"How My Sugar Ban Unexpectedly Loosened My Grip On Sugar"

A guest essay by novelist Karim Dimechkie

Greta Caruso

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Fanny Singer

Jun 30, 2025

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Hi friends,

We started the Green Spoon as a response to a few of the challenges of feeding one’s kid—time constraints, culinary ruts, finicky tastes—but today’s post is dedicated to the vulnerable, complicated, even elemental psychological challenge of feeding one’s kid.

When it comes to feeding your child—as in parenting more broadly—you can never reall…

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