While shopping at Target,  I saw my daughter excitedly jumping up and down by the Nintendo DS games section. She had espied the latest “buy-it” game called Cooking Mama. Since I fancy myself a cooking afficionado, I agreed to make the purchase. Back  home  she put it on her machine and started to play. As I was looking over her shoulder I found myself extremely fascinated by this Japanese game. It introduces kids to common cooking terminology. A player manipulates the screen with her stylus while busy learning how to measure, boil, slice, sauté, grate, deep fry, strain, coat, mix and do a lot more with the ingredients. If you can’t master the art of cooking, you may as well reign supreme in the make-believe kitchen of Cooking Mama.

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