just a thought
i have to admit that i am not good with kids. anyone who knows me knows that my goal in life is to hang out with tony bourdain and mario battalli and of course tso (the significant other). that would be real cool but probably not kid friendly.
well i remember mario talking about getting kids involved with cooking. and just as the great sage says it works. well the tso has a son and as usual he is a wee bit picky about food. well i was off to the country and we made pasta and got the wee one involved. he started by supplying the muscle to the pasta machine ( i'm not stupid and besides, i believe in child labor) then moved into feeding the sheets and then cutting them. the best part was that i sat back and drank wine and supervised the yute and tso. the yute really got into making the "pasta fart" which was my way of telling him that that the pasta was done at the widest setting as the pasta had been worked enough. he laughed and got into understanding the textural changes that went on. i had a great time.
it was really fun to get him to take ownership of the meal and guess what-- he ate hazelnut pesto with goat cheese - why -- cos it was his noodles
