{"product_id":"picky-helen-zoe-veit-9798228627208","title":"Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening investigation into why American kids no longer eat broadly and with gusto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre children naturally picky? It sure seems that way. Yet, amazingly, pickiness used to be almost nonexistent. Well into the twentieth century, Americans saw children as joyful omnivores who were naturally curious and eager to eat. Of course, this doesn't make sense today. Don't kids have special taste buds? Aren't they highly sensitive to food's texture and color? Aren't children incapable of liking \"adult foods,\" and don't parents risk harming kids psychologically by urging them to eat?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Americans in the past didn't think any of those things. They assumed that children could enjoy the same foods as adults, and \u003ci\u003echildren almost always did\u003c\/i\u003e. They loved spicy relishes, vinegary pickles, and bitter greens. They spent their allowances on raw oysters and looked forward to their daily coffee. So how did modern kids become such incredibly narrow eaters? The story is fascinating--and about much more than rising abundance. \u003ci\u003ePicky\u003c\/i\u003e shows how fussy eating came to define \"children's food\" and reshape American diets at large. Maybe most importantly, it explains how we can still use the tools that parents used in the past to raise happy, healthy, wildly un-picky kids today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Zoe Veit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228627208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Helen Zoe Veit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47965990715647,"sku":"9798228627208","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3412970-e08e-40d3-af0a-6e658bcad062.jpg?v=1767286181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/picky-helen-zoe-veit-9798228627208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}