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WIISINIWAN -- Food Recipes

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHERS, PARENTS

An extensive set of links on Child & Teen Nutrition -- from Kansas State

University.

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l Good Nutrition For Kids & Teens -- From the Child Development Institute.

CNN - Food and Health News Main Page -- More on general health articles and

tips than food, but thre are also complete scripts of shows that have aired since last

fall (which don't make that much sense without some kind of pix, at leaxt some

still frames). There's also topic descriptions of upcoming shows, mostly broadcast

on Saturdays.

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NOT ON LINE: Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks, from Lerner Publishing,

Minneapolis, 800/328-4929 for their interesting catalog of K-12 books. So far

there are 28 of these (none Native American--French, Swiss, German,

Vietnamese, Korean, African, Australian). They're hardbound, but not sturdily

enough for real kitchen cookbooks, 48-52 pages, very well illustrated with large

color photos of what it should look like (if it comes out right) and process

illustrations. The type is large. After an ingredients list, the process is

step-by-numbered-step, with pix or diagrams for any hard parts. There's a metric

conversion chart and safety hints in each book, just in case imaginative

math/science teachers have a taste for using recipes (especially for work on

fractions). Especially easy for cooking in a classroom setting is Ethnic Cooking

the Microwave Way. The 1992 Vegetarian Cooking Around the World is also

noteworthy. The Thai, Russian, Lebanese, and Hungarian cookbooks are also

Social Studies -- background about the countries, cultures, histories. Grade 5+.

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NOT ON LINE: Foods We Eat Grades 1-4 series (Apples, Beans and Peas; Butter

and Cheese; Chocolate; Citrus Fruits; Fish; Meat; Pasta and Rice; Sugar;

Vegetables) -- all 32 pages, hardbound, $17.50, 25% school discounts.) Lerner

Publishing, Minneapolis, 800/328-4929 for catalog. This series was begun in

1989; they're still adding to it. But I recommend much more highly the newer

Food Facts Grades 2-5 series which they're still working on. This has much better

nutrition/health info than the earlier series. It's been planned for elementary

science (both authors are experienced, many high-quality, K-6 science books). On

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