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Do you cook?

(This is one of my favorite dishes to make Curried Black Beans and Chickpeas with cous cous) When I got to college, I earned a reputation among my roommates as being a good cook. Now, don't be fooled, I am by no means the next Rachel Ray but I did know my way around a kitchen. I could use a garlic press, make scrambled eggs, bake a cake, cook something in the oven besides a frozen pizza and basically follow most recipes. I guess it never occurred to me that not everyone's parents and friends' parents cook a lot. I was used to helping my mom out in the kitchen and watching while my best friend E (who is an amazing and mostly self taught cook) cook with her mom. It's not the end of the world if you don't know how to cook in high school, college, or even after college. But it can be a lot of fun. Also it ends up being cheaper (And FAR healthier) than buying fast food or already prepared meals. And there's a sense of satisfaction and acc...

Our Eating Challenge

Thought I'd post a video of the food challenge we had a couple weeks (or was it months?) ago. This is our attempt (successful by a few people) to eat 6 Saltine crackers in 60 seconds. We also attempted to eat a spoonful of cinnamon, eat a piece of white bread in under 45 seconds and we played Fluffy Bunny. It was a fun, messy, and hilarious day that I'm getting hungry just thinking about! As a segue into books, here are a few YA books that deal with food: Cooking Up a Storm by Sam Stern What's cooking? An enthusiastic young chef shares his teen-tested tips and recipes for everything from breakfast to dinner, desserts to brain-boosting snacks. A kid's gotta eat -- and what better way to make sure that the food on your plate hits the spot than to make it yourself? Dear, Julia by Amy Bronwen Zemser Shy sixteen-year-old Elaine has long dreamed of being the next Child, to the dismay of her feminist mother, but when her first friend, the outrageous Lucida Sans, con...