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New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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Two new cookbooks for kids comprise the 'Williams-Sonoma Kids in the Kitchen" series and are especially recommended for family and community library children's cookbook collections. "Fun Food" (0743278566, $19.95) showcases twenty-five thoroughly 'kid friendly' recipes for beginning chefs ages 8 to 11 with clear, step-by-step, fully illustrated directions for easy-to-prepare recipes that range from such classics as macaroni macaroni: see pasta.  & cheese; chicken noodle soup Noodle soup refers to a variety of dishes with noodles served in stock and other ingredients. The dish is an Asian staple. Varieties
China and Taiwan
There are a myriad of noodle soup dishes originating in China, and many of these are eaten in, or adapted in
; sesame fish sticks; and spaghetti & meatballs; to veggie dishes for young vegetarians including stuffed baked potatoes; spring peas with mint; roasted carrots; and sauteed green beans green beans
Noun, pl

long narrow green beans that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
. "Sweet Treats" 0743278577, $19.95) focuses on twenty-five delicious, easy, and 'kid favorite' deserts that go from Lemon Bars; Golden Layer Cake; and Chocolate Truffles; to Rocky Road Fudge; Ice Cream Sandwiches; and Watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia.  Ice Pops. Both of these simply outstanding and very highly recommended cookbooks for kids are enhanced with a 'Science Corner' that explains the hows and whys of cooking and backing, and a 'Troubleshooting' section which identifies potential problems with ways to avoid or fix them. Enthusiastically commended for family and community library cookbook collections for kids, both the "Fun Food" and the "Sweet Treats" cookbooks would make ideal 'cooking class' texts for elementary school 'Home Economics' classes, and would prove ideal for supplementing homeschooling home·school or home-school  
v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools

v.tr.
To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.
 curriculums as well.
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