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by Karen Le Billon (Author)
French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children's deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North American eating habits while they were all living in France.
At once a memoir, a cookbook, a practical parenting handbook, and a delightful exploration of how the French manage to feed children without endless battles and struggles with pickiness, French Kids Eat Everything features recipes, practical tips, and ten easy-to-follow food rules for raising happy and healthy young eaters--a sort of French Women Don't Get Fat meets Food Rules.
Based on her family's transformation, Le Billon shares the ten simple food rules that can help any parent raise a happy, adventurous eater:
- Healthy Eating Habits: Learn why scheduling meals, not snacking, is the key to raising children who eat a wide variety of foods with enthusiasm.
- Overcoming Picky Eaters: Discover the "taste it" rule and other gentle, effective strategies to encourage children to try new foods without pressure or bribes.
- Joyful Family Meals: Transform dinnertime from a battlefield into a relaxed, happy social occasion that the whole family looks forward to.
- French Parenting Secrets: Explore the cultural wisdom, simple recipes, and practical tips that make food education a central, joyful part of raising a child in France.
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Moving her young family to her husband's hometown in northern France, Karen Le Billon expected some cultural adjustment. But she didn't expect to be lectured for slipping her fussing toddler a snack, or to be forbidden from packing her older daughter a school lunch. Karen is intrigued by the fact that French children happily eat everything--from beets to broccoli, from salad to spinach--while French obesity rates are a fraction of what they are in North America.
Karen soon begins to see the wisdom in the "food rules" that the French use to foster healthy eating habits and good manners in babies and children. Some of the rules call into question both our eating habits and our parenting styles. Other rules evoke commonsense habits that we used to share but have somehow forgotten. Taken together, the rules suggest that we need to dramatically rethink the way we feed children, at home and at school.
Combining personal anecdotes with practical tips and appetizing recipes--including Zucchini and Spinach Puree and Bouillabaisse (Fish Soup) for Babies--French Kids Eat Everything is a humorous, provocative look at families, food, and children that is filled with inspiration and advice that every parent can use.
--BonAppetit.comBack Jacket
Moving her young family to her husband's hometown in northern France, Karen Le Billon expected some cultural adjustment. But she didn't expect to be lectured for slipping her fussing toddler a snack, or to be forbidden from packing her older daughter a school lunch. Karen is intrigued by the fact that French children happily eat everything--from beets to broccoli, from salad to spinach--while French obesity rates are a fraction of what they are in North America.
Karen soon begins to see the wisdom in the "food rules" that the French use to foster healthy eating habits and good manners in babies and children. Some of the rules call into question both our eating habits and our parenting styles. Other rules evoke commonsense habits that we used to share but have somehow forgotten. Taken together, the rules suggest that we need to dramatically rethink the way we feed children, at home and at school.
Combining personal anecdotes with practical tips and appetizing recipes--including Zucchini and Spinach Puree and Bouillabaisse (Fish Soup) for Babies--French Kids Eat Everything is a humorous, provocative look at families, food, and children that is filled with inspiration and advice that every parent can use.
