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 […]
Looking for inspiration for the “food appreciation” classes I teach at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia, I need have searched no farther than my own front yard. There I have 15 different varieties of lettuce at the peak of Spring growth. All different colors. All different shapes. But I was […]
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