It's Alive! A Cooking Box for Science Lovers

Did you know that most of your food is alive when you eat it? The “It’s Alive!” box is a celebration of all the wild reactions, crazy growths, and hidden possibilities found in everyday foods. Learn how yeast works by making a loaf of focaccia bread, grow your own edible sprouts from seeds, use the gas released by yeast to blow up a balloon, and even grow brand-new vegetables from scraps you might have otherwise tossed in the trash. WHAT'S IN THE BOX?Main Lesson: Make Your Own Focaccia!Recipes: Homemade Yogurt, DIY Sauerkraut, and Pickle & Sprout SandwichesActivities: Bring Food Scraps Back to Life, Make Yeast Balloons, and Grow Your Own SproutsFood Culture: Learn about fermented foods around the world via a fold-out, jumbo coloring poster, puzzles, games, and collectible vinyl stickers2 Kitchen Tools: A  Bean Screen and a Pickle Pipe, both from the folks at Masontops //