Welcome to the World of Cooking with Kids | p. 1 |
So You Want to Cook with Your Kids? | p. 3 |
Kids in the Kitchen | p. 3 |
Who's Cooking with Kids and Why | p. 5 |
New Opportunities for Kids to Cook | p. 6 |
Why Kids Love to Cook | p. 7 |
But What About the Mess and Kitchen Mishaps? | p. 8 |
Staying in Control | p. 8 |
Kitchen Time Is Quality Time | p. 9 |
Why Kids Belong in the Kitchen | p. 11 |
Learning While They Play | p. 11 |
Kitchen Time Is Bonding Time | p. 13 |
Could It Make Them Smarter in Math and Science? | p. 13 |
Mastering Motor Skills and Organizing | p. 14 |
A Window on the World and Traditions | p. 15 |
Kids Eat What They Cook | p. 16 |
Learning Life Skills and Valuable Lessons | p. 16 |
The Benefits of Cooking at a Glance | p. 17 |
Getting Kids Curious About Food | p. 19 |
Food Finds Around Us | p. 21 |
How Can I Get My Kids Interested in Food? | p. 21 |
Give Kids Easy Kitchen Tasks | p. 22 |
Let Them Help You Market | p. 22 |
Go "Behind the Scenes" | p. 23 |
Let's Eat Out | p. 24 |
Tune In to TV Cooking Shows | p. 25 |
Find Food in Magazines | p. 25 |
Read the Weekly Newspaper Food Section | p. 25 |
Enter a Recipe Contest | p. 26 |
Go Cookbook Shopping | p. 26 |
There's Food in That Fairy Tale | p. 26 |
Finding Food on the Internet | p. 27 |
Computer Fun and Games | p. 28 |
Discovering Your Family Food Roots | p. 29 |
Make a Family Food Tree | p. 29 |
Finding Your Food Roots | p. 30 |
Discovering and Writing the Recipes | p. 31 |
Taking Care with Family Recipes | p. 31 |
A Kid's Cooking Scrapbook | p. 32 |
Creating a Family Cookbook or Memory Box | p. 33 |
Activities Beyond Your Family Cookbook | p. 34 |
The Savvy Food Shopper | p. 35 |
Why Bring the Kids to the Market? | p. 36 |
The Market Supports School Skills | p. 36 |
What Your Grocer Doesn't Want You to Know | p. 36 |
Shopping Seductions | p. 37 |
Impulse Buying | p. 37 |
How to Be a Smart Shopper | p. 38 |
Reading the Unit Price Label | p. 39 |
Making the Farm Connection | p. 40 |
Farmers' Markets | p. 40 |
Pick Your Own Produce | p. 40 |
Farm Stands | p. 41 |
Buying Seasonal and Organic Produce | p. 41 |
Some Words About Warehouse Clubs | p. 42 |
Let's Make Lunch and Sit Down to Dinner | p. 43 |
If They Make It, They'll Eat It | p. 44 |
Getting Creative | p. 45 |
Lunch Box Surprises | p. 45 |
Packing Lunch Right | p. 46 |
How to Keep Foods Cold | p. 46 |
How to Keep Foods Hot | p. 47 |
No More Smushy, Soggy Sandwiches! | p. 47 |
What to Do When You're Tired of Sandwich Bread | p. 48 |
The Spiral Sandwich and Sandwich Wraps | p. 48 |
Bento or Sushi, Anyone? | p. 49 |
Let's Hear It for Leftovers | p. 50 |
Bringing Back the Family Meal | p. 50 |
Why Eat Together? | p. 50 |
Finding Time to Sit Down as a Family | p. 51 |
Playing Pretend Restaurant | p. 51 |
Kid-Proofing Your Kitchen | p. 53 |
The Golden Rules of Kitchen Safety | p. 55 |
Teaching Kids to Ask for Adult Help | p. 56 |
Follow the Golden Rules | p. 57 |
Dress for Success | p. 57 |
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub | p. 57 |
Build Good Food Safety Habits | p. 57 |
Be Ready for an Emergency | p. 58 |
Preventing and Handling Burns and Fires | p. 58 |
Handling Knives | p. 60 |
Power Up Appliances Properly | p. 61 |
Stovetop and Oven Savvy | p. 61 |
Steady Stools and Good Tools | p. 62 |
Cleaning as You Go | p. 62 |
A Kid's-Eye View of Appliances | p. 65 |
Get Appliance Savvy | p. 65 |
You're the Role Model | p. 66 |
Playing It Safe | p. 66 |
Things That Go "Whiz!" in the Night | p. 67 |
Blenders | p. 67 |
Immersion Blenders | p. 68 |
Mixers | p. 68 |
Food Processors | p. 69 |
Mini Food Processors | p. 69 |
Operating Ovens and Stoves | p. 70 |
How Hot Is It? | p. 70 |
Electric and Gas Stoves | p. 70 |
Numbers on the Electric Range Dial | p. 71 |
Toasters and Toaster Ovens | p. 72 |
The Magic of Microwaves | p. 72 |
Getting Equipped | p. 75 |
Buying Equipment | p. 75 |
Tools to Measure and Prepare Food | p. 76 |
Tools for Cutting | p. 77 |
Tools for Checking Temperature and Timing | p. 77 |
Tools for Baking, Broiling, and Roasting | p. 78 |
Tools for Stovetop Cooking | p. 79 |
Finding the Best Knife | p. 80 |
Chef's or Cook's Knife | p. 80 |
Paring Knife | p. 80 |
Serrated Knife | p. 80 |
Cool Tools for Kids | p. 81 |
What You Need to Know About Food Safety | p. 85 |
Teaching Kids About Food Safety | p. 86 |
Four Easy Steps to Food Safety | p. 87 |
Sudsing Up | p. 87 |
Keep It Clean | p. 88 |
What's That Growing in My Refrigerator? | p. 88 |
Don't Mix Raw and Cooked Foods | p. 89 |
Check and Change Cutting Boards | p. 89 |
Temperature and Color Count | p. 90 |
Use Food Thermometers | p. 90 |
Keep Bacteria at Bay | p. 91 |
Food-Borne Illness | p. 92 |
Using Common Sense | p. 92 |
The Building Blocks of Cooking | p. 95 |
Getting to Know Your Recipe | p. 97 |
Recipe Reading and 'Rithmetic | p. 97 |
Not All Recipes Are Created Equal | p. 98 |
Recipes as Scientific Formulas | p. 98 |
Becoming a Recipe Expert | p. 98 |
Good Recipes for Cooking with Kids | p. 99 |
How to Read a Recipe | p. 99 |
Anatomy of a Recipe | p. 100 |
The Title and Headnote | p. 101 |
Special Notes and Symbols | p. 101 |
The Ingredient List | p. 102 |
The Instructions | p. 102 |
End Notes, Yields, and Serving Sizes | p. 103 |
Don't Get Stumped by Ingredients and Equipment | p. 103 |
What Does It Mean? | p. 103 |
Kitchen Math and Measuring | p. 105 |
Measuring Dry Ingredients with Cups and Spoons | p. 105 |
How to Measure Dry Ingredients | p. 107 |
Flour | p. 107 |
Brown Sugar and Solid Shortening | p. 108 |
What's "Rounded" or "Heaping"? | p. 108 |
What's a "Pinch"? | p. 108 |
Measuring Liquids | p. 108 |
How to Measure Liquids | p. 109 |
Butter Basics | p. 110 |
Kitchen Math Games | p. 110 |
Let's Take a Cooking Lesson | p. 113 |
Look Mom, It's All in the Wrist | p. 113 |
How to Beat | p. 114 |
What's the Difference Between Simmer and Boil? | p. 114 |
Stirring and Pouring Hot Liquids | p. 115 |
Cracking, Separating, and Handling Eggs | p. 115 |
Making Egg Sense | p. 116 |
Cutting, Chopping, Dicing, Slicing, and Mincing | p. 117 |
Playing Knife Show and Tell | p. 117 |
Little Hands, Little Knives | p. 118 |
Watch Those Fingertips | p. 119 |
Learning to Use a Larger Knife | p. 119 |
One-Hand or Two-Hand Knife Hold? | p. 119 |
How to Peel, Core, and Chop an Apple | p. 120 |
How to Peel and Chop a Carrot | p. 121 |
How to Chop Celery | p. 121 |
How to Peel and Cut an Onion | p. 121 |
How to Clean and Cut a Bell Pepper | p. 122 |
Mincing Herbs and Garlic | p. 122 |
Cutting and Skinning Tomatoes | p. 123 |
Grating Cheese and Other Foods | p. 123 |
Kneading | p. 124 |
Sauteing | p. 124 |
Stir-Frying | p. 125 |
Pan-Frying | p. 126 |
Dealing with Kitchen Mishaps | p. 127 |
Help! My Kitchen Is a Mess! | p. 127 |
Oops, I Made a Mistake! | p. 128 |
A Tray Can Head Off Problems | p. 128 |
Organize to Avoid Mistakes | p. 129 |
Anticipate Problems | p. 129 |
Know Your Little Cooks | p. 129 |
Substituting Ingredients | p. 130 |
Overbeating and Rolling | p. 131 |
When Kids Get Frustrated and Hyper | p. 132 |
When You Get Frazzled | p. 132 |
Fun with Food | p. 135 |
Adding Spice--and Herbs--to Your Life | p. 137 |
The Great Flavor Enhancers | p. 137 |
Teaching Kids About Seasonings | p. 138 |
What's the Difference Between a Spice and an Herb? | p. 139 |
How Do I Store and Use Spices and Herbs? | p. 139 |
Growing Herbs | p. 141 |
The Magic of Food | p. 143 |
Making Rock Candy Crystals | p. 143 |
Inflating a Balloon with Yeast | p. 145 |
A Baking Soda and Balloon Experiment | p. 146 |
Creating a Baking-Soda Volcano | p. 148 |
Watching Green Vegetables Change Color | p. 148 |
Playing with Your Food | p. 151 |
Why Play with Food? | p. 152 |
Is a Banana Really an Octopus? | p. 152 |
Seeing Animals, People, and Things in Food | p. 153 |
Pepper and Potato People | p. 154 |
Edible Faces | p. 154 |
Making Landscapes, Boats, and Animals | p. 155 |
A Game of Tick-Tack-Toe | p. 156 |
Cool Garnishes You Can Eat | p. 156 |
Radish Rose | p. 156 |
Spinners | p. 157 |
Veggie and Fruit Fans | p. 157 |
Baskets of Fruit | p. 158 |
Green and White Scallion Brushes | p. 158 |
A Citrus Rose | p. 159 |
Garnishes with Zesters and Vegetable Peelers | p. 159 |
Do-It-Yourself Dairy Adventures | p. 161 |
Curds and Whey | p. 162 |
Experimenting with Yogurt | p. 164 |
How to Make Yogurt Cheese | p. 164 |
Make Your Own Butter | p. 166 |
'Round the World in Your Kitchen | p. 169 |
Exploring Other Cultures | p. 169 |
Forming Your Own Kids' Cooking Club | p. 170 |
Kids' Cooking Parties | p. 171 |
An Old-Fashioned Tea Party | p. 172 |
Making the Menu | p. 172 |
A Kids' Cookie Exchange | p. 173 |
Organizing Potluck Gatherings | p. 174 |
Tapping into Ethnic Customs and Celebrations | p. 175 |
A Calendar of Celebrations | p. 175 |
Now You're Cooking: The Recipe File | p. 177 |
Breakfast Bonanzas | p. 179 |
Breakfast for Dinner--or Lunch | p. 194 |
Delicious Drinks | p. 201 |
Super Soups and Salads | p. 211 |
Salads | p. 219 |
Let's Wrap and Roll | p. 233 |
Pasta and Pizza | p. 243 |
Have-It-Your-Way Personal Pizzas | p. 254 |
Mealtime Magic | p. 259 |
Very Veggies and Sides | p. 273 |
Snacktime | p. 289 |
Delectable Desserts | p. 305 |
The Baker's Rack | p. 315 |
Special Cakes and Apple Pie | p. 325 |
Biscuits, Breads, and Muffins | p. 332 |
Holiday Happenings | p. 345 |
Caramel Apples for Halloween | p. 348 |
Appendixes | |
Kitchen Lingo Glossary | p. 355 |
The Resource Guide | p. 363 |
The Food Guide Pyramids | p. 379 |
The Nutrition Facts Label | p. 383 |
Index | p. 387 |
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