Today’s prepubescent kitchen tinkerers may be the Iron Chefs of tomorrow. Plant the seed with a kid-friendly food gift - from cooking classes to cookbooks to handcrafted sweet treats. Here is a selection of cool presents.

A Gwinnett County man who taught aspiring drug dealers in the North Georgia mountains the craft of cooking methamphetamine was sentenced Friday to 25 year in prison.

“Cooking for the Captain” by Melanie Gideon (Morris Press, $13.50)

TENAFLY — The New England clam chowder, icebox cake and blueberry French toast were elegantly displayed on a crisp blue tablecloth. Cooking class students Kyle Nielson and Lauren Mazlin were wrapped in jackets, scarves, hats and gloves.

PLANS for a 50m project to turn cooking oil from fast-food chains such as McDonalds and Burger King into energy and bio-diesel have been scrapped.

The Southern Living duo of cookbooks offers you the best in southern MidAtlantic regional cooking.

Some doctors say another cooking oil may be better than olive oil

A selection of cooking classes throughout North Jersey that are specifically geared toward the holidays. All paid classes require reservations. To submit a class for January, e-mail pitcher@northjersey .com.

Cooking Light, the worlds largest food and healthy lifestyle title, has named the top 8 must-eat foods as well as 8 super tips to help you live well.

Connie Coleman, program manager, has announced a new initiative that has been added to the already extensive mix of programs offered to the men and women who live at the Henry Ford Village’s Renaissance Gardens health care facility.

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