In the classroom this week we read Maurice Sendak’s classic book Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months. The first graders wiggled their fingers and raised their hands when we arrived at the chapter of their birth month.
In the kitchen, we made a soup called avgolemono, which comes from the ancient foodways of Sephardic Jews. The soup is thickened with rice and egg and features tangy lemon juice and lots of fresh herbs. It was a lovely meal on a very cold day in the outdoor kitchen classroom!
