Month: July 2014

After popularizing luxury groceries for the well-off, Whole Foods is trying to take the concept to the masses. But amid growing inequality and a sluggish recovery, those masses have gone missing.

That could spell trouble for the Austin, Texas-based gr…

By now most people know that when they see truffle on a menu — the real deal, not just truffle oil — it’s going to cost them a pretty penny. Truffles, which grow underground and are quietly foraged with the help of well-trained dogs, give off an into…

If you’ve never had horchata, and even if you have, listen up. There’s a lot more to this sweet beverage than you might think. Horchata is a milky, but dairy-free, drink that originated in Valencia, Spain (also the birthplace of paella). It was origina…

Al Crostino will open in its new Shaw digs tomorrow, and guests will receive 30 percent off their checks through Sunday. The Italian restaurant, which relocated from U Street NW, will be pretty similar to its previous incarnation. Owners and daughter-mother team Lina and Juliana Nicolai will serve up plenty of pastas plus some new fried items like calamari. The […]

It is no secret that Barcelona is a vibrant international destination, but the city has never looked livelier — or lovelier — than it does in these two minutes.

In the above video, photographer Robert Whitworth captures the true magic of the Spanish…

Maybe some of you have a picky eater in the house. My daughter will try most things. My 4-year-old son has a new reason every day for why he won’t eat. To borrow a line from the movie A Christmas Story, my son works in reasons why he won’t eat “the way other artists might work in oils or clay.” Here are 39 reasons why my son won’t eat dinner:

1. I don’t want a baby spoon.
2. This spoon is too big.
3. Mommy makes it better.
4. Oranges are scary.
5. Pasta is scary.
6. I want a big boy cup.
7. I spilled my drink.
8. Water is scary.
9. Daddy makes it better.
10. Cantaloupe makes my lips tingle.
11. This plain pasta with butter is too spicy.
12. I’m tired, can I be done?
13. I only like blue carrots.
14. I’m not tired anymore, I just want dessert!
15. I’m not hungry for dinner, can I have a snack?
16. I don’t like salad (said if any microscopic speck of green anything is spotted on his food).
17. Oops! The dog ate my dinner!
18. I gave the dog my fruit, he looked hungry.
19. I gave the floor my food, it looked hungry.
20. She looked at me.
21. He looked at me.
22. It’s too cold.
23. It’s too hot.
24. The dog looked at me.
25. I don’t like yellow scrambled eggs.
26. Sister touched me.
27. Sister won’t sit next to me.
28. I’m a chocolatarian, I only eat chocolate (OK, I made this one up but I’m positive it’s coming soon).
29. I want strawberries.
30. I don’t like “THOSE” strawberries.
31. What are you making? Whatever it is, I don’t like that.
32. Can I have milk in my cereal?
33. Why did you put milk in my cereal?
34. How come she gets more? I want more… I’m full, I don’t want my food.
35. I liked tomatoes yesterday, not today.
36. I don’t like this plate.
37. I only want the one bowl in the house that is impossible to find right now.
38. I just want cherries! (said a day after he would rather be thrown into solitary confinement than touch a cherry)
39. This food came within one inch of touching another food. The whole plate is now yucky.

What are some reasons that your kids have given? Let me know in the comments!

This was originally posted on LunchboxDad.com

Like Us On Facebook |
Follow Us On Twitter |
Contact HuffPost Parents

Also on HuffPost: