Cooking with kids is messy. This dad chef wants you to do it anyway

makes a recipe called “stressed-out weekday pancakes” together with his daughter, Helena.’/>

Chef David Nayfeld has been cooking with his kid since she was 2. In a new book, Dad, What’s for Dinner?, he shares easy ways to involve kids in meal prep, and a weeknight recipe for meatballs.

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