The International Herald Tribune recently published an article about little David Fishman, a 12 year-old New Yorker who has taken to writing food critiques in his spare time. Quite the overachiever, David has added part-time foodie to his list of accomplishments.
I remember sitting in my favorite café appalled at the kitsch factor of the recently introduced “baby-chino." Now that I’ve finally got used to little kids sipping tiny cups of faux coffee, I’m presented with this gem. Part of me wants to tell this kid to go home and eat macaroni and cheese like other self-respecting 12 year-olds, but I feel that would be too much of snap judgment.
Here’s a kid who, for one reason or another, likes to eat good food. How many parents will be force-feeding broccoli to their kids tonight? Or wishing the kids would sit still in a restaurant just once? David Fisherman is simply a kid who prefers lobster linguine with a white wine sauce to playing football.
Kids play an important role in the consumer market, whether it’s clothes, technology or food. Child critics are merely a continuation of the trend. We have kids reading the news, reviewing books, and starting NGOs. Why not have them reviewing food? Maybe baby-chinos aren’t so bad after all.
Photo courtesy of International Herald Tribune.
