What is the best way to teach your kid to cook if they hate it?

Take them to see "Julie and Julia" ("Julia and Julie"). I just saw that today. I am male and not ashamed to say that it was great.

If you have no idea what the movie is, it just came out. It is about Julia Childs of french cooking fame, and Julie, who decides to blog about doing all Julia's recipes in a year. (Sort of like a Hub challenge.)

I'm a self-taught cooking expert and what I've seen throughout my experience is that the kids would only cook the thing they love to eat! Ask any kid to prepare his fav food by himself if he wishes to eat it. Tell him that it will benefit him in the future to the time again when he'll want to eat it and you or any other person that can help him is not at home. Also make something for yourself and eat before him just to jealous him off so that he feels that you have made it and now enjoying...wishes & luck!

Note: Parent's should always supervise their children in the kitchen. Cooking with your children can be a great experience as long as all parties involved want to cook. But what do you do when your child... keep reading →