Cooking Teens Magazine

Teens Take Jersey High School Throwdown

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Henry Chura, 18, works against the clock to help prep mini quiches during the Iron Chef Throwdown at Middletown High School North in New Jersey. (Photo by ROBERT WARD, Asbury Park Press)

Middletown (N.J.) Teens Master Marshmallows

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Lots of teens love an Iron Chef throwdown, in which chefs square off against each other to concoct lots of tasty dishes featuring a mystery ingredient. But when marshmallows were unveiled as a secret ingredient at Middletown High School North in New Jersey, well, things got a little sticky. A team of teen boys – Henry Chuya, Pablino Talbot and Scott Wallace, all 18, and Bryan Shenvi, 17 – made the best of it, though, besting the band staff, the math teachers and a host of other contenders. One winning dish: chicken sauced with shallots, grapes, mustard seed, coriander and marshmallow syrup.

Bryan Shenvi, 17, makes stock against the clock during the Iron Chef Throwdown at Middletown High School North in New Jersey recently. (Photo by ROBERT WARD, Asbury Park Press)

Stop Motion Spaghetti

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Chicken, Pear Stir-Fry

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Here’s a fun, odd fast-food pairing featuring pears. Combined with chicken, orange juice, leeks and walnuts the ingredients make for a strangely addictive stir-fry. And the whole thing is done from start to finish in about 20 minutes!

Idaho High School Science Class Gets Cheesy

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:50:35 +0000

For many teens, “curds and whey” are simply words from a long-ago nursery rhyme that the teens learned as kids. But for students in Kimberly High School’s agriculture food science class in Kimberly, Idaho, curds and whey are supplies kids need for class. The school’s “cheese lab” combines these with science to teach teens how to make simple queso fresco (literally, fresh cheese) during an 80-minute class period.

“Food science has changed how I look at food forever,” student Alyssa Stastny told the Times-News.

Agriculture Food Science students Maria Venegas, right, and Amanda Martin simmer the milk mixture for their cheese lab project at Kimberly High School in Idaho. (Photo by ASHLEY SMITH, Times-News)

How to Make Cheese

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Why Mario Batali’s Clogs are Orange

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Chef Mario Batali Takes Food Stamp Challenge

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:34:57 +0000

Many teens in New York City and elsewhere survive with help from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or food stamps – to pay for the food on the table. But two teens in New York, Leo and Benno Batali, are living on food stamps by choice this week, as their family takes on the Food Stamp Challenge. Their dad, celebrity chef Mario Batali, is a member of the board of the Food Bank for New York City, and he’s talking with his family and with viewers on TV show The Chew about just how challenging it can be to eat for $1.48 per person per meal, which is the federal allotment for families in need.

Mario Batali, speaking at the 2012 New York City Food Bank's Can-Do awards, has taken up the Food Stamp Challenge. (Photo by ANDREW H. WALKER, Getty Images)

Mandarin Orange Chicken

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:33:37 +0000

Talk of food banks in today’s Main Dish: News of the Day sent us noodling around for a good food bank recipe, and we found this quick, tasty and simple recipe for Mandarin orange and chicken stir fry from the folks at the central New York food bank. The whole dinner takes less than half an hour to cook from scratch and it’s healthful, economical – and delicious!

Cheese Lab Turns Science into Food

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:10 +0000

Kimberly High School students cook up cheese in agriculture food science class in Idaho. (Photo by ASHLEY SMITH, Times-News)