to this enlightening study. a rigorous and persuasive call for change." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred "Like many modern parents trying to figure out how to feed my kid, I often feel trapped between contradictory - and equally dogmatic - approaches. Helen Veit shows us that these anxieties are not inevitable." -- Mara Gordon, MD, NPR contributor and "Your Doctor Friend" on Substack "This well-told history explains how a wrongheaded notion became conventional wisdom, with disastrous consequences for kids and parents alike." -- Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate "A profound historical investigation and a call to action.

" -- Paul Freedman, Department of History, Yale University, author of Why Food Matters "In her meticulously researched and eminently readable history of children''s eating habits Helen Veit reveals not only how American kids learned to be such picky eaters but exposes the food attitudes of the grown-ups in the kitchen." -- Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention "In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today''s ''kid food'' and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto." -- Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food " Picky shows us how picky eaters aren''t born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters." -- Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal als not only how American kids learned to be such picky eaters but exposes the food attitudes of the grown-ups in the kitchen." -- Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention "In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today''s ''kid food'' and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto." -- Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food " Picky shows us how picky eaters aren''t born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters." -- Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal als not only how American kids learned to be such picky eaters but exposes the food attitudes of the grown-ups in the kitchen." -- Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention "In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today''s ''kid food'' and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto.

" -- Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food " Picky shows us how picky eaters aren''t born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters." -- Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal als not only how American kids learned to be such picky eaters but exposes the food attitudes of the grown-ups in the kitchen." -- Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention "In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today''s ''kid food'' and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto." -- Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food " Picky shows us how picky eaters aren''t born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters." -- Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal ions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto." -- Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food " Picky shows us how picky eaters aren''t born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters." -- Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal.