Name: Spreading the Feast Gathering
Start: 2025-07-11T00:00:00-05:00
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Location: LaGrange, KY

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This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 5 months ago by tld.

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January 13, 2013 at 6:07 am
tld
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My son (age 5) has a real interest in cooking. We try to have cooking class once a week. It would be helpful to me to have a cookbook or curriculum we could work through…..something to help measure our progress and so I don’t have to figure out what to make next with him. Any suggestions?
January 13, 2013 at 12:29 pm
nerakr
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The kids’ cookbooks put out by BHG and Betty Crocker are usually good. I haven’t looked at them recently, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Better-Gardens-Junior-CookBook-Cooking/dp/1118146069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358080002&sr=8-1&keywords=better+homes+and+gardens+kids+cookbook
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_27?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=betty+crocker+kids+cookbook&sprefix=betty+crocker+kids+cookbook%2Cstripbooks%2C229
January 13, 2013 at 4:03 pm
beloved
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My daughters loved The Mary Frances Cookbook. It is a story along with recipes. Might be more of a girl thing, though. You could make him salad chef, or pick a couple things he could help make each week that are in your menu already – measure oatmeal, peel carrots, slice bananas, etc. One of my kids is in charge of toast, another is learning to make the biscuits and pancakes, the oldest granola bars and parmesean chicken. They do these each week to get practice.
January 13, 2013 at 5:03 pm
tld
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The Mary Frances book looks delightful! I think DS could overlook that it’s a girl story. However, on Amazon it says it’s for ages 9-12. Would a 5 or 6-year-old have difficulty with it? Or was Amazon overshooting the age recommendation?
January 13, 2013 at 5:52 pm
Polly
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Here is a PDF version of the Mary Frances book:
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/books/maryfrances/mary.pdf
January 13, 2013 at 10:17 pm
tld
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Oh thank-you so much, pollysoup! I think DS will love it, though I think I’ll wait until next year for it. This year I’m leaning towards Salad People, a suggestion from another forum that I posted this question on. Any other suggestions are still welcome though….nothing is purchased yet!