One of the ideas I like to introduce to the kids in my “food appreciation” classes is that good food doesn’t always have to be cooked. I also like to show them how people used preserve food so they would have good things to eat all year ’round. That leads me into the subject of […]
Continuing our exploration of fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, the kids in my “food appreciation” classes this week took up squash. I think I’ve detected a pattern. The older children are generally more willing to try and tend to enjoy a variety of vegetables. The younger ones almost universally cry “I don’t like that!” as […]
Kids love to work with kitchen gadgets. They will fight for a turn on the salad spinner. They can hardly wait to get their hands on a vegetable peeler. Teaching my “food appreciation” classes at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia, I’ve found that if you can put even the simplest […]
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