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A review by kristennd
Eating for Beginners: An Education in the Pleasures of Food from Chefs, Farmers, and One Picky Kid by Melanie Rehak
4.0
I particularly appreciated how mellow this book was, especially compared to so much writing in the genre. Her research led to some behavior modification, but nothing radical. And even the organic chefs and farmers that were interviewed all had the occasional junk food habit and recognized that sometimes a toddler will only eat a chicken nugget. Not to mention recognizing that there is still a limit to how much organic etc that most of us can afford or even find. No guilt!
There are some talented food bloggers out there, but I did appreciate that this actually started out as a professional writer with a contract instead. It's a refreshing change these days and you get less of the spoiled Manhattanite baggage and other overly-personal tangents. She even got trouper/trooper right.
The downside to the end-of-chapter recipes of course is that there's always something even tastier-sounding that doesn't appear (green apple slaw with lime, please!), and one seemed to have a typo (pork tenderloin), but they're still a fun bonus.
Your reaction to her Cheerios anecdote in the beginning will probably indicate your overall take on the book. I gave that a big, compatriot thumbs up.
Now I need to mail order some Bloomsday cheese.
There are some talented food bloggers out there, but I did appreciate that this actually started out as a professional writer with a contract instead. It's a refreshing change these days and you get less of the spoiled Manhattanite baggage and other overly-personal tangents. She even got trouper/trooper right.
The downside to the end-of-chapter recipes of course is that there's always something even tastier-sounding that doesn't appear (green apple slaw with lime, please!), and one seemed to have a typo (pork tenderloin), but they're still a fun bonus.
Your reaction to her Cheerios anecdote in the beginning will probably indicate your overall take on the book. I gave that a big, compatriot thumbs up.
Now I need to mail order some Bloomsday cheese.