A new cookbook from food journalist Mark Bittman invites kids into the kitchen

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

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Cooking with young kids can be a mess, but embracing this idea is the point of Mark Bittman's new cookbook. In How to Cook Everything Kids, the journalist and author makes the case that inviting young chefs into the kitchen is the best way to get them curious about food. The book is filled with child-friendly recipes for dishes like baked ziti, pizza and blueberry muffins that make use of playful ingredients, including Corn Flakes. In today's episode, Bittman joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe at home to cook a meal with her three kids, putting his recipes to the test. Together, they prepare two chicken dishes while Bittman shares the inspiration behind the project.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Empire's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbong. Shout out to everyone hosting Thanksgiving
0:07.3	today. I am right there in the trenches with you. If all is going according to plan, my turkey
0:13.1	should be in the last stages of its dry brine and the gravy should already be made and most of the
0:19.0	sides should be assigned to various guests. But if you are feeling
0:23.8	a little stressed out about it, today's interview is a bit of a palette cleanser. The cookbook author,
0:29.8	Mark Bittman, has got a new one out called How to Cook Everything Kids, all about getting
0:34.7	children more engaged in the kitchen. And Pierce Aisha Roscoe decided to put him up to the test, inviting him over to her place to help her and her three kids cook something up.
0:45.0	And the results are, you know, just give it a listen.
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1:14.0	Oh no. It's okay. We can rinse it off. Cooking in the kitchen with kids can be a challenge.
1:20.6	Alice, where are you? I know what you're thinking. Why do that? The mess, the chaos. But that's the whole point of Mark Bittman's new cookbook,
1:31.4	how to cook everything kids, getting your young chefs into the kitchen to get them comfortable
1:38.1	with cooking. And I can't tell you to do it if I'm not willing to do it myself. Here are my three kids. My name's Gabrielle, and I'm 8 years old. I am Reggie, and I am 11 years old. So say your name. Who are you? Go-ga. Okay, what's your real name? I am Annulete and I'm 17 years old.
2:02.1	And here's Mark Bittman.
2:02.9	Oh, Goga.
2:03.9	Goga, go.
2:11.9	He bravely joy does to show how it's done because, true confession, y'all, I don't usually cook.
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