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TN Read-Along #15: Suffering Succotash

Submitted by on July 25, 2012 – 5:09 AM88 Comments

“What do you mean raisins ‘don’t totally suck,’ Jacques?”

Just a reminder that this is a couple weeks away! The freebies have gone out, so if you still need a copy, try one of the links below!

I’m delighted to announce that our next Read-Along book is Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater’s Quest to Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate. Said quest was undertaken by the co-godmother of the snackets here on TN and at Grub ReportKeckler, a.k.a. Stephanie Lucianovic. She’s shown above, looking quite somber indeed as she buttonholes Jacques Pepin in the KQED stew room — and you can buttonhole her yourselves, during a live chat! Keckler will answer your questions about cilantro, stinky cheese, your kookbag ex-boyfriend who would only eat white foods, and much more, right here on TN: Thursday July 26, 8:30 PM ET!

The physical book “drops” next week, but you can Kindle it already at the link above (I believe) (correction: as of this writing it’s still a Kindle pre-order) — and we have four copies to give away! Just leave a comment below saying that you’d like a free copy (make sure your email works, please!), and we’ll get copies out to you next week!

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  • BeRightBack says:

    I love Keckler’s writing, having followed it since the old Trekkie and Top Chef recaps on TwoP! I would love a copy of her book.

  • tadpoledrain says:

    Oh wow, that sounds like something that I would love to read, and then pass on to my sister, who is even pickier than I was at her age. Which seems impossible. I’d love a copy!

  • Allie says:

    Booo, peas! I wonder if anyone can explain away my hatred for something I love so much on Veggie Tales…

  • Brett says:

    I’d love a free copy! I agree with George HW Bush that broccoli sucks!

  • Veronica B. says:

    It’s Keckler. Of COURSE I’d love a free copy.

  • Vicky says:

    Would definitely like to receive a free copy. Sounds like a fun and very interesting read! Congrats to Keckler!

  • Elizabeth says:

    Me, please! And raisins are the devil!

  • Laura says:

    Sounds interesting – I’d love to win a copy. Thanks!

  • Amy says:

    I’d love a free copy (but I’ll buy one for the read-along if I don’t get one)!

  • tangentwoman says:

    I definitely will be reading along regardless, but I’d love to have a free copy! I’ve become a slightly more adventurous eater in my 30s, but I think growing up with tons of food allergies and a mom who’s a picky eater led me to be very picky, as well. Someone surely considers me a kookbag ex-girlfriend who only ate white foods!

  • Phyllis says:

    I’d love a copy. Not as much as I’d love the chance to interview Jacques Pepin, but almost.

    Btw, Pepin’s book, The Apprentice, is a terrific read.

  • Rachel says:

    I would love to have a free copy of the book. I’m watching the spending while I’m unemployed, but as a person with complicated rules for which creatures-that-live-underwater may be eaten and which may not, it sounds like it’s totally up my alley! (For the curious: clam chowder is okay, the occasional crab cake is okay, shrimp are generally okay. Otherwise, if it lives underwater and is NOT shaped like a fish, no way.)

  • Sarah says:

    As a recovering picky eater and mom to a very picky toddler, I’d love to learn more. I’d be thrilled to get a copy. Cheers!

  • LDA says:

    I would love a free copy. And raisins are not food.

  • Silence says:

    I’d love a copy.

  • Margot says:

    Oh, oh, pick me please! My mom loves to remind me that for six straight months of my young life, I would only eat four foods: white rice, hamburger meat, raw green beans and Dannon coffee yogurt. Talk about picky!

  • JS says:

    I’d love a free copy, as a reformed picky eater (and mother to a budding picky eater). I like raisins, though. Hope that’s cool

  • avis says:

    Would love a copy!

  • Jessi In GA says:

    If I’m not too late to jump in, I’d love a free copy!

    If not, I’ll still Kindle it. Sounds like a really interesting read.

  • Georgia says:

    Glad to know I’m not the only one who’s more squicked out by certain textures than flavors.

  • Jen S 1.0 says:

    Attica, join me! I have a long story about my aversion to raw tomatoes I am sure you are dying to hear.

  • MaryAnne says:

    I would love a free copy – hoping it will provide justification for all the times I hear “How can you not like XYZ food?”

    Dude, I just don’t, OK? :)

  • Keckler says:

    I’m very touched and excited by all the interest! Jacques Pepin fans will be interested to know that something he once said to me while I was working on his cooking show is a potential explanation for picky eating. At least, for me.

  • Kathy says:

    Would love to read this. Wonder if it has anything on my cottage cheese phobia?

  • nancym says:

    Sounds yummy to me! Been a Keckler fan for a zillion years, so glad she’s gone and writ a book ;-)

  • Kim from Canada says:

    I’d love a copy, it sounds awesome!

  • Jan says:

    I’m so excited for this book, I love all of The Grub Report!

  • Sandman says:

    “But, seriously, what kind of name ees Keck-lairr?”

  • Meri says:

    I always welcome a chance to win a free book! And for me it’s eggs that aren’t scrambled. Fried, poached, devilled? Can’t eat them.

  • meltina says:

    Another recovering picky eater and raising a toddler who’s proving to be more of the same. I thought that as long as I did not show distaste for anything she’d never pick up on being a picky eater, and yet it didn’t work (also, her dad will eat anything and everything, even things that most people would find questionable or pause at…).

    I’d love a free copy, but I’d probably read it regardless, though I have to get through my grad school self imposed summer reading o’ doom (… so it may be a while for me to get around to picking it up by myself).

  • kategm says:

    I’m just up to chapter 5 now– love this book already!

  • Ted says:

    Ooo, sounds fascinating! Though, if I can’t get a free copy, this might be a future book for the library-borrowing since I’m ridiculously broke.

  • Keckler says:

    I just had to note this here since it’s concerns the NUMBER of raisins in a freaking wedding cake: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/07/09/120709ta_talk_remnick

    Bonnie Benwick — food editor of the Washington Post and fellow raisin hater — Tweeted back: “The Great Tick Society. figures.”

  • Amanda Mysteriosa says:

    I’m always so relieved to find other people who do not like bananas.

  • Debby says:

    Would love a copy! I have a picky 13 year old, who has gotten slightly better over the last year (actually eats chicken now!) but still makes life difficult:

    “mushrooms scare me” An exact quote. But he does like raisins.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    The copies we had available have been given away — but perhaps some kind reader can pass his/hers along, so if you guys want to discuss that transaction, please feel free.

  • Jen S 1.0 says:

    Arrrgh, I won’t get to participate in the thread because I’ll be at work, but I’ll definitely read it! Stupid West Coast! Stupid time difference!

  • barbara heymering says:

    Love fresh fruit, hate dried. raisins etc. won’t eat tofu, mostly texture issues. looking forward to this book.

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