Kids in the Kitchen: 100 Delicious, Fun & Healthy Recipes to Cook & Bake [Hardcover]

Micah Pulleyn (Author), Sarah Bracken (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up

This "for kids only" guide provides step-by-step instructions for real recipes. The opening chapter translates culinary jargon - terms like "saute" - into more youthful lingo. Kids are introduced to a medley of tools and techniques and to the basics of a healthy diet geared to young taste buds. There are sections which demonstrate that not all fast food has to be junk food, and the drinks section offers refreshing alternatives to sugar-filled sodas. From breakfast in the "Good Morning" section, to the main dishes, kids can sample a variety of nutritious recipes to serve to the family or share with friends. "Sweets" and "Party Goodies" sections feature tasty morsels. Throughout the book the emphasis is on safety, and there is a full meausure of fun in every step.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-A beginning, general, vegetarian cookbook written in a "gee whiz" style with numerous exclamation points. The recipes range in difficulty from raisin-bread toast with peanut butter or cream cheese to "Twice-Baked Potatoes," which require both oven and electric mixer operations. After the obligatory safety rules, equipment, terms, and measuring notes (metric is included), the dishes are presented. The arrangement seems rather arbitrary as it may not be immediately clear, for example, what the difference is between "Trail Mixes and More" and "Fruit and Vegetable Snacks." Full-color photographs of the food and of a variety of children cooking accompany the directions. Occasional sidebars relate anecdotes and interesting tidbits. New Junior Cookbook (Meredith, 1989) has a similar format, includes meat, fish, and poultry, and is more straightforward and useful. Angela Wilkes's The Children's Step-by-Step Cookbook (Dorling Kindersley, 1994) is similar to the New Junior but more attractive. Both are for the same audience; either is preferable to Kids in the Kitchen unless a vegetarian cookbook is required.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. One of the best things about this book is that the photographs picture boys busily working in the kitchenalone as well as side by side with girls. The book's handy tables are another nice featurechildren don't always know how many cups there are in a pint or how many teaspoons in a tablespoon. The recipes include more snack-type items than main dish edibles, but all are generally simple-to-make child pleasers (a few are rather unusual, for example, Summer Specialpeanut butter spread on cabbage leaves and sprinkled with raisins), and because many of the dishes don't require cooking, children can really become kitchen do-it-yourselfers. The book is nicely laid out, with clear directions and color photos of ingredients and finished products in addition to the pictures of kids hard at work. Children with knowledge of basic kitchen terms (scramble, broil) are in for some tasty fun. Stephanie Zvirin

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080690447X
• ISBN-13: 978-0806904474
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,848,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and simple recipes for my granddaughter and me to prepare together., May 23, 2010

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This review is from: Kids in the Kitchen: 100 Delicious, Fun & Healthy Recipes to Cook & Bake (Hardcover)

This book contains many simple and quick dishes that I think I'll have a lot of fun preparing with my eight-year-old granddaughter when I'll be spending time with her this summer.