One of the most fun parts of being on vacation is eating good food. For you that might mean trying all kinds of new things or eating fancier meals than you do at home. But for your kids it might mean getting to eat chicken fingers and ice cream every …

“Come out little guy. Are you in there?” My son Sam, 10 at the time, poked at a snail shell in Calais, France, glorying in the special mini-fork that came with his order. I was holding my breath, still disbelieving that my picky eater had asked for snails instead of pizza. …