droolicious : cooking with kids

Holiday Cooking with Kids: Share Your Traditions

Aaron Burgess — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:02:00 GMT

I never had the luxury of a full kitchen-tool set like this one from the Little Cook ($18.95 from kitchenshop.com), but if I did, I'd probably have spared my mom and grandma a lot of hassle as they let me in on their annual tradition of baking Christmas cookies for a full week up to the big day. What are your Christmas cooking traditions, and how do you let your kids get involved? Reminiscing begins in the comments.

The Babble Review: Mom & Me Aprons

aprilpeveteaux — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:35:00 GMT

I struggled with the, ‘Do I really want to put my daughter in the kitchen?’ thing for about five seconds before wrapping her up in this tiny apron from Zebi Baby and heading to cookie town. I, of course, was already wearing mine. The Mom & Me aprons are retro curvy and the mod patterns do recall a simpler, sexist time. But if you can get past that last thing, you and your petit chef will get a big kick out of dressing alike as you stuff the turkey. - April Peveteaux

Buy it here.

Babble Live at ABC: Playful Chef – Can’t Stand the Heat? Get In the Kitchen!

kbayless — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:55:00 GMT

If the dog-days of summer still have your hometown seeing triple digits, escape the afternoon heat by heading to the kitchen. Put those busy toddler hands to some good use whipping up chocolate pudding or cordon bleu with the Playful Chef baking set by Playful Life. Complete with an apron, recipes and 10 tools (including a spatula, whisk and measuring spoons), help your kids learn the basics of measuring, beating and mixing. Who knows – the Playful Chef might soon lead to you hearing, “Mom/Dad – you put your feet up. I’M making dinner.” Well, it could happen….

Bring a Little Hell to Your Kitchen: Their Very Own Recipe Box

chrisjordan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:08:00 GMT

Even Chef Ramsey had to start somewhere. This recipe box has 26 pre-printed recipes (one for every letter of the alphabet) that have been kid tested. Includes 26 blank cards for adding new recipes as your budding chef grows more adventurous.

Available at the Magic Cabin for $16.95

Voz Perkins Monsters Roar "I Cook!" and "I Bake!" in the Kitchen

Mir — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:02:00 GMT

Your little monsters will be clamoring for kitchen time when they get their hands on these "I Cook!"/"I Bake!" monster kitchen sets. This design is a collaborative effort between Voz Perkins (of Fishcakes), Erin Vertolli (of One Lucky Baby), Cindy Mendenhall (of Above and Beyond Designs), and ringmaster and Mahar Drygoods owner Robert Mahar. Gorgeous and whimsical, these accessories will get the kids ready to rumble with the rolling pin or potato masher.

The set will cost you $46 and includes reversible apron (choose which monster to wear facing out), oven mitt, hot pad, and monster recipe cards. Pointy teeth and tentacles not included.