<p><a href="/CS/photos/jan2007/picture3444.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="/CS/photos/jan2007/images/3444/365x274.aspx" title="gourmet kid" alt="gourmet kid" align="right" border="0" height="149" hspace="5" width="200"></a>An article in today's <i>New York Times</i> had me rolling my eyes just a bit. <i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/fashion/28gastrokid.html">These Kids Never Say 'Yech!</a></i>
outlines the growing trend of foodie parents raising kids who
appreciate "good food." These parents take their kids to "regular
restaurants," order off the adult menu (because there is no children's
menu), and sign up for kids' cooking classses. I roll my eyes not
because preschoolers are eating manchego and membrillo, but at the fact
that this being called a trend.</p><p>For many parents like me, where
eating well is a way of life, the fact that our choices are being
called "trendy" seems ridiculous. My parents love good food and made
sure to expose us to a wide range of culinary experiences from
hand-made pasta to sashimi to arugula salad fresh from our garden.
"Slow Food" wasn't a culinary <i>trend</i>, it was the only way my parents knew how to <strike>cook</strike> be. I'm falling back on what I know to raise my kids the same way.</p>
