Kids in the Holiday Kitchen: Making, Baking, Giving [Paperback]

Jessica Strand (Author), Tammy Massman-Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Kick off the holidays in the kitchen this year! Here are kid-friendly projects including easy entres, sweet and savorynoshes, and fantastic crafts to display, wear, or give. Kids will love makingand then eatingcupcakes that look like Christmas ornaments and Snowballs in the Forest, creative little pizzas perfect for little hands. That special someone will be delighted to receive Santas Suds decorated soap or a candy-cane decorated gift tin. With these unique craft and snack ideas, the holidays will certainly be merry and bright.

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About the Author

Jessica Strand, author of Margaritas, Mojitos & More; Dinner Parties, and Holiday Cocktails, lives in Los Angeles.

Tammy Massman-Johnson is a designer for Very Different Cakes in Hollywood. Her work has been featured on the Food Network.

James Baigrie is a New York-based photographer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811861392
• ISBN-13: 978-0811861397
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #581,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids in the Holiday Kitchen, April 8, 2009

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Cynthia G. Peplinski (Dodgeville, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kids in the Holiday Kitchen: Making, Baking, Giving (Paperback)

I first saw this book at our local library and fell in love with its graphics and fun recipes to do with kids. The recipes are colorful and many would make great teacher gifts all year around. There are recipes for lunch, such as, tea cup soup and snowman sandwiches...dressed up tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Our family is having a reunion this weekend and the caramel corn with orange and chocolate should be a hit. And our 4-H group recently used the cookies in a jar recipe for a project learning day and the kids really enjoyed themselves as they scooped in the ingredients and made colorful tags. This book will get lots of use year around!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really nice book, December 26, 2008

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Cathe Fein Olson "Avid reader and writer" (curled up with a book) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kids in the Holiday Kitchen: Making, Baking, Giving (Paperback)

I was really happy to find this book for my daughters this Christmas. It has a really nice selection of recipes and crafts. There are ideas for meals like Stuffed French Toast, Mac and Cheese, and our favorite Teacup Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (cut with cookie cutter). Although this isn't a vegetarian cookbook, only two of the recipes contain meat (most recipes contain dairy products however). The selection of sweets (admittedly our favorite chapter) included ice cream, cookies, candies, drinks, and more. We all found something we liked (for me it was the Chocolate Mint Brownies!) The book also containsa selection of craft projects to make for gifts--the layered cookie jar especially caught my eye. A lot of the crafts sounded pretty good but I wish each one had a picture because it's hard to figure out what they should look like, especially for kids. In fact, if there was a picture of each recipe and craft, this would have been a five star rating. Still a great book, small and manageable for kids with some nice ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars tasty, easy recipes but not enough pictures, January 8, 2011

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Arlene "Arlene" (the OC, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kids in the Holiday Kitchen: Making, Baking, Giving (Paperback)

Everything I've tried from this book has been a hit and my kids love to make the treats. However, only about 1/2 of the recipes have pictures to go with them. In my opinion this is a big flaw for a kids holiday book.