Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure [Hardcover]

Dianne Pratt (Author), Janet Winter (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up

Winner of 8 national awards, Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! is the most honored children's cookbook. This fabulous book challenges inquisitive young cooks to seek culinary kitchen adventures. Learn Kitchen Safety and Cooking Preparation. Cook favorite "from scratch" recipes with adult help. Prepare after-school snacks, and meals for the family! Be a smart consumer by learning fun ecology facts. Make face paint, play clay, recycled paper and crafts. Have a great time cooking with animated characters.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-Books such as Vicki Cobb's Science Experiments You Can Eat (HarperCollins, 1994) and Muriel Mandell's Simple Kitchen Experiments (Sterling, 1994) explain the chemistry responsible for such things as making bread rise, mayonnaise mix, and popcorn pop. However this "global awareness" cookbook is like reading a science book in the kitchen and trying to cook something at the same time. The science is interesting, but it doesn't necessarily relate to the subject at hand. For example, a recipe for spaghetti-sauce seasoning has a sidebar about searching out wildlife in the city. A rabbit in overalls picks salad ingredients on a page with a basic recipe for salad dressing and facts about butterfly wings. The recipes are pretty much middle-of-the-road; instructions on making tuna salad include no global awareness of either the plight of tunas or world cuisine. Nonedible recipes are also included for things like tie-dyed socks, recycled paper, and a compost heap (at least the last two have some semblance of helping the Earth). Occasionally the facts correspond to the recipe but not enough to justify the book's subheading. Also, the index is next to useless. For kitchen ecology or science experiments, look elsewhere.
Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

In this, her first book, author Dianne Pratt, has collected and presented over 80 healthy, easy to complete recipes. The recipes cover the full range from beverages, breakfast foods, lunch and dinner entrees to desserts and snacks. Complete and easy to follow directions are given for each. In addition numerous safety tips and helpful hints are also explained. The recipes feature foods sure to be popular with children and their entire families.....Parents and grandparents will find this a great book of recipes to use when cooking with the children in their families and may enjoy sharing the additional points of nature information as they spend time together in the kitchen.....The combination of recipes, safety, animal art, kitchen crafts, experiments and ecology facts allow kids and their "adult helpers" to have a fun learning experience in the kitchen and beyond. -- Dawn Farley, Foreword Magazine, January 1999

This colorfully illustrated hardback gives parents and children a connection in the kitchen, as they whip up treats like Bananarama Bread and Cha-Cha Chili and ponder recipe-related ecological factoids ("Don't kill the yeast, it is a sensitive fungus.") Later sections include recipes for non-food items like homemade glue and tie-dyed socks, using environmentally responsible ingredients. A 1999 Parents' Choice® Silver Honor Winner. (Linda Geeson, Parents' Choice®). -- From Parents' Choice®

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Harvest Hill Press (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886862079
• ISBN-13: 978-1886862074
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,777,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must" for young culinary adventurers!, April 7, 2000

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This review is from: Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure (Hardcover)

Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now!: A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure is an outstanding, hands-on compendium of cooking and kitchen related projects for inquisitive young cooks. With these fun and nutritious recipes, kids can begin cooking their favorite recipes under adult supervision in the family kitchens as they prepare after-school snacks and even whole family meals. Along the way the youngsters become smart consumers as they learn fun ecology and earth facts, learn kitchen safety, and have a wonderful time following activities (making face paint, play clay, recycled paper and other kitchen crafts in addition to meal preparation) with the Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! animated characters. From Toasted Bagel Chips, Fruited Yogurt Dip, and Hawaiian stuffed Celery, to Sweet Potato Oven Fries, Chicken Stir-Fry, and No-Bake Zebra Cake, Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! offers step-by-step instructions accompanied with little "factoid" boxes. Non-food activities range from Super Soap Bubbles, Finger Paint, and Dog Biscuits, to Homemade Glue, Magic Mud, and Acid Rain Test Dip Sticks. Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! is a "must" for young culinary adventurers and is ideal for parents wanting to teach their children how to make nutritious meals in the family kitchen safely.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars easy cooking with children, April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure (Hardcover)

I original bought this book for my own children, and now i am back to buy it as a gift. It is very easy for children to follow. The book contains many easy and different recipies. My children love it, it gets them excited about food

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book!, June 7, 2005

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Olive Oyl (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure (Hardcover)

This cookbook is one of the best I've seen. Children love the kind of recipes it has. I loved the Animal Facts and Earth Facts scattered throughout as well. Excellent!