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| Welcome to the World of Cooking with Kids | |
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| So You Want to Cook with Your Kids? | |
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| Kids in the Kitchen | |
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| Who's Cooking with Kids and Why | |
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| New Opportunities for Kids to Cook | |
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| Why Kids Love to Cook | |
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| But What About the Mess and Kitchen Mishaps? | |
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| Staying in Control | |
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| Kitchen Time Is Quality Time | |
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| Why Kids Belong in the Kitchen | |
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| Learning While They Play | |
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| Kitchen Time Is Bonding Time | |
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| Could It Make Them Smarter in Math and Science? | |
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| Mastering Motor Skills and Organizing | |
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| A Window on the World and Traditions | |
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| Kids Eat What They Cook | |
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| Learning Life Skills and Valuable Lessons | |
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| The Benefits of Cooking at a Glance | |
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| Getting Kids Curious About Food | |
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| Food Finds Around Us | |
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| How Can I Get My Kids Interested in Food? | |
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| Give Kids Easy Kitchen Tasks | |
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| Let Them Help You Market | |
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| Go "Behind the Scenes" | |
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| Let's Eat Out | |
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| Tune In to TV Cooking Shows | |
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| Find Food in Magazines | |
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| Read the Weekly Newspaper Food Section | |
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| Enter a Recipe Contest | |
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| Go Cookbook Shopping | |
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| There's Food in That Fairy Tale | |
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| Finding Food on the Internet | |
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| Computer Fun and Games | |
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| Discovering Your Family Food Roots | |
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| Make a Family Food Tree | |
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| Finding Your Food Roots | |
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| Discovering and Writing the Recipes | |
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| Taking Care with Family Recipes | |
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| A Kid's Cooking Scrapbook | |
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| Creating a Family Cookbook or Memory Box | |
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| Activities Beyond Your Family Cookbook | |
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| The Savvy Food Shopper | |
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| Why Bring the Kids to the Market? | |
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| The Market Supports School Skills | |
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| What Your Grocer Doesn't Want You to Know | |
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| Shopping Seductions | |
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| Impulse Buying | |
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| How to Be a Smart Shopper | |
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| Reading the Unit Price Label | |
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| Making the Farm Connection | |
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| Farmers' Markets | |
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| Pick Your Own Produce | |
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| Farm Stands | |
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| Buying Seasonal and Organic Produce | |
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| Some Words About Warehouse Clubs | |
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| Let's Make Lunch and Sit Down to Dinner | |
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| If They Make It, They'll Eat It | |
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| Getting Creative | |
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| Lunch Box Surprises | |
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| Packing Lunch Right | |
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| How to Keep Foods Cold | |
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| How to Keep Foods Hot | |
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| No More Smushy, Soggy Sandwiches! | |
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| What to Do When You're Tired of Sandwich Bread | |
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| The Spiral Sandwich and Sandwich Wraps | |
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| Bento or Sushi, Anyone? | |
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| Let's Hear It for Leftovers | |
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| Bringing Back the Family Meal | |
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| Why Eat Together? | |
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| Finding Time to Sit Down as a Family | |
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| Playing Pretend Restaurant | |
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| Kid-Proofing Your Kitchen | |
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| The Golden Rules of Kitchen Safety | |
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| Teaching Kids to Ask for Adult Help | |
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| Follow the Golden Rules | |
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| Dress for Success | |
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| Scrub-a-Dub-Dub | |
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| Build Good Food Safety Habits | |
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| Be Ready for an Emergency | |
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| Preventing and Handling Burns and Fires | |
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| Handling Knives | |
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| Power Up Appliances Properly | |
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| Stovetop and Oven Savvy | |
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| Steady Stools and Good Tools | |
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| Cleaning as You Go | |
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| A Kid's-Eye View of Appliances | |
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| Get Appliance Savvy | |
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| You're the Role Model | |
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| Playing It Safe | |
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| Things That Go "Whiz!" in the Night | |
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| Blenders | |
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| Immersion Blenders | |
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| Mixers | |
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| Food Processors | |
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| Mini Food Processors | |
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| Operating Ovens and Stoves | |
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| How Hot Is It? | |
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| Electric and Gas Stoves | |
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| Numbers on the Electric Range Dial | |
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| Toasters and Toaster Ovens | |
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| The Magic of Microwaves | |
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| Getting Equipped | |
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| Buying Equipment | |
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| Tools to Measure and Prepare Food | |
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| Tools for Cutting | |
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| Tools for Checking Temperature and Timing | |
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| Tools for Baking, Broiling, and Roasting | |
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| Tools for Stovetop Cooking | |
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| Finding the Best Knife | |
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| Chef's or Cook's Knife | |
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| Paring Knife | |
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| Serrated Knife | |
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| Cool Tools for Kids | |
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| What You Need to Know About Food Safety | |
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| Teaching Kids About Food Safety | |
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| Four Easy Steps to Food Safety | |
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| Sudsing Up | |
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| Keep It Clean | |
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| What's That Growing in My Refrigerator? | |
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| Don't Mix Raw and Cooked Foods | |
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| Check and Change Cutting Boards | |
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| Temperature and Color Count | |
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| Use Food Thermometers | |
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| Keep Bacteria at Bay | |
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| Food-Borne Illness | |
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| Using Common Sense | |
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| The Building Blocks of Cooking | |
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| Getting to Know Your Recipe | |
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| Recipe Reading and 'Rithmetic | |
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| Not All Recipes Are Created Equal | |
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| Recipes as Scientific Formulas | |
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| Becoming a Recipe Expert | |
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| Good Recipes for Cooking with Kids | |
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| How to Read a Recipe | |
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| Anatomy of a Recipe | |
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| The Title and Headnote | |
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| Special Notes and Symbols | |
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| The Ingredient List | |
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| The Instructions | |
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| End Notes, Yields, and Serving Sizes | |
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| Don't Get Stumped by Ingredients and Equipment | |
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| What Does It Mean? | |
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| Kitchen Math and Measuring | |
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| Measuring Dry Ingredients with Cups and Spoons | |
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| How to Measure Dry Ingredients | |
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| Flour | |
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| Brown Sugar and Solid Shortening | |
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| What's "Rounded" or "Heaping"? | |
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| What's a "Pinch"? | |
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| Measuring Liquids | |
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| How to Measure Liquids | |
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| Butter Basics | |
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| Kitchen Math Games | |
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| Let's Take a Cooking Lesson | |
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| Look Mom, It's All in the Wrist | |
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| How to Beat | |
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| What's the Difference Between Simmer and Boil? | |
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| Stirring and Pouring Hot Liquids | |
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| Cracking, Separating, and Handling Eggs | |
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| Making Egg Sense | |
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| Cutting, Chopping, Dicing, Slicing, and Mincing | |
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| Playing Knife Show and Tell | |
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| Little Hands, Little Knives | |
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| Watch Those Fingertips | |
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| Learning to Use a Larger Knife | |
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| One-Hand or Two-Hand Knife Hold? | |
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| How to Peel, Core, and Chop an Apple | |
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| How to Peel and Chop a Carrot | |
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| How to Chop Celery | |
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| How to Peel and Cut an Onion | |
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| How to Clean and Cut a Bell Pepper | |
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| Mincing Herbs and Garlic | |
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| Cutting and Skinning Tomatoes | |
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| Grating Cheese and Other Foods | |
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| Kneading | |
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| Sauteing | |
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| Stir-Frying | |
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| Pan-Frying | |
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| Dealing with Kitchen Mishaps | |
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| Help! My Kitchen Is a Mess! | |
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| Oops, I Made a Mistake! | |
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| A Tray Can Head Off Problems | |
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| Organize to Avoid Mistakes | |
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| Anticipate Problems | |
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| Know Your Little Cooks | |
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| Substituting Ingredients | |
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| Overbeating and Rolling | |
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| When Kids Get Frustrated and Hyper | |
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| When You Get Frazzled | |
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| Fun with Food | |
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| Adding Spice--and Herbs--to Your Life | |
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| The Great Flavor Enhancers | |
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| Teaching Kids About Seasonings | |
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| What's the Difference Between a Spice and an Herb? | |
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| How Do I Store and Use Spices and Herbs? | |
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| Growing Herbs | |
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| The Magic of Food | |
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| Making Rock Candy Crystals | |
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| Inflating a Balloon with Yeast | |
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| A Baking Soda and Balloon Experiment | |
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| Creating a Baking-Soda Volcano | |
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| Watching Green Vegetables Change Color | |
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| Playing with Your Food | |
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| Why Play with Food? | |
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| Is a Banana Really an Octopus? | |
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| Seeing Animals, People, and Things in Food | |
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| Pepper and Potato People | |
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| Edible Faces | |
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| Making Landscapes, Boats, and Animals | |
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| A Game of Tick-Tack-Toe | |
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| Cool Garnishes You Can Eat | |
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| Radish Rose | |
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| Spinners | |
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| Veggie and Fruit Fans | |
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| Baskets of Fruit | |
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| Green and White Scallion Brushes | |
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| A Citrus Rose | |
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| Garnishes with Zesters and Vegetable Peelers | |
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| Do-It-Yourself Dairy Adventures | |
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| Curds and Whey | |
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| Experimenting with Yogurt | |
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| How to Make Yogurt Cheese | |
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| Make Your Own Butter | |
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| 'Round the World in Your Kitchen | |
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| Exploring Other Cultures | |
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| Forming Your Own Kids' Cooking Club | |
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| Kids' Cooking Parties | |
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| An Old-Fashioned Tea Party | |
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| Making the Menu | |
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| A Kids' Cookie Exchange | |
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| Organizing Potluck Gatherings | |
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| Tapping into Ethnic Customs and Celebrations | |
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| A Calendar of Celebrations | |
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| Now You're Cooking: The Recipe File | |
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| Breakfast Bonanzas | |
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| Breakfast for Dinner--or Lunch | |
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| Delicious Drinks | |
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| Super Soups and Salads | |
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| Salads | |
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| Let's Wrap and Roll | |
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| Pasta and Pizza | |
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| Have-It-Your-Way Personal Pizzas | |
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| Mealtime Magic | |
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| Very Veggies and Sides | |
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| Snacktime | |
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| Delectable Desserts | |
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| The Baker's Rack | |
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| Special Cakes and Apple Pie | |
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| Biscuits, Breads, and Muffins | |
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| Holiday Happenings | |
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| Caramel Apples for Halloween | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Kitchen Lingo Glossary | |
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| The Resource Guide | |
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| The Food Guide Pyramids | |
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| The Nutrition Facts Label | |
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| Index | |