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The Food Issue
Illustration by Christoph Niemann
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Getting Your Kids to Eat (or at Least Try) Everything

A cookbook writer on how to bring up good eaters.

How School Lunch Became the Latest Political Battleground

Inside the Obama administration’s standoff with Republicans, the food industry and the nation’s lunch ladies over the future of the cafeteria.

The Gummi Bear Chronicles

An animated guide to the precise choreography of eating candy. A whole lot of candy.

What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast

What do kids around the world eat for breakfast? It’s as likely to be coffee or kimchi as it is a sugary cereal.

What if You Just Hate Making Dinner?

Cookbooks for parents encourage a lively curiosity about preparing meals, but every day around 5 p.m., I draw a despairing blank.

What Happens When Second Graders Are Treated to a Seven-Course, $220 Tasting Meal

Students from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn learn the fine points of French cuisine at one of New York’s poshest restaurants.

Kids at Play

To create playgrounds for everyone, Monstrum’s designers let their imaginations run wild.

Photographers Snoop on Their Kids’ Bedrooms

A child’s room is like a gallery for expressing creativity. (Well, like a gallery with clothes all over the floor.)


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