RECIPES
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SAFETY NOTE
Almost every technique and recipe in this book involves
heat, sharp tools such as knives, powered appliances, or raw
food (which may have germs). Adult supervision is required
at all times and for all instructions and recipes.
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What’s your
favorite meal?
Zippy hot
tacos on a
Saturday
night?
The spaghetti
and meatballs
your mom
makes for your
birthday?
Turkey,
stuffing, and
all the
trimmings at
Thanksgiving?
These are more than meals. They are also
memories. Cooking means sharing in tradi-
tions that go back thousands of years.
Family recipes hold family history. Maybe
your great-grandmother brought that
pasta recipe with her from Rome. Maybe
your dad learned to make his tacos in
Texas when he was a kid. Wherever they
came from, those recipes contain stories
about your own past.
Cooking passes on world
history, too. Every culture
expresses itself with its
own special foods. When
you’re eating hummus,
spring rolls, or curry, you’re
experiencing other places in
the tastiest way.
Adults Required!
A kitchen is a glorious place. It can
also be a dangerous one, though. So
before you do any of the activities
in this book, ask permission from an
adult. And while you’re in the kitch-
en, an adult needs to be with you
at all times. Never cook alone.
(Cooking is more fun with
other people anyway!)
You can join that great tradition.
It’s easy. Not only can you learn to
make family favorites, but you can
invent your own mouthwatering
dishes, too.
The more you cook, the more
you’ll get to know how foods
and flavors go together, and
how to change things up the
way you like. One day you
won’t even need a recipe—
except when you want to try
something