"I loved reading this book. I got so many useful tips and tricks from it. And I just found it fascinating.”
– Amna Nawaz, PBS News Hour
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"Veit is a wonderful writer who brings to her subject a wealth of research and an attitude of refreshingly nonideological neutrality... If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, Picky has the answers."
― The Wall Street Journal
"A sensible, succinct and easily digestible story of good intentions gone wrong."
― The Economist
"We loved the book."
― Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything
“The book is joyful… There’s so much fantastic, useful advice in the book, as well, that’s based in history and in science.”
― PBS News Hour
“Fascinating… Her message is: it’s not your fault. There are real, historical reasons why children went from being gloriously hungry omnivores in the nineteenth century and before to refusing to eat what’s put in front of them.”
― NPR's Good Food
"Compelling... Veit’s evidence and narrative convinced me that my son is capable of better eating than I thought."
― The Bulwark
"A profound historical investigation and a call to action."
― Paul Freedman, Professor of History, Yale University, author of Why Food Matters
"This well-told history explains how a wrongheaded notion became conventional wisdom, with disastrous consequences for kids and parents alike."
― Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate
“The perspective that so many of us desperately need… After having read this book, I walked into dinner last night at a local restaurant with confidence that my kids were going to be a little more open than normal, and my six-year-old tried something that he had never tried before, and he loved it.”
― Stateside, Michigan Public Radio
"Enlightening... A rigorous and persuasive call for change."
― Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Recounts how kids went from eating jellied brain to consuming, like my toddler, little but macaroni and cheese."
― The Atlantic
“Absolutely beautiful… I can’t tell you how enlightening it was to read this history book.”
― Baby-Led Weaning with Kate Ferraro
“You’ve given, I think, a lot of parents a big boost of confidence and a sense of relief.”
― NPR's Press Play
"What I loved most about Helen’s book was that it offers up a vision of food as a source of pleasure, a source of nourishment, and a source of community... Like many modern parents trying to figure out how to feed my kid, I often feel trapped between contradictory – and equally dogmatic – approaches.... Helen’s book reminded me that much of this dogma is historical and contextual – and that as a parent, I have much more agency that I’m sometimes led to believe."
― Mara Gordon, MD, NPR contributor and “Your Doctor Friend” on Substack
"In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today’s ‘kid food’ and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto."
― Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food
“A fascinating exploration of how and why children today, especially in America, are such selective eaters.”
― The Chopping Block
"Meticulously researched and eminently readable."
― Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention
"Picky shows us how picky eaters aren't born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters."
― Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal
"Veit argues that parents should promote diverse diets to raise healthier and happier children."
― Booklist
"Great premise for a book... and heaps of good ideas for us to try at home."
― Radio New Zealand
“A really, really interesting new book.”
― The Forum with Josh Cowen
“Fascinating.”
― First Coast Connect
― The Wall Street Journal
"A sensible, succinct and easily digestible story of good intentions gone wrong."
― The Economist
"We loved the book."
― Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything
“The book is joyful… There’s so much fantastic, useful advice in the book, as well, that’s based in history and in science.”
― PBS News Hour
“Fascinating… Her message is: it’s not your fault. There are real, historical reasons why children went from being gloriously hungry omnivores in the nineteenth century and before to refusing to eat what’s put in front of them.”
― NPR's Good Food
"Compelling... Veit’s evidence and narrative convinced me that my son is capable of better eating than I thought."
― The Bulwark
"A profound historical investigation and a call to action."
― Paul Freedman, Professor of History, Yale University, author of Why Food Matters
"This well-told history explains how a wrongheaded notion became conventional wisdom, with disastrous consequences for kids and parents alike."
― Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate
“The perspective that so many of us desperately need… After having read this book, I walked into dinner last night at a local restaurant with confidence that my kids were going to be a little more open than normal, and my six-year-old tried something that he had never tried before, and he loved it.”
― Stateside, Michigan Public Radio
"Enlightening... A rigorous and persuasive call for change."
― Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Recounts how kids went from eating jellied brain to consuming, like my toddler, little but macaroni and cheese."
― The Atlantic
“Absolutely beautiful… I can’t tell you how enlightening it was to read this history book.”
― Baby-Led Weaning with Kate Ferraro
“You’ve given, I think, a lot of parents a big boost of confidence and a sense of relief.”
― NPR's Press Play
"What I loved most about Helen’s book was that it offers up a vision of food as a source of pleasure, a source of nourishment, and a source of community... Like many modern parents trying to figure out how to feed my kid, I often feel trapped between contradictory – and equally dogmatic – approaches.... Helen’s book reminded me that much of this dogma is historical and contextual – and that as a parent, I have much more agency that I’m sometimes led to believe."
― Mara Gordon, MD, NPR contributor and “Your Doctor Friend” on Substack
"In breezy, often humorous prose, Helen Veit traces the many forces that created today’s ‘kid food’ and upends our assumptions about the foods children can and will eat with gusto."
― Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food
“A fascinating exploration of how and why children today, especially in America, are such selective eaters.”
― The Chopping Block
"Meticulously researched and eminently readable."
― Michael Krondl, author of Sweet Invention
"Picky shows us how picky eaters aren't born but made and shows parents how to sort through the conflicting advice to help their children become happy, healthy eaters."
― Andrew Coe, author of James Beard Award-winning A Square Meal
"Veit argues that parents should promote diverse diets to raise healthier and happier children."
― Booklist
"Great premise for a book... and heaps of good ideas for us to try at home."
― Radio New Zealand
“A really, really interesting new book.”
― The Forum with Josh Cowen
“Fascinating.”
― First Coast Connect
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