Posts Tagged with "baking with kids"
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jillbcooks 10/18/2010 10:00:00 AM
This past weekend we attended a school fundraiser that had a unique twist. Rather than being an auction or dinner, the fundraising idea is called Great Gatherings. Members of the school community, from administrators to teachers to families, volunteer to host an event (a “Great Gathering) and provide the materials needed, and other community members sign up and pay to attend these events. This raises funds, and it also gives people an opportunity to get to know one another. From bird watching walks with an elementary school teacher to a beer and brat party for adults to kids’ yoga class, the gatherings filled up quickly. Many of the events were fo...
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jillbcooks 9/16/2009 8:14:00 PM
One of the pleasures of what I do for a living—writing cookbooks for kids and teaching them how to cook—is that I get to watch kids having fun and truly being delighted by cooking.
Yesterday I was helping 34 students, half in grade eight and half in grade one bake enough Honey Lemon Cake for fifty-six Rosh Hashanah baskets for elderly members of the community.
While cooking with kids can seem chaotic, being well organized can make it a piece of cake. I broke students into teams of 8, with older students helping the elementary students. Then I had half the team work on wet ingredients and half on dry ingredients, and then combine them. The...
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