CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If you've been reading this column for the past seven years, you already know our stance on cooking with kids.
To sum up: We're in favor of it - even though it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Once, for example, Tara was leaning over the gas range, instructing Grace (a preschooler at the time) on the finer points of cooking lasagna noodles, and caught her own hair on fire. Actually, Grace thought it was pretty hilarious.
Truthfully, we're not sure how people manage to avoid cooking with their kids, unless they simply don't cook at all. As you may know from firsthand experience, toddlers go through this phase where they won't even let you go to the bathroom without coming in to "help." They're certainly not going to leave you alone in the kitchen with an open bag of chocolate chips.
