It's All in the Marketing

From the mailbox:

Dear Jenny,

About a month ago we were having chili for dinner. Our son hates chili. All types. Tomato, white bean chicken, we have battled over it all. I have pushed, he has pursed (his lips tightly). I have threatened (which I know is not the way to promote healthy attitudes toward food), he has cried (I'm not proud of this). Anyway, he asked what we were having for dinner this night and I said, "Chili." But instantly I recalled these words which I had read only hours before, "It's all about marketing." and so I quickly changed the title. "Actually, I mean, it's soup. Two bean, ground beef, tomato soup...on a potato." "Oh. It really looks like chilli." he replied. "I know, crazy huh?" He then proceed to eat the. whole. bowl, asked for more and did not complain about it once. Yes, it really is all about marketing.

So, in closing, I'm so glad Amazon recommended your book and I'm so glad to have been introduced to your blog through it (aaaand books we love??! Oh man your blog was really made for me!) I love it.

Sincerely a very happy reader, Katie Leonard

Thanks Katie! PS: Here's the "two-bean, ground beef, tomato soup" that works in our house. And, incidentally fits right into my More Freezer Dinner School Year Resolution Plan. PPS: The photo above is from my book, which has a whole chapter devoted to my personal experience with my very own (recovered) picky eater. Do you have a marketing plan?

PLUS: Help for Lunch-Packing Dreaders! (To my knowledge, that includes all parents of all school-age children?) A back-to-school interview I did with Epicurious.