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Cooking with Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon: A Cookbook for Kids

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As the author and recipe writer of Cooking With Herb, the firstthing I would like to say is that you don't have to be a vegetarianto have fun cooking with Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon. With a little help from his friends Rosie-Rose, Gorse and his beloved Grand-Ma-Ma-Flora, Herb demonstrates that vegetarian food can be just as delicious as meat-based dishes.

Cooking With Herb is both a cookbook and a storybook combined. Along with recipes such as Chili Con "No" Carne, Party Pasta For A Herd Of Dragons, Herb's amazing potatoes, Chocolate Banana Walnut Bread and sixteen others, it's designed for kids and their parents to have fun together. And remember, the recipes are not just for kids - they're ones I cook for myself and my friends. So, I hope that everyone will join in. Some kids will be able to prepare them by themselves while others will need some help. Each recipe comes with a story of how Herb invented it, some of his "Hot Tips" and comments from dragons in the forest who are not vegetarians; especially MeatHook, who is a confirmed meat eater but is nevertheless tempted by Herb's cooking. Artist Debbie Harter brings it all to life with her colorful, original and active illustrations.

My daughter (who was 5 at the time) and I saw Herb on TV Food Network about a year or so ago and she loved him. She insisted on me getting the cookbook for her (a 5 year old wanting to cook - how cool is that?). The cookbook is fun, colorful, educational, and best of all easy to understand for kids and the recipes are fantastic! She insists on cooking the recipes with me all the time - the only way I can get her to eat anything! And when it comes from Herb's cookbook, it's a guaranteed hit with her!

Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon, has published a book of recipes for children! Cooking With Herb the Vegetarian Dragon: A Cookbook for Kids is an entertaining book containing 22 recipes that
children can make – with the help or supervision of grown-ups. This book is a nice companion to Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon.

In this book Herb serves up various, nutritious dishes including "Grand-Ma-Ma-Flora's Spaghetti Sandwich," "Herb's Chili Con 'No' Carne," "Herb's 'Those Amazing Potatoes,'" "The King's Favorite Veggie-Burger," "Herb's Radical Dragon-Salsa," "Chocolate Banana Walnut Bread" and "Herb's Simple Strawberry Slush."

Each recipe contains easy-to-follow directions and tips as well as a fun introduction about the recipe. Some safety rules are also included at the beginning of the book. While the recipes contained in this book are for vegetarians, several of the recipes contain no ingredients from animals and many other recipes could be easily modified for a vegan diet. –Reviewed by Glenn Perrett
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Each year the ABA (The American Booksellers Association, which is a respected group of independent booksellers) picks out what they feel are the best books of the season and prints the list in their weekly publication, "Bookselling This Week." Cooking With Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon - A Cookbook For Kids (we're pleased to announce,) was right near the top of their list of the best picture books for children. As the publisher (Barefoot Books) we're very proud of that.

Jules Bass and Debbie Harter have executed a wonderful couple of books on HERB, THE VEGETARIAN DRAGON. Let's hope these are the first of many. Have always enjoyed and admired the work of Jules Bass and am enjoying the art of Ms. Harter. My hats off to both of you! GREAT book to give for the holidays!

I saw Herb cooking on the TV Food Network last fall, so when my 8 year old friend Madison suddenly announced (to my not-so-secret delight) that she wanted to be a vegetarian, I bought Herb for her. The cookbook and storybook are a huge hit with both Madison and her younger sister. Highly recommended!

This is a great book! Not only is it vegetarian, but totally child-centered and fun! The bright colors and animations just jump right out at you and grab your attention. We're making the chili tonight :)

The recipes are good and easy to follow. Great way to intorduce veggie eating to your little ones.

My son (5 yrs) loves this book and wants to try all the recipes--even going so far as to make grocery lists. When I read reviews of the prequel to this book, I revisited Cooking with Herb and found warm family ties and cute kid humor -- nothing scary or violent. (I will look carefully at Herb the Vegetarian Dragon though because of those reviews.) Great Book! Easy and tasty recipes without exotic ingredients (just TVP). Good fun for vegetarian and carnivorous kids and parents.

After reading some reviews of the previous book in this series (Herb the Vegetarian Dragon), I went back and rechecked this one. I already knew my son loved it. Warm family ties and not gross or bloody scenes were what I found. My son is very interested to try the recipes because they are promoted by a dragon. We are semi-vegetarian--we eat meat when we go out and on holidays. The recipes are tasty and easy--not too many exotic ingredients--unless you count TVP. We love this book, but will look carefully at it's prequel before purchase.