Food Network Magazine - (09)September 2020

Kids are eating

better these days.

Based on the American

Heart Association’s overall

diet scores, children’s

diets have improved by

27 percent since 1999.

Kids today are consuming

fewer sugary drinks and

more whole grains, fruits

and vegetables.

SOURCE: JAMA

A 7-year-old is

blowing up on Instagram.

Leo Kelly has racked up nearly
270,000 followers since last summer—
just for reviewing Shirley Temples.
“My taste buds basically tell me what to
say,” explains the second-grader, who’s
known to dock points for versions that
are too sweet, too watery or—the worst
offense—cherry-less. Restaurants take
him seriously: After a disappointing
review from Leo, LongHorn Steakhouse
unveiled a new Shirley Temple and a
strict five-cherry policy.

daughters wrote a cookbook!

Chef skills run in the Zakarian family:

13-year-old Madeline and 11-year-old

Anna often cook with their dad at home

and on TV, and now you can buy their first

cookbook, The Family That Cooks Together.

We asked the authors, and their dad, what

it’s really like to cook with one another.

Follow this young critic

on Instagram

@theshirleytempleking.

Make a perfect Shirley Temple:

Fill a glass with ice and

add lemon-lime soda or

ginger ale. Add a splash of

grenadine and stir. Garnish

with a maraschino cherry.

Anna

Madeline.

She doesn’t

clean as

she goes.

Dad—he’s

the best

at it.

Madeline

doesn’t hold

back. She’s

honest and

accurate.

Me!

Madeline

I don’t think

I’m messy,

but they

both pointed

to me.

Dad’s the

first to

volunteer.

I try to

never put a

bad dish in

my mouth.

Me.

I’m always

up for a

sweet treat.

Who’s the

messiest

in the

kitchen?

Who’s the

most likely

to volunteer

for dish

duty?

Who’s the

harshest

food

critic?

Who has

the biggest

sweet

tooth?

Geoffrey

Madeline,

but it’s the

opposite

of her

personality!

It’s not my

favorite, but

I can’t stand

a mess.

All of us. We

make, we taste

and we talk

about how to

make it better.

Me—

don’t tell!

These plates are

out of this world!

When Robin Oloyede’s son said he

wanted to become an astronaut,

she searched everywhere for

products featuring astronauts

who looked like him—and found

none. So she started her own

tableware company, Colorfull

Plates, and now she has designs

for budding paleontologists,

roboticists, pilots and more. “Kids

can see themselves at every meal

as they do in their dreams,” she

says. colorfullplates.com

FOR

KIDS

122 FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE ●SEPTEMBER 2020

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