The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World

A harried mother of two, Betsy Block is in pursuit of the perfect family meal: local, toxin-free, humane, and healthful. But soon she finds herself in a mealtime maze beset by conflicting, often unrealistic advice, and further complicated by two picky kids and a finicky husband. Determined not to give up the good-food fight, she comes up with a creative ten-step makeover plan. She consults experts, visits farms, and overcomes the pitfalls, struggles, and triumphs of eating well when busy schedules, surreptitious lunch trades, snack machines, permissive grandparents, and willful temptations intervene. As entertaining as it is informative, The Dinner Diaries is for any family who wants to change the way they ear--one forkful at a time. Includes charts, food lists, recipes, tips, and suggested culinary and farm programs for kids.