cooking equipment. Use a safety stool; arrange everything on a low-table for easy access. Praise the process, not the product. Inspire your child in the kitchen. Laugh. Be gentle. Teach them to use knives safely, but like the ocean, don’t turn your back on them. Tell stories and sing while you cook. Eat what you create. Adopt a local farm and meet goats, chickens and llamas. Pick fresh strawberries. Join a CSA. Visit the farmers’ market and eat locally and seasonally. Plant simple greens in your backyard: lettuce, herbs, edible flowers.
whose online calendar is bursting with kids and teens classes, including summer camp programs. Their five-day kid’s camp offers teens an opportunity to make and enjoy food from Italy, Germany, France and Spain—all in one week, while the final day’s celebration includes a fun-filled cooking tournament. Escoffier School of Culinary Arts also offers hands-on, five-day Teen Cooking Technique workshops. Technique classes teach fundamental kitchen skills, kitchen organization, knife skills, safety and cooking techniques while teens prepare and enjoy a multi-course meal. A recent sample menu included: mixed greens with classic Italian dressing, cheesy garlic bread, fresh pasta with red sauce, vanilla bean ice cream with toasted almonds, chocolate sauce and grilled pineapple.
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Wiggins suggests getting kids started cooking at an early age. “If one of the kids bursts into the kitchen and asks how they can help, give them a specific job,” she says. “Begin with stirring and mixing tasks, graduate to measuring tasks, then choppers, graters and a chef’s paring knife by eight years old. Always accept help, even if you know it might take them a while.” Give kids an apron that fits. Consider investing in child-sized
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