Those New York Times writers love showing off about the culinary sophistication and adventurousness of their children. Excerpt from the latest in the genre, about Bejing resident Alice Forney, age 9, and her brother Roy, age 13:
As for Alice, she says her favorite meal is Sichuanese snails and her favorite snack is Tibetan yak jerky in wrappers with the ends twisted, the way peppermints are wrapped. I suspect that behind this statement lies some gustatory one-upmanship with her brother; she also wants the crust chopped off her bread. Still, when I offered her an imported banana-flavored granola bar, her nose twitched, and she requested “dried beans or seaweed.”
— Nora
