Conventional wisdom has it that the best way to get kids to eat healthy food is to have them help you cook it — but when you get home at 6:15 and have to have dinner on the table by 6:45, there’s not a heck of a lot of time to let your kid futz around with some carrots and a butter knife. Make up for your home ec lag at DooF-a-Palooza 2008, a day-long food festival for kids.
The event gets its name from DooF (food spelled backwards), a PBS kids’ cooking show set to air in 2009, and thus auditions for the show are a centerpiece. Look sharp for a bunch of moms with combs at the ready, and kids wearing blush.
There are lots of other fun things to do for the camera-shy: a cook-off competition, make-your-own-snacks and quesadilla stations, a recipe-themed treasure hunt, food science demos. The ticket price includes tons of food, so I’m thinking this is one time you don’t have to haul a giant bag full of Snack-Traps and Boon balls.
When: Sat., 7/12, 11am-3pm; All ages; Free-$20.
Where: Google Headquarters, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway (at North Shoreline Road), Mountain View, foodbackwards.com.