If you’re contending with a picky eater, this should make you feel better – even Tom Colicchio, he of Craft restaurants, multiple culinary plaudits and most importantly to most of us, the head judge on Top Chef, struggles with getting his son to eat well.
This entry from the NYT’s Well blog last week was ahead of a panel on helping kids eat more healthfully featuring Colicchio, South Beach Diet founder Arthur Agatson, Jessica Seinfeld, and Brian Wansik, the Cornell University professor who has done a bunch of fascinating research on what makes us overeat.
I really, really liked what Colicchio has to say on the subject. His take is pretty much that real food, wholesome, well-prepared food, is better for you than low-fat, low-carb crap. I’m in weight loss mode right now so I am looking for ways to boost the fiber and lower the fat of what we’re already eating, but I think the key is to make real, soul-satisfying food that’s made of things that come from nature versus microwaving some low-fat Frankenfood.
My favorite quote is this: “If food is well sourced and well prepared, I don’t think the word healthy needs to be brought into it. It’s healthy because it’s wholesome. That’s what we should focus on. You can buy a box of low-fat macaroni and cheese made with powdered nonsense. I’m not worried if I’m using four different cheeses and it’s high in fat. It’s real food.”
AMEN. That’s almost enough to make me forgive you for not booting Stefan instead of Jeff last week, Colicchio.
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