The Farmhouse Kitchen: Teach Them When Nobody's Looking

By Vicki Leach

I’m blessed to spend a great deal of June teaching kiddos of all ages some culinary skills in my kitchen at Mississippi State University. I bring the recipes, they bring the willing hearts and stomachs, and we have a big time exposing ourselves to new experiences.

We don’t try to create little Jacque Pepins or Julia Childs. We just want them to know how to feed themselves and to learn some basic — and not so basic — skills, and a have a willingness to try anything once.

Let your kiddos drag you into the kitchen. Give them a recipe or two and turn them loose. Be there behind them to show them the ropes and talk to them about the business at hand.

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