Customer Reviews

Fun with Kids in the Kitchen, Spiral

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This is a very appealing cookbook for kids. Right off the bat my children were attracted to it because of the humorous, cartoon-like drawings that are sprinkled throughout. It is very easy to read and the recipes simple to do. Finally, the book is bound within a spiral notebook style so it can lay flat and is easy to handle. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a simple, starter cookbook for their budding chef!

Following a cute section entitled All About Me, come Steps to Good Health and Kitchen Safety. The recipes are separated by categories. They include: Fun with Fruit, Nuts and Bolts, Bread, Grains and Stuff, Vegetable Parade and Vegetarian Delights. It ends with Cloudy Day Fun which gives lots of neat ideas like pudding fingerpaints and making a chef's hat!

Each recipe is only one page long so it is easy to read and nicely spaced. Every page is illustrated with bright colors and humorous characters that depict the recipe. The author has done an exceptional job in laying out the recipe! A new reader could even follow along. First, there is always a cartoon guy carrying a sign saying "Adult Help Needed" if it applys. Then the author outlines each recipe in this clever pattern: READ the recipe, READY-get your cooking tools, SET the ingredients, GO-follow the directions! Finally she gives the cook some cute serving ideas.

This cookbook is just like what it's title implies...a lot of FUN! Any child interested in cooking vegetarian would enjoy using this cookbook. The recipes are easy to read, simple to do and offer a lot of success!

(FYI - The cookbook has religious undertones in its "Steps to A Good Health" Section as well as some advertisements in the back.)-Denise Steele Darnell

I love this cookbook! I bought one for my family and because I loved it, I bought one for 3 other families!! I love that it is a Christian cookbook! It is a vegetarian cookbook, however, but that is fine by me, b/c I was looking for a cookbook that had easier recipes for young children (my oldest is 7), and the recipes with meat are usually harder to make. I would definitely recommend this cookbook to others!!

It's great. You can learn a whole bunch of recipies just waiting to get cooked and if you put a whole bunch of recipies together, you can put on a party. They even have a page to help you plan. I give it 2 thumbs up!

I'm so glad that Amazon provides the "Look inside"...I was about to purchase this book based on the strength of the reviews, when I decided to make sure the recipes seemed possible for my 5 year old...by the third page I had already read enough of the authors comments on being thankful for the food God provides, etc; but was floored by the instruction to read a page from the bible every day...I want to raise my son to grow to respect every persons right to believe what they choose; but NOT by giving this cookbook to him...as I'm sure we can find a more comprehensive guide to spiritual enlightment than a cookbook (or maybe not)...I would never suggest that the author remove her comments; but find it highly disturbing that there is no highly obvious clue right on the cover regarding the included religious education with the PB&J sammie recipe...seems like sneaky propaganda to me.

I feel the editorial description of this book is misleading. Had I not looked at the back cover itself, and browsed the pages, I would not have noticed the heavy handed religious nature of this book. There is certainly a market for such items, but they should be clearly described as such by the seller - which this one is not. Jesus does not reside in my kitchen, or anywhere else in my home for that matter, therefore this cookbook will not find it's way onto my shelf. I'm glad I didn't make the mistake of ordering it from the Editorial Description alone, I would have been returning it unread.