views jewfro continued from page 5 make him like the Tiger Mom or Tiger Woods’ dad. But instead, like the ingredients themselves, the out- come was organic — the result of my kids’ Sammy-inspired interest in cooking food and eating it. Sammy is like their Mary Lou Retton meets Michelle Obama, all wrapped in the relatable package of a giggly mensch growing up in “The Woods.” And how did the home cooks cook at home? My requests to be addressed as chef — “Yes, chef,” the contestants say like cadets — were roundly rebuffed. Still, the show must go on. Since Judah and Phoebe are nearly four years older than Sammy (com- bined), I felt I should replicate the show’s degree of difficulty by doing it the day Phoebe had a field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum, Garden Club and soccer and Judah took the M-STEP (think MEAP test with more mouse clicking and less bubble filling) and then his 9-year- old pediatrician appointment (no shots, yes ice cream). The Brussels sprouts were no match for Phoebe, a highly enthu- siastic chopper who still boasts all her fingers. Prior to drizzling them with olive oil and tossing them with freshly ground pepper and sea salt, she kept eating the halves out of the bowl. Having to ask your 7-year- old to please stop eating the raw Brussels sprouts so there will be enough of them for a dinner that she is cooking is the parenting equiva- lent of getting a papercut from the winning Powerball ticket. Once Judah realized the right way to turn the knobs of the stove, he plowed through the polenta, but not before heating the garlic and shallots until soft and aromatic. The polenta had a perfect, lump-free consistency owing to his whimsical whisking. He had more success cutting the rosemary with scissors but struggled adding the rosemary when he forgot what rosemary was. In the interest of time — and in hopes of the only blood being bovine — they served the steaks whole rath- er than sliced. Mine was perfectly prepared to my preference (medium rare); my wife’s was ruined at her request (medium well). I took the parental prerogative to put Phoebe’s back on the range for a minute, as it could still be heard faintly mooing. All told, Judah and Phoebe’s din- ner, as Gordon Ramsey described Sammy’s, was “elevated beyond belief.” Sammy: This message is just for you. Everyone else can stop reading. By sheer probability of Huntington Woods in warm weather or Jewish geography otherwise, chances are we will meet in the weeks ahead. In case I get star struck when we do, I want to thank you here and now. Thank you for reminding me that there is a happy medium between just liv- ing to eat or eating to live. Thank you for your humility, humanity and compound butter. And thank you for helping my family along our long exodus from the bondage of mac and cheese to the promised land of leafy greens and tender proteins. 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