Review: Poorly formatted and the recipes look OK
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
The What to Cook for Dinner for Picky Eaters by John and Anne Newsome is a cookbook written with good intentions. Unfortunately their cookbook goes awry from the get-go.Why?The book is poorly formatted. No interactive table of contents that I could find. Followed up with an almost blog-style of writing and formatting. If you are in a rush, or if you have young children tugging at you when trying to fix dinner, this is not the cookbook to use as it's difficult to read and find recipes.The authors do recommend seeking advice from a pediatrician, family doctor or nutritionist as a disclaimer. Later in the book the authors write about contacting a Nutritionist, Suzzanne Myer, based in Washington State who offered a telephone food consultation concerning the Eczema problem with one of their children. The authors did not list Myer's credentials (is she a registered dietician for example?) in their book so as a reader I was left to wonder about the veracity of the author's writing. Also, the authors chose to capitalize Eczema and Nutritionist and I suspect both words should have been in lower case as they are not proper titles or nouns. For example:  You should capitalize Atopic dermatitis as this is a type of eczema. There are many forms of eczema including Atopic dermatitis.Before I go too far afield in this review, some of the common allergy triggers found in children are caused by eggs and nuts. The authors have chosen to include recipes using both. Some of the recipes you will find in their cookbook include:Macaroni and Cheese with SalmonEgg SaladPecan-Encrusted TilapiaMom's Stovetop Mac 'n Cheese & HotdogsGarlic Lime Shrimp over PastaTurkey Leek BurgersFinally, the recipes look a bit complicated and probably a bit too gourmet for most picky eaters. From my personal experience, I have discovered most young children like to eat simple, uncomplicated food. Most young children do not like a lot of ingredients mixed together. In fact, when my kids were young they would have been happy to eat Mac & Cheese with a side of applesauce for almost every meal, if I let them. I suspect most young children would like to eat plain old Mac & Cheese, hamburgers or a PB&J; sandwich for lunch. I don't think most picky eaters are ready to belly up to some of the complicated gourmet recipes found in the What to Cook for Dinner for Picky Eaters.Do not recommend.Penmouse