Sooner or Later

Sooner or later, nearly every parent will have to address a child's natural interest in the variety of peelers, mashers, and cutters that home kitchens employ on a regular basis. That's right, you may imagine that your overstuffed utensil drawer fulfills a purely funtional, even mundane purpose. But a child sees fun gadgets that turn a bunch of yummy ingredients into delicious dishes. In the case shown here, that's good news. Given the right equipment and an opportunity to use it correctly, your child can manage peelers, paring knives, and kitchen shears with surprising dexterity and confidence. Our Four-Veggie Roast proves the point. Trust us, once your kids get the hang of using these simple tools, getting them to eat their veggies will be no problem.

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