Cooking Together

Let's get in the kitchen together! This cookbook for parents of kids 8+ transforms time in the kitchen into meaningful family connection-designed to spark curiosity, encourage healthy habits, and turn up the joy.

Salt Fat Acid Heat meets How to Talk So Kids Will Listen in this parent-child cookbook that teaches culinary skills while nurturing emotional intelligence, patience, and connection. Co-written by family therapist Eli Harwood and her ten-year-old son, Slate, this cookbook features 75 approachable recipes developed by Slate.

Many parents want to get their kids inspired in the kitchen to try new foods, but they struggle with how to start. This cookbook provides the perfect solution: Inviting kids into the kitchen with 75 recipes written by a kid for kids, organized by time of day and marked for different skill levels. Plus plenty of confidence-building extras like:

• Pairing Conversations: helps parents and kids have discussion while they cook
• Fascinating Food Facts: historical and scientific facts about ingredients
• Turn Up The Fun: fun suggestions throughout help parents and kids experience joy in the cooking process (such as, cook in costumes, or listen to music, or dance while you wait for noodles to cook, etc.)

Cooking Together not only inspires better eating habits, but provides a hands-on activity that builds important life skills and strengthens parent-child bonds through shared experiences. This isn't just a cookbook; it's a guide to creating lifelong memories, deeper connection, life skills, resilience, and a stronger family bond.