Two-year-old Malachi Faas samples the fresh fruit Monday night during the Cooking With Kids event at the Brainerd Public Library. Sponsored by the Brainerd Lakes Area Early Childhood Coalition and the Initiative Foundation, the event's core goals are to encourage families to eat and talk at meal time, eating healthy food the children have helped prepare and promoting literacy skills, with children reading recipes. (Brainerd Dispatch/ Steve Kohls)
