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Cooking with kids is messy. This dad chef wants you to do it anyway

Cooking with kids is messy. This dad chef wants you to do it anyway

Summary

David Nayfeld, a professional chef, enjoys cooking with his daughter Helena, finding it a meaningful way to connect with her. He wrote a cookbook, "Dad, What's for Dinner?", to share family-friendly recipes and tips on cooking with kids. The book includes various recipes, not just traditional "kid food," and is aimed at building kids' confidence and adventurous eating habits.

Key Facts

  • David Nayfeld is a professional chef who wrote a cookbook called "Dad, What's for Dinner?".
  • The book was published in May and includes recipes suited for families.
  • Each recipe has a "mess rating" from 1 to 4 and is categorized as a "meltdown meal," a weeknight meal, or project cooking.
  • Nayfeld aims to encourage confident and adventurous eaters with dishes like shrimp fra diavolo.
  • Actress Gwyneth Paltrow wrote the foreword to the cookbook.
  • Nayfeld shares tips on safely involving kids of different ages in cooking tasks.
  • He discusses the importance of making cooking with kids an enjoyable experience despite the potential mess.
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