Quest Kits: Food Adventures for Groups and Individuals
Do you have kiddos eager to play with food?
Taste Quest's play-based food adventures introduce kids to the world of food through games, stories, experiments, and crafts. By increasing exposures and curiosity, kids discover the superpower of cooking!
Kits are available for groups and individuals.
Choose your own adventure!
Snack Around the World
Our inaugural kit introduces kids to six different cultures through food exposures, and delves into how foods grow, their cultural significance, and the science that makes them fascinating. Games include Guacamole Gamble, Color by Nutrient Number, Write your Own Maki Rock Song, and tons more! Kits include playbooks, aprons, and facilitator guides. designed for groups but can be used at home.
Mission ImPastable
Kids can be secret agents with this series of puzzles featuring 10 different seasonal fruits and veggies. Agents must use the intelligence briefing and apply their knowledge of the science and history of the ingredients, the included tools, and their wits to solve puzzles and prepare the “compromised” recipe!
Two Truths and A Dumpling Conversation Cards
Did you know that food is like a universal language? No matter our background, we can all find something in common within the wide world of food. These cards are packed with prompts, puzzles, and pictures to get young minds talking. Use these cards as you cook a dish, share a snack, or just need something fun to pass the time! You’ll be surprised what you learn about others, and even what you learn about yourself when you start talking food!
Coming soon: Eat the Earth!
Our newest kit currently in production explores how food grows, where food goes, and how to make the most with what we have. The eight activities in this kit emphasize “Cultivator” skills, including improvisation, social-awareness, and decision-making, all in the context of questions about food sourcing, sustainability, and food waste. Through play-based learning, kids gain hands-on experience preparing food that introduces them to produce, pollination, and composting, all while they build confidence, resilience, and an agency to serve others and do right by the earth.
The Facilitator Guide is ready! You can begin using Eat the Earth today!
Equipping Kids with the Superpower of Cooking!
Why is cooking a superpower?
Jamie* is in the third grade and had never tasted a green pepper before playing our game, Guacamole Gamble. When the dice rolled a six, she was challenged to add green pepper to her guacamole. After being assured that bell peppers were not a spicy kind of pepper, Jamie took a tentative bite, and discovered that not only did she like the pepper, she couldn’t wait to bring some home to her mom so they could try them together.
Why is this moment awesome?
Jamie and her teammates not only felt empowered to try something new, but also to let that excitement overflow in sharing it with others. All it took was tasting a pepper to spark amazing growth!
Learning about food and cooking is one of the best multidisciplinary, hands-on experiences we can offer children. Food Learning means learning about health, sustainable living, art, science, history, math, and global cultures. What’s more, learning about food catalyzes a multitude of critical life skills, including communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and adaptivity to failure. Best of all, when kids engage with their food, they become empowered to try new foods, to choose between nutrients, flavors, and cuisines, and to find joy in the process. This joy overflows in a desire to share their cooking superpower with their families and communities.
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