American children are the pickiest eaters in history, and this is the real reason why

American children are the pickiest eaters in history, and this is the real reason why

With her new book, history professor Helen Zoe Veit tackles a fraught, emotionally charged, controversial subject: kids being fussy eaters. The prevailing modern wisdom is that “children have biologically keen taste buds, that children are naturally sensitive to texture and color, and that children are evolutionarily cautious about new things,” she writes in “Picky: How … Read more

What is the pickiest zodiac sign, according to an astrologer

What is the pickiest zodiac sign, according to an astrologer

Persnickety, fussy, finicky, carping, fastidious, fussbudgetery; a fair shake of the Mary Poppins sounding synonyms for picky bring to mind images of an insufferable pearl clutching crone arguing over the freshness of produce at a market stall or exhausting a server by designing their own menu item at a restaurant. On the gentler end of … Read more