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Entries Tagged as 'France'

Kids Make Mushroom Omelets

June 4th, 2011 · No Comments · kids, Recipes

This was our last week of food appreciation classes for the current school year. How tragic is that? It’s also our final week in France on our virtual world culinary tour, so I picked something simple but classic to make with the kids: omelets. I brought my cassette feu–or portable butane burner–to class so we […]

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Kids Make Ham & Cheese Crepes

May 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · kids, Recipes

You could probably get kids to eat almost anything if it were wrapped in a crepe. Kids love making these, and they love eating them even more. In fact, the kids in my food appreciation classes for years have been begging to make crepes. I think they had the sweet variety in mind. This week, […]

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Holy Cassoulet! Kids Make a Short Version

April 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · kids, Recipes

You can’t get more authentic southwest France than cassoulet, but the classic version–with duck confit, sausage, and various iterations of pork–takes so long to make I had no hope of introducing it to my food appreciation classes. Plus, duck confit is not a standard item at our local grocery. But our friend Kate Hill, who […]

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