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My three year old is in a cooking class learning to make artisanal breads.
Well, my two year old will only eat raw milk cheeses that have been smuggled into the country by our friends traveling abroad.
Oh yeah? My 7 month old will only eat sushi, foie gras and foods prepared by Ferran Adria.
It looks like having kids with gourmet palates is the newest status symbol for the "urban sophisticate." They want their kids to appreciate the finer things in life as soon as possible, so members of this food-forward group of parents - foodies, chowhounds and gourmets all - try to expose their kids to as many different foods as they can. They enroll them in kids-only cooking classes so that they can get some hands-on experience and take them to fine dining restaurants - many of which now offer smaller kid-sized portions - as well as cooking dishes from around the world at home.
Those outside of this adventurous eater movement are less enthralled with it than the parents of the children are, even if the "outsiders" are parents themselves. Not only do they feel that there is no reason to push so much so soon (even adults like mac and cheese!), but some foods like medium rare burgers and sushi seem like they might be opening children to heath risks. The biggest concern arises with restaurants, where many patrons feel that the experience is lessened when they have to sit next to a cranky child. Restaurateurs and chefs, on the other hand, don't seem to mind quite as much. "Eric Ripert, the chef at Le Bernardin, Zagat's highest-rated restaurant in New York, thinks his dress code helps keep children in line. 'They have a tie, so they are almost strangled already,' he said. 'They don't move much.'"
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2-02-2007 @5:34PM Robyn said... Where to start? Of course it's good for kids to be adventurous eaters, but bragging about it sounds so gross.
And kids definitely need to be taught to eat in a restaurant. I remember my nephews "practicing" at McDonalds before they could go to a real restaurant and I'm pretty sure my parents did this with us too. We didn't go to fine dining places until we were like 12 or so.
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2-02-2007 @7:13PM ShortWoman said... Two things: first, I agree that exposing kids to food beyond chicken nuggets and burgers is an unquestionably good thing. Too many restaurants have kids menus that can briefly be summarized "fried things or cheezy pizza and a side order of fries." Not a balanced meal. No wonder so many American kids are little fatties.
Second, teaching a child to behave in the kind of restaurant that doesn't have an indoor playground is part of the deal. It isn't hard if you remember to make sure their needs are taken care of. Some restaurants will help you out with crayons and a color-on placemat. (Note to the waitstaff: ASK before you decide to bring Junior's plate 20 minutes before anybody else's!)
I could bore you with tips for dining with young people, or tell you about that time in the Italian restaurant under the Biltmore in LA, but you get the picture.
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2-02-2007 @7:57PM calamari said... Hey, I agree that a well-rounded child would rather eat their chicken as tikka masala or with lemongrass than in nuggets with fries... it's the bragging about the chi-chi-ness of it all that cheeses me off. (That'd be a finely ripened bleu cheese-off, bien entendu.)
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2-03-2007 @12:03AM GhaleonQ said... When I become a parent, I think that I'll spend my salary on phonics and arithmetic workbooks for my children.
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2-03-2007 @7:56PM Karen said... I'd be happy if I could get my child to eat ANY meat (other than fish), ANY vegetable other than corn and broccoli and ANY fruit other than bananas and applesauce.
Heck, he doesn't even have to eat it - just taste something now and then.
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2-04-2007 @9:48AM Stefania@FamilyFood said... Funny, here is my take on the NYT article. I didn't put quite the competitive parent spin on it that you did. For many parents like me, it's not about being competitive, it's about continuing a tradition of eating. My taste buds didn't get switched on the moment I was 18 and off to college. I grew up eating sushi, caviar, spicy Korean and Indian food etc. etc. because my parents had no issues or hang-ups about food and felt it was natural to expose us to the things they enjoyed eating.
http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/01/29/raising-gourmet-kids-is-next-parenting-trend.aspx
I just don't understand the concept of "adult food" and "kids food." Never have.
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2-04-2007 @2:12PM MJ said... Another great one!! I grew up on clean your plate era! So.....You ate what was put before you! Kids eat fastfood and microwave meals now and dont like anything else. I tell my kids to try it if you dont like it, you dont have to eat it.. thats it though! Starvation will change things, believe me. I think growing up when there was no fastfoods made us better eaters and healthier. Mom and dad cooked everyday, and made sure we had a balanced meal. Dont mean to blame it all on fastfood but.......
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2-04-2007 @2:48PM Gobo said... My boyfriend's 8-year-old nephew refuses to eat any food but pizza and chicken nuggets, under any circumstances. He hates chicken unless it's breaded and fried, and eats no vegetables. His parents gladly provide all the deep-fried chicken chunks he wants. When I go to the mall and see kids his age happily eating sushi, it makes me wish that his parents didn't cave so easily, and I think that's often the problem.
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2-04-2007 @2:51PM Gobo said... I should add that the 8-year-old kid in #8 is a very smart kid, but he's overweight and has all kinds of health problems. I'm sure it's not a coincidence.
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