Often when I am at a restaurant or visiting friends who have children, I observe that when it comes time to serving them a healthy meal, it's like declaring a health food war. I picked up Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food primarily out of curiousity due to the title and found it to be a very sneaky but probably sucessful tool in getting your child to eat healthy foods. It teaches the parent the art of disguising food. I am sure it is helpful however how will the child ever learn to appreciate a certain food if they never know they have tried it? It is something that could backfire and I can't help to see that happening. If I went and told my daughter, I know you like carrots because you eat them all the time, I am doing good because she is eating them but heck she can't identify with eating them at all so I am the one losing. My goal is to have the child truly love the food. I must admit the chocolate chip cookie recipe is a unique one.