We have a couple people to whom food is very important. We just added a room this last year that will sometimes have a food lesson. Although no one has complained, and I doubt that they would, I have kept these people in mind as I look for ideas. I think alot of it is about balance. If every single food project was sweet and sugary, that probably would raise some concerns, but on occassion it may be more acceptable.

While I couldn't resist the dirt pudding lesson for Joseph, I wouldn't want to do that every time.

If there are people with particular food interests, maybe you could invite them in to help. (If you felt they could give a positive message without condemning "inferior" foods.) One of our food people is a grandmother type that has never taught, but wanted to do something with food and kids, so I kept my eyes open for a lesson that would work for her. When we got to the baptism of Jesus, I suggested she do a lesson on John the Baptist: "locusts and wild honey". As I was talking to her on the phone, she pulled from her shelves a book on "101 ways to cook a grasshopper" (not the actual title, but something like that.) Now how many people could do that? She came to class each week wearing a t-shirt that said "I ate bugs" from an insect themed dinner held a while back at a local nature center. It just was one of those things that was destined to be.