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Sneak a little math class into your kitchen


There are lots of reasons to get your kids helping out in the kitchen. Making food together gives families a chance to talk together and enjoy each other’s company. And sooner or later, the kids will be out on their own and needing to cook for themselves. But parents don’t always think about the fabulous […]

Kids’ Favorite Chocolate Cupcakes


My kids and I like to bake together whenever we can. Being a homeschooling family, baking has become a great way for us to practice concepts such as volume, weights and measures, fractions, and chemistry.

Mollie Katzen’s Honest Pretzels is the book we turn to most often when we have the desire to get cooking, partly […]

Cooking with Q: Mango Apple compotes in pastry shells


(Mango Apple compotes in pastry shells © 2006 Nika)
Today Q is going to show you all how she made these Mango Apple compotes in pastry shells. You may wonder what a compote is. According to the Wikipedia, a compote is:
.. a dessert made of fruit cooked in sugar syrup.
We took it a bit further and […]

Raising kids and bread, at the same time.


I am so excited to be a part of this new blog, Kid’s Cuisine, because I think it is really important that kids are welcomed into our cooking acitivites. It can be hard to find things for children to do, along side of you while you are cooking, but it pays real dividends in terms […]