She's the author of cookbooks for kids, but that's just a part of who Barbara Beery is...

   Meet Barbara Beery 

Barbara Beery's roomy French country kitchen -- with its huge central worktable -- is the heart of her home as well as her business: Batter Up Kids. This is a place where magic happens: food comes to life and people draw near to the taste, touch, and scent of its bounty. Clearly, a love of food, family, and fun fuel both Batter Up Kids and Barbara Beery's success.

Beery, a native Austinite, unites her skills and passions -- thirteen years as a teacher, a love of children, and a longstanding joy of cooking -- to offer children's cooking classes, summer cooking camps, and lavish cooking birthday parties for the elementary age set.  (by Anne Marie Turner)

We'll chatted with Barbara about her books, her work teaching kids to cook and the "Batter up Kids" franchise opportunity she has put together.