Ellyn Satter's "Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family" takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this bookencourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well. Satter uses simple, delicious recipes as a scaffolding on which to hang cooking lessons, fast tips, night-before suggestions, in-depth background information, ways to involve kids in the kitchen, and guidelines on adapting menus for young children. In chapters about eating, feeding, choosing food, cooking,...