My Son Cooks

My boy Will, 11 now, soon to be 12, is taking Home Ec in the 6th grade. He loves it, and almost every week he comes home and cooks for us exactly what they cooked in class: so far we've enjoyed cinnamon twists (biscuit dough from a tube, dipped in melted margarine, rolled in cinnamon sugar, and elongated and twisted) and birds-in-the-nest (a slice of bread with a cutout in the middle, dropped into a frying pan and fried with an egg in the cutout).

Not only does Will cook everything, he takes great pride in cleaning up the same way they do in class: washing and drying all pots, pans, and utensils, and wiping down all work surfaces. We stand back in amazement. And the food is good--even Will's 8-year-old little brother, Dominic, eats it all up.