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Cook a country

Pick a country, cook one dish from it, learn three facts at the table.

  • Indoors
  • Half a day
  • Calm
  • Low cost
  • Ages 5–14

What you need

  • A recipe
  • Ingredients
  • A map or globe

How to run it

  1. Spin a globe or pick a name from a hat.
  2. Find a simple recipe together.
  3. Shop, cook, and eat with music from that country playing.

Making it work for every age

Younger children: Stirring and taste-testing, plus colouring the flag while it cooks.

Older children: They pick the country, find the recipe and cost the shop.

Keep it safe

Hob and knives stay with adults or supervised over-11s.

Did you try it?

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