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California Squisine: Healthy Food That's Fast, Fun and Squeezable For Kids [Paperback]

Malcolm Kushner (Author)
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January 1, 2010
This cookbook for kids offers a unique tool in America's battle with poor eating habits - fun. It encourages children to eat well by consuming squeezable recipes. It's really simple. Kids have fun squeezing tasty, nutritious sauces, dips and dressings over fruits and vegetables. Then they eat their creations. No cooking is required!Children can prepare the recipes themselves or with an adult. "Many kids today think a balanced diet means a cookie in each hand," says Malcolm Kushner, author. "I want them to have a fruit or vegetable in each hand." While squisine is not aimed specifically at weight-loss, it will encourage children to eat healthier foods, which will naturally produce weight-loss. "Squeezing a tasty sauce or dressing over fruits and vegetables makes it more likely kids will eat them."Each of the 100 squeezable recipes is nutritious, pediatrician-approved, kid-tested, quick and easy to make, and fun to eat. In an age when obesity is epidemic, here is a simple formula for fun and healthy eating: Squisine = squeeze + cuisine. Even Einstein would agree!

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Malcolm Kushner is an internationally acclaimed expert on humor and communication. He has been profiled in Time Magazine, and other national publications, and appeared on radio and television, including CNN, C-SPAN, and The Larry King Show. The Wall Street Journal has called him "irrepressible." Kushner has been a keynote speaker everywhere from The Smithsonian Institution to the Inc. 500 Conference.

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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers (January 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1931741670
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931741675
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,107,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Malcolm Kushner, "America's Favorite Humor Consultant," is an internationally acclaimed expert on humor and communication. Since 1982, he has trained thousands of managers, executives and professionals how to gain a competitive edge with humor. His clients include IBM, Aetna, HP, AT&T, Bank of America, American Bar Association, American Medical Association and the IRS.

A co-creator of the humor exhibit at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, he also co-authored "Well...There You Go Again": The Humor That Shaped America (Volume I) -- the first multimedia CD-ROM devoted solely to Ronald Reagan. He has lectured about presidential humor at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Smithsonian Institute and numerous leadership conferences.

Kushner is the author of "The Light Touch: How to Use Humor for Business Success" (Simon & Schuster). A main selection of the MacMillan Business Book Club, it has been translated into five languages. He is also the author of "Public Speaking For Dummies" (Wiley Books) and "Presentations For Dummies" (Wiley Books) which has sold over 100,000 copies. His latest books are "The Little Book of Humorous Quotes" (aka associates) and "The Official Book of Mob Humor" (Robert D. Reed Publishers).

Kushner holds an M.A. in Communication from the University of Southern California. and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. He has served as a staff attorney for the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, and practiced law with a major San Francisco firm.

Frequently interviewed by the media, he has been profiled in Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post and numerous other publications. His television and radio appearances include CNN, National Public Radio, CNBC, "Voice of America" and "The Larry King Show."

Kushner is also the creator of the widely quoted "Cost of Laughing Index" -- a price index of the 16 leading humor indicators in America. The annual Index has been featured on Good Morning America, The Tonight Show and the front page of The Wall Street Journal. It is routinely picked up for April Fool's Day by wire services around the world.

A popular speaker at corporate and association meetings, Kushner is based in Menasha, Wisconsin. For more information, and lots of humor you can use in your next presentation, check out www.kushnergroup.com or www.museumofhumor.com.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Kids Cookbook To Date, October 29, 2006
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Of all the cookbooks for kids I've read to date, this one is by far the best. It covers all the bases -- it's Easy, Fun & Healthful -- and as a bonus, the running commentary by author Kushner couldn't be more entertaining. Let's take those bases one by one.The recipes really are easy for kids to follow. They are divided into two parts, "What You Need," and "What You Do." Unlike some kids' cookbooks that purport to have simple recipes but require you to use ingredients one finds only in gourmet stores or overseas markets,the recipes found in "California Squisine" are comprised of items everyone typically has already in the fridge or kitchen cupboard. There are only a few steps that go into the preparation of each item, and they are clear and concise. As far as fun is concerned, children will love the concept of "Squisine." I was a teacher for 12 years and currently work with pre-school children and know how much children enjoy tactile activities. And the foods really are healthful! They are packed with anti-oxidants, are low in sugar and are just good for kids (and adults) to eat -- without being boring. I not only highly recommend this book for children, but also for special needs people of all ages. My adult daughter is autistic and loves to cook. However, she becomes frustrated with complicated recipes -- and I am not comfortable with her using the stove. She loves these recipes and it gives her a great deal of satisfaction to be able to prepare the different foods in "California Squisine" with confidence on her own.(And of course she loves "Squisining.") Kushner has done more than write a cookbook -- he's created a concept and should be heartily congratulated for it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Making Mealtime Nutritious and Fun, September 14, 2006
This review is from: California Squisine: Healthy Food That's Fast, Fun and Squeezable For Kids (Paperback)
Ask any child, "What are the four basic food types." You may be surprised when they respond, "Fast, frozen, instant, and take out." Informational and entertaining, Malcolm Kushner addresses a timely and important issue faced by American's today, that of childhood obesity.

The book includes over 100 recipes that have met the criteria set forth by the author and his team of consultants. The recipes had to be squeezable, be approved by their medical advisor, had to be made without cooking, and had to be approved by the taste tester.

The book is divided into six basic groups of recipes: Dressings, dips and spreads, sauces and syrups, snacks, sandwiches and other stuff, desserts, holiday squizine, and ethnic squizine. A blender is the only appliance needed to prepare these, cleverly illustrated, mouthwatering recipes.

The easy to follow instructions also provide suggestions for getting children involved in the preparation of the meal. This involvement adds a touch of family time fun to meals and the ownership the child feels insures less stress at the dinner table.

In addition to the valuable background information and recipes I especially appreciated the humorous quips in the "food for thought" sections, generously spaced throughout the book. Malcolm Kushner has given the reader a sample of his wit and lived up to his reputation of "America's Favorite Humor Consultant."

This delightful book should be in the hands of every mother of pre-school through pre-teen children. It should be displayed and available in book stores and in the waiting rooms of pediatricians across America.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT COOKBOOK FOR KIDS AND MOM, February 3, 2010
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MY GRANDDAUGHTER LOVES MAKING RECIPES FROM THIS BOOK WITH HER MOM. THEY'RE FUN TO MAKE, TASTE GOOD AND THEY LOVE DOING IT TOGETHER. THANKS!
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