“Let The Children Chop” and Other Stories of Raising Self Sufficient Children.”
I recently taught a camp called “Farm To Table Camp” for school age children where we created family recipes. We worked in groups of five taking turns playing the different roles in a kitchen. We had a Head chef, a Sous Chef, and a Chef de Partie. All these roles included, chopping, grating, sautéing, measuring, making sauces, reading recipes aloud, stirring, and assembly. We then had a whole set of tasks that included cleaning countertops, washing dishes, and sweeping the fl