Message from egonzalez

[Anonymous]

Helping children prepare an ethnic recipe is a great way to introduce them to customs and traditions of another country. If you can't prepare it in class, you could at least talk about its origins and bring samples of it to class for students to taste it. I found two great websites that go into great detail about how to introduce students to Chinese cuisine. The first website: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/resourceschinesecooking/a/teachingcooking.htm features sections titled "child friendly" recipes, Chinese table manners (including directions on how to use chopsticks), and symbolic foods associated with traditional Chinese festivals. In addition, it has links to a Chinese food glossary, Chinese ingredients and cooking terms.
The second website: http://www.china-family-adventure.com/chinese-culture.html#.VHTPQBxpFJk, is very child friendly. It has a section dedicated to Chinese Food for Kids. The best part is that it goes into detail about the five major styles of Chinese food: Sichuan and the West, Hunan, Beijing and the North, Canton and the South, and Fujian and the East.