I have always believed that you don't need to travel far to taste the flavors of the world. Watching children all over eating nothing but grilled cheese and peanut butter and jelly got me to thinking. We encourage this because it is easy, because we don't know there is in this bloggers opinion a better way to teach ourselves and our children that the world is full of flavor. I want my kids to grow up having tasted to cultures of hundreds of countries around the world so that when she meets someone from Malaysia, Vietnam, England or Cuba they have something to discuss. Food. I have begun a tradition in my home. We have a small globe that sits in the kitchen. We spin the globe and my daughter who is almost 4 places her finger on that spinning celestial body and where that finger lands our dinner is decided. We have traveled long and far. We have cooked food from New Zealand, Vietnam, Mexico, Malaysia, France, England, Morocco, Israel and tonight we went to Cuba for Arroz con Pollo. I hope that parents can encourage their kids to travel the culinary world and break down traditional food boundaries in the American home. Perhaps the best way to understand the world around us is to eat it. Encourage your kids to shop with you for the ingredients. Make it a scavenger hunt to try new flavors and experience new tastes. You will open their eyes to the cultural diversity of our planet and give them a geography lesson in the process. Good luck and lets eat!
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