Two chefs measure, mix, chop, simmer, and season their way through preparations for a sumptuous feast, baking bread, tossing salad, grilling fish, sauteing vegetables, and serving the tasty meal to their hungry guests.
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2. One of the wonderful things about this book is that it does not try to do too much, thus giving children an opportunity to create their own understanding. Two chefs, a man and a woman, work at the Top Notch Restaurant. The text, 31 words, is all verbs. Bright, friendly gouache illustrations expand the meaning: on the page accompanying the word "peel" is a large square picture of hands peeling a potato with a metal peeler; the border below shows onions, apples, carrots, pears, and oranges, all of which can also be peeled. At first glance, the cooking verbs appear to be random, but with attention readers can see a specific dinner being created: home-baked bread, cake, vegetable soup, mashed potatoes, garnished fish, sauteed vegetables, and tossed salad. The close-up points of view in the pictures enable children to stick a vicarious finger into the mashed potatoes and see the individual bits of pepper coming out of the grinder into the soup. The restaurant is a tiny place of simple elegance, filled with red-and-white checked tablecloths and people of all races and ages enjoying good food. A culinary delight.?Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 4^-6. Two workers arrive at a restaurant, cook a meal, serve it to customers, clean up, and leave. Attractive, brightly colored, naive-style pictures, each labeled with the appropriate term, show various aspects of what goes on--from peeling, filleting, and sauteing to garnishing, serving, and eating. The paintings aren't equally effective in catching the energy or activity of preparation, but this cheerful look at terminology will work just fine when shared with Mom or Dad while they're waiting for the cookies to bake or the water to boil. Stephanie Zvirin
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This review is from: Chop, Simmer, Season (Hardcover)
I got this book on a whim for my two neices in Canada. They often asked what I liked to do, so I tried to find something to help explain my love of cooking - and this one did the trick. One girl is three, and loved the colorful pictures (and got very hungry afterwards). The other girl, seven, loved to look at the detailed borders with me, which describe the different ingredients in the dishes. We all made a pizza together afterwards, and her Mom was happy to have found a book that would occupy their minds for hours...even without her around.
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