Hound Approved Gardening & Local Foods Events: December 2009

Kids Cook classes ~ Sprout Soup, 4310 N High St. ~ 4:15 Tuesdays December 1, 8, and 15, repeats 11:15 Thursdays December 3, 10, and 17 ~ Three – six year olds join me for 45 minutes of tasting, cooking, and food education.  $3 per class per child.

Candlelight Nights ~ Franklin Park Conservatory ~ Wednesdays December [...]

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Kids Cook a Harvest Meal

Buoyed by the success of recent Kids Cook classes, I hatched an idea:  could I cook an entire meal with children?  Then I questioned if we could use Ohio raised seasonal ingredients at the same time.  Thanks to sponsorship from the FoodBuzz 24, 24, 24 program, I was able to test out the concept by hosting [...]

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Pictures from Thanksgiving

I didn’t cook anything on Turkey Day, so I had the whole afternoon to take pictures.  Several series were taken for upcoming posts on cooking duck the Julia Child way and enjoying poultry tail aka pope’s nose.

Here are the highlights of turkey day from behind my camera:

homemade cinnamon rolls (I said I didn't cook, but [...]

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First Blogiversary!

One year ago I started Hounds in the Kitchen.  The intervening year has included:

~ 155 blog posts

~ 7 Kids Cook classes

~ hundreds of pounds of produce from the garden

~ 30 subscribers

~ 265 comments

~ 2 speaking engagements

~ 1 renovated kitchen (almost…)

~ $6 earned in advertising

~ $30 spent in domain registration and hosting

~ 1 press trip to the [...]

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Touch the Turkey!

Today and tomorrow many parents have a great teaching moment waiting to happen when they cook a turkey.  Involve the kids and you can lead them to explore:

Habitat ~ find out where wild turkeys live
Farming ~ discuss life on historic and modern farms for the farmers and the turkeys
Anatomy ~ ask children [...]

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