The little gastronomists
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Not too long ago I read an article in The Financial Times about a 6-year-old foodie who eats, if memory serves, oysters, foie gras and foods that most children wouldn’t even go near.
Today in the New York Times there is a similar article, “Down with Picky Eating — A Parent’s Tale from Beijing.” It’s a fun read about two children, ages 13 and 9, who were born and raised in China (though judging by the picture they don’t appear to be of Chinese descent) and dine on snails, Tibetan yak jerky, scorpions and cow lung and scoff at banana-flavored granola bars. “Fussiness,” the writer Matthew Forney writes, “never enters the picture.”
It’s an interesting take on how environment shapes our dietary habits.
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on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm by Marcela Rojas.
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