Kid Food gets me asking tough questions: is the profit of a couple companies really more important than getting kids to eat healthy?
Rebecca Boehm, Union of Concerned Scientists
One of the Best Books of 2019 (So Far)
Real Simple
A blueprint for how to raise healthy eaters in a fast-food culture
New York Times
Powerful, encouraging advocacy . . . . KID FOOD equips parents with the wisdom and strategies they'll need to raise-and feed-healthier kids.
Foreword Reviews
The book shines a critical light on numerous practices . . . Frustrated parents will find motivation and comfort in Siegel's messages that, collectively, society can make progress in the age-old parental battle against picky eaters and create a healthier food environment for everyone.
Publishers Weekly
A fascinating look at the industry of children's food and a practical guide for parent's seeking to teach their children how to eat healthfully.
Library Journal
Everybody who has children should read Kid Food. And everyone who doesn't should read it, too. Siegel is thoughtful, practical, and fearless-a combination that should worry the food companies now threatening the health of all Americans.
Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
With meticulous research and easy, conversational prose, Siegel makes an irrefutable case for changing the broken food system that feeds our children.
Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse and founder of the Edible Schoolyard Project
Siegel is a leader and a veteran in the movement to feed our kids well, and Kid Food is a primer on what we'll need to do to get that done.
Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything and editor-in-chief of Heated
Siegel does more than explain why 'carnival food' is now the everyday norm; she lays out the specific ways to approach food more positively at home-and in the larger community-to foster change.
Ellie Krieger, cookbook author and host of Ellie's Real Good Food
Gorgeously written, heartfelt, and deeply compelling. Everyone who cares about kids must read Bettina Siegel's fabulous Kid Food.
Marion Nestle, NYU professor and author of Soda Politics
Fascinating and enlightening. I will never look at a kid's menu or baby food pouch the same way again-and I'm infinitely grateful for it.
Gail Simmons, food expert, Top Chef judge, and author of Bringing It Home
Kid Food will help you see how the Food Giants have co-opted our eating habits, and how changing the way kids eat is our best shot at leveling the playing field.
Michael Moss, author of Salt Sugar Fat
Fascinating and funny. A must-read for anyone who cares about our children's future.
Karen Le Billon, author of French Kids Eat Everything