This past weekend a monumental feat was achieved; one of our children took over meal time and cooked a full 4 course meal for the family, grandparents included. A few days prior, she had rediscovered our copy of The Silver Spoon for Children, and took a keen interest in it. I had purchased it at some point last year, and she barely gave it a glance, even when I offered to help her cook a few things from it. So when the other day, she prepared a whole menu from the book, complete with appetizers and dessert, I eagerly encouraged the experiment. On the menu was a basic tomato bruschetta on toasted baguette, a beautiful white bean & tuna salad with pine nuts and leeks, ham and peas over tagliatelle pasta, and for dessert, cookie & cocoa stuffed peaches and vanilla bean ice cream. Sounds incredible, right? I made her write down her grocery list and I did the shopping for her. She did most of the prep work all by herself, with some help from me here and there. Considering she's 9

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