From the Department of Do-Overs

Published on Thursday, December 20, 2007, by James Norton / Edit Post

Today’s New York Times Dining In cover page featured the following “teaser” text to a page-10 story:

“A Good Appetite: Follow the sticky child to a great dessert.”

Uh, no thanks.

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  • agree 110% with you withnail42

  • Kids get sticky regardless of the quality of the desert. They just seems to get sticky that's what kids do. So following a child around isn't going to ensure you of anything except for some questionable looks.

  • i don't know if following the kid means a great dessert
    a kid will eat crap if it is sweet enough

  • Follow the sticky child to a great dessert and play CSI as you try and find their fingerprints around the chocolate fountain. Dinner AND entertainment!

  • Much ado about nothing. Slow news day for Chow?

  • I dunno, if the kid is sticky, the dessert must be worth diving in to. I would follow him.

    It could be worse, it could read "Follow the Sticky Child to a Great Desert." or "Follow the Stinky Child to the Great Dessert."

    I can't see what's so funny or bad about that teaser, really.

  • I agree..the best restaurants are not generally ones where you see children getting messy. My colleagues refer to many restaurants as either ones where you can "lick the knife" or ones where you "cannot lick the knife." If children are getting messy there, they are "lickable," to which we choose to not go.
    I know, I know, sometimes you have to visit the local greasy spoon to get the best of...+READ

    I agree..the best restaurants are not generally ones where you see children getting messy. My colleagues refer to many restaurants as either ones where you can "lick the knife" or ones where you "cannot lick the knife." If children are getting messy there, they are "lickable," to which we choose to not go.
    I know, I know, sometimes you have to visit the local greasy spoon to get the best of something, but to stay healthy, a pristine atmosphere is a good rule of thumb.-COLLAPSE