Teaching Children to Cook

Here at the Farm, our kitchen is the center of family activity. Much of the time, it is socializing, working and eating: and with eating there's usually conversation.
 
In preparation for eating, there's cooking.  With our food from the Farm, and Helen, a great cook, you can bet we all love to eat; isn't it natural that our children have all learned a bit about cooking?
 
Sam, now 30, Rose 28, and Penni 26 all take their turns at cooking --- sometimes consulting Mom and sometimes getting a bit adventurous with cookbooks or experiments. 
 
When I grew up in the 1950's, my Mom did a lot of cooking so this does, indeed seem natural to me. I love to cook and also love to read good recipes.
 
Today, many parents don't have the time (or take the time) to cook so it is not knowledge they pass on through the family. People's connections with food are lessened, I think, by their lack of cooking experience. So, it was with great pleasure, while bumbling around the web the other day, that I found out about Tribeca Yummy Mummy.
 
This woman cooks with children: children four years old and under.  She teaches classes to these children and their parents giving the families she serves ways to engage in the kitchen.
 
Bravo!! Cooking plus trips to the Farm help children understand a bit of history and life many have missed lately: good food from start to finish.
 
I hope the video link below works, it is from "The Green Fork" the blog of the "Eat Well Guide,".  I have also included a link to Cait's blog where there are some excellent recipes to read and try.
(Note: Dec. 1, Friends have told me the video does indeed work.)
 

 

 

Cate Bruce-Low of Tribeca Yummy Mummy teaching a cooking class for children.

http://bit.ly/jUS79

 

 Video from The Green Fork.

 

Tribeca Yummy Mummy

(blog)

http://tribecayummymummy-cate.blogspot.com/