Beyond Cupcakes

Check out this article I found while browsing the NYTimes Wellness section. Think keeping your kids outta the kitchen is doing them a favor? Think again! Let in the mess. It’s good for them. Need some ideas for recipes to try with your chillen? Pick up a Winnemucca Community Garden cookbook! They’re in! They’re only $10! They’re the perfect Christmas present! Available at the garden office.

December 9, 2008

Beyond Cupcakes: Children in the Kitchen

By TARA PARKER-POPE

Many parents shoo children out of the kitchen when it’s time to start cooking. But a new crop of cookbooks and even a video game are trying to change that.

Of course, there have long been cookbooks aimed at children. But this batch (all the titles here are from this year) is not only unusually large, but also points in a new direction — going beyond cookies and other treats to teach children to cook main courses and side dishes, like roast chicken and brisket.

“This isn’t just Mom allowing you to make cupcakes for a special occasion — that’s the older model of cookbooks for kids,” said Jill Bloomfield, who (with Rabbi Janet Ozur Bass) wrote “Jewish Holidays Cookbook” (DK Publishing).

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