Entries Tagged as 'food appreciation'
Each semester at the end of food appreciation classes we normally hold a dinner for the kids and their parents to show off what we’ve been making. This year we decided to add another element–baking–and the question was, how do we show off our stuff. Thus was “Tea with Ed” born. My wife pulled some […]
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When I told the kids in my fifth-grade food appreciation class we’d be making muffins sweetened with apple sauce and orange juice and blueberries instead of granulated sugar, they literally turned on their heels and ran out to the playground. No kidding. I was left standing there alone with a dumb look on my face. […]
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The first thing my wife said when she heard that my food appreciation classes would be making this classic coffee cake by hand was this: “Be sure to tell the kids that it will be a lot better if they make it with an electric mixer.” We don’t use electric gadgets in our cooking classes. […]
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