The big bites and big belches that make us adults groan, however, will have kids giggling and going back to the cutting board.

Kids might also need reminders about manners, too ? the characters in Toca Kitchen 2 model poor manners just like their Toca Kitchen predecessors. Some kids might need help discovering the actions that lead to extreme reactions, particularly the sneeze-inducing seasonings. Parents can find this and other tips in the 'For Parents' section, including questions to promote discussion with kids. Characters will try anything, but they'll also let you know what they didn't like! Toca Kitchen 2 also honors families' choices about food by allowing parents to make only vegetarian food items available in the game. In both subtle and obvious ways, Toca Kitchen 2 promotes not only creativity but also diversity - not only of gender or race (or species!), but also of personal taste. The palate-pleasing possibilities are endless! Budding chefs might make other choices too - mixing various ingredients or even feeding characters straight out of the fridge. Kids can experiment with extreme flavors to elicit characters' sneezes, smoky coughs, faints, or the spitting out of food they don't like. Just like real people, different characters prefer different foods, prepared in different ways. The three expressive and diverse characters will gulp down kids' culinary creations, then show their delight or disgust based on their own tastes. Next, does the dish need salt and pepper, hot sauce, soy sauce, salad dressing, lemon, or that catch-call kids' favorite: ketchup? Finally, it's feeding time! Kids can prepare the food with six different tools, including a juicer, chopping board, pot, frying pan, deep fryer, and an oven. When kids open the fridge to survey its savory delights, characters will sometimes express their interest in different foods. Similar to Toca Kitchen, kids start by choosing a colorful character to feed.

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