I heard Karen on CBC radio on my way to school one night, I am taking holistic nutrition, the reason I started taking this course was my very picky son who only ate approximately 10 things. I was quite intrigued by her talk and bought her book the next day. I loved it, I loved the stories, the facts she got from her in-laws/relatives about how the french view food, I think we in North America could use this wise wisdom. I love the school lunches, I would pay $3 a day for my kids to eat so well, why can't we do that here. I love her tips on how to incorporate this way of eating into your life. Well everyone knows in this family when mom reads something we are all in trouble. I implemented a plan right away, Saturday night we had carrot soup, scallops, salad and rice. I set down a few rules about dinner as suggested in the book, didn't want to go overboard and away we went. The picky son, somewhat liked two things, didn't like one thing and loved one thing. I'll let you guess which ones, but it was an accomplishment, I wasn't going to be a short order cook anymore. I explained that we would have a meal once a week for the time being that he really liked, mac and cheese anyone, but mom was tired of cooking boring food and things were changing. He did go to bed hungary, but ate all of his breakfast and then some the next day, No snacking or a limited amount of snacking is suggested and I stuck to that, my kids have been hungry at all their meals so far, instead of sort of hungry. I am happy. I know it will be a long road ahead, but I hope to use most of the rules suggested in the book, taylor them to our family and see how it goes. If I can get the picky son to eat more vegetables, espically the green ones, that will be a big accomplishment for me and him.