CONTEST NOW CLOSED. Congratulations to our winner, AnnAdele Lawler! And THANK YOU to everyone who enetered!
Woohoo! Read. Learn. Repeat. is 6 months old, and I’m celebrating with a 5 WEEK GIVEAWAY event. One lucky reader has already won the fantastic book If You’re Going to a March by Martha Freeman, illustrated by Violet Kim.

How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller, illustrated by Hatem Aly
This week’s prize is How to Feed Your Parents. I am featuring it in an upcoming post on Facing Change. Until then, I’ll tell you that it’s a clever, humorous, beautifully illustrated book about trying new things.
TO ENTER:
- Follow this blog via WordPress or email.
- Leave a comment on this post listing a food you used to hate, but now love.
- Enter by Monday 8/20 @ Midnight EST.
- U.S. and Canada only.
WINNER will be selected at random from all comments with active follower status and announced on Tuesday 8/21. I will announce the winner on the blog, Instagram, and Twitter.
I’d like to thank Sterling Children’s Books for supporting my blog by providing both myself and the winner a copy of this truly fabulous book. Below you can find further information from the publisher about the book and its creators.
Thanks for celebrating with me, and best of luck!
OVERVIEW
Who’s the picky eater? Not Matilda! A little girl with adventurous tastes turns the tables on her food-fussy parents and teaches them that dinner can be more than chicken nuggets.
Matilda Macaroni loves to try new foods, whether it’s her grandma’s jambalaya or sushi at a sleepover. But, in this fun, twisted picture book, it’s finicky mom and dad—not the child—who eat only pizza with pepperoni (delivered), burgers from a bag, or noodles from a box. Eager to experience new flavors, Matilda secretly sets out to learn how to cook, satisfy her hunger for something more . . . and expand her parents’ palates, too. There’s also a Macaroni family recipe for quiche that young cooks can try!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Ryan Miller has worked as a columnist, reporter, newspaper editor, online marketer, blogger, and author. He lives in Northern CA with his wife, three children, dog, and small flock of egg-laying hens.
Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator who currently lives in New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and pets. He illustrated The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz, which won a Newbery Honor and the Sydney Taylor Book Award despite illustrations of a farting dragon, a two-headed cat, and stinky cheese.
I really had to think hard about this one! I wasn’t a picky eater but the things I didn’t like as a kid I still don’t like now: succotash, liver, blueberries. Once I turned up my nose at feta cheese as an adult, but quickly learned to love it once I adapted to its powerful aroma. 😉
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I’m with you on the liver! 😂
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We had liver for people to try at the book launch party. Nobody changed their mind about liking it. 😦 (But I don’t like it much, either.)
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That’s hilarious! Well done on making an effort though 😂
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Tomatoes! I hated them as a kid but LOVE them now!
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What a great new food—so many wonderful tomato-containing dishes it there. 😀🍅
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oh man! i didn’t eat proper veggies until i was 18-20. now i especially love peas!
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Nothing like summer mint pea soup—so yummy!
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I never liked oranges until now.
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Mmm… love oranges! And all the orange cousins!
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I use to hate lentil soup as a kid but love it now!
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Lentils are something I’ve recently learned to love too! ☺️
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Gowing up i use to hate all italian especially spaghetti, which mom made all the time. But years later and I love it
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That’s a surprising one! ☺️
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I didn’t like eating egg, but then I started cooking it for my niece so I started cooking it for myself, now I’m always making omelets :-):-)
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So glad my kids like eggs. It’s my go-to quick meal. ☺️
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Kombucha. A friend offered me some home made brew years ago and it looked so nasty I could not bring myself to try it. But now I LOVE it.
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You’ve convinced me to give it a try! 😀
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Avocado!
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Same here!
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I use to hate broccoli, but now love it
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I’ve learned I like it better when I cook it 😉
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celery!!
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I’m still trying to like celery… odds don’t seem to be good so far 😜
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I used to hate Brussel Sprouts. Now that Ive learned how to cook them (quick stesm then sauteed with bacon) I’m a fan.
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Yum!!
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I used to hate almost all vegetables when I was a child 😂 but especially I used dislike Asparagus and Broccoli… but now I have to like them otherwise it’s difficult to feed my children. So I have no option but love all vegetables now 😍
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I’m still trying to get my husband to like asparagus… one day it will happen! 😂
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