Ah, the cookie exchange! What better way to multiply the variety of your holiday goodies. (You can always give the date bars to your great aunt Marge.) The problem with this annual event is the math required to make five or
Cookie Exchange Math
Math at Work Monday: Nicole the candy maker
Math is a chief ingredient in the kitchen, and those who make a living creating the sweets many of us crave during the holidays depend on calculations every day. Nicole Varrenti is the chief candy maker and owner of Nicole’s Treats.
Math at Work Monday: Brette the cookbook author
I like to cook and bake (especially pies and bread), but the idea of developing a recipe that others can use makes my hands sweat. To be honest, I don’t really understand the difference between baking soda and baking powder (except that
Food for Thought: 5 Ways Hurried Moms Can Make Math Easy
Boy, do I remember those early days of parenting my daughter. I was working full time, coddling a strong-willed toddler, trying to serve balanced meals, selecting great books to read to her and trying to keep my house and yard
Mixing in Math: Teacher Cooks Up Lesson in the Kitchen
So this apparently is big news in Myrtle Beach. A middle school math teacher actually took her kids out of the classroom to teach them math. In the school cafeteria, the students converted decimals to percents and found surface area