In the classroom this week we read Lunch From Home, a story inspired by the experiences of four professional chefs and the foods they brought to school when they were kids. We discussed the concept “don’t yuck my yum” and the importance of celebrating both what makes us different as well as our similarities.
It was fun to teach the kindergarteners how to make one of my favorite foods from my childhood, green onion pancakes, in the kitchen! Every chef rolled out dough, brushed on oil, seasoned with salt and green onions, twisted and coiled the dough, rolled it out again, and had the opportunity to pan fry a pancake. We enjoyed the pancakes with a final sprinkling of salt and a traditional Taiwanese cucumber salad.
