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Karzai, who was selected by prominent Afghans to lead the country until this June, jokingly calls himself "a pauper king." He wants it that way. He tells the palace chef to dish up simple food for his retinue. "Do you know what little the people have to eat out there?" Karzai says to his chef. His office has only a single computer and a fax machine. The United Nations gave Karzai and his Cabinet officials their cell phones, and some of his ministers keep punching the wrong buttons...
Spanish or Swedish? Empanadas or egg rolls? No, it's not dining out--it's cooking in, and that chef wielding the spatula may well be your 10-year-old. In increasing numbers, kids are in the kitchen--and not just to open the refrigerator and sigh that there's nothing to eat. They are poring over cookbooks, preparing the family meal and signing up for cooking classes...
Cooking is a skill that children can use now and in the future, as well as an activity that allows them to be creative. It's educational too--kids can see measurements in action. "It's application learning," says Maureen Serrao-Cole, founder of Kid Chef, a cooking program for kids in Austin, Texas. "It uses reading, math, science and art. And when you're talking fractions to kids, it helps to have a cup of flour in your hand...
...these youngsters--particularly the boys--discovered the pleasures of cooking from watching TV. In January the Food Network's share of viewers ages 2 to 11 was up 67% on weekend mornings over the past year. "The popularity of the Food Network and the rising perception of the chef as celebrity have made a huge difference," says Senn. Many of the chefs are male, and they have made cooking cool. Young viewers know what Emeril Lagasse cooked last week; they can tell you who won the last Iron Chef matchup. Even public television is whipping up a show: several stations...
Lagasse, who also plans to bring out a line of cookware for kids this summer, will publish Emeril Kids' Cookbook: There's a Chef in My Soup! (HarperCollins) later this month. "The inspiration for the cookbook and cookware came from kids," says Lagasse. "We had heard from them about the show, and we also talked to them directly. When we saw how interested kids were, we said, 'This is for real.'" His cookware line will include a pot and utensils scaled down to kids' size, an apron ("You can't put an adult apron on little kids," he explains...