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The Kids' Multicultural Cookbook: Food & Fun Around the World (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

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Ms. Cook obviously put a lot of effort into this compilation of recipes and facts. She interviewed children around the world to find out about the things they eat, and pictures of some of these children are shown throughout the book. The book is divided into regions of the world by continent, and the recipes are rated for difficulty with spoons- one spoon is the easiest, and three spoons requires at least moderate adult help and supervision. Many of the foods turn out to be familiar dishes with different names (like Sherpa Popcorn and Ox-Eye Eggs), and there are ideas for theme parties (after-ski breakfast, ice cream buffet, etc.) throughout the book. I originally bought this book for my then-10-year-old sister, who was just beginning to show an interest in cooking, and now that she is 13 she still uses this book. A lot of these recipes are easy and quick enough to be used in a classroom or school cooking club. I bought a copy of this book for myself and think it is truly neat!

Many of my family's favorite foods are "ethnic" so we thought we'd dive right in and discover what else the world is eating that we haven't tried yet. Just looking through the pages makes you want to start cooking! We'll be better prepared now, to dodge the familiar "What's for dinner?" with an enthusiastic response and a taste adventure. Children of all ages can prepare most of the dishes, and there are activities and trivia from several countries represented in the book. We decided to buy it after briefly looking through a library copy.

This is a really fun cookbook. It gives a sampling of recipes from numerous countries around the world. It is also sensitive to availabily of ingredients, nothing strange or exotic that isn't available at the local grocers. Our kids have enjoyed cooking with it and we have certainly benefited from their efforts! It's great to see them going beyond Mac and Cheese and actually learning about cooking. They are already finding it is a creative outlet, that just happens to meet the need of eating.

Checked this book out from my local library for a unit on countries around the world to do with my son as we home school. Love it so much that we want one of our own. I think most of the recipes are really easy and have easy ingredients to find in my opinion. So far it has been a success. We are studying a different country from each continent and around some great ideas there too.

My wife and I got this book for our grandkids and they have loved it. They have tried many of the recipes and are planning on trying more. The book is well written for younger kids and tells a history on what county the recipe comes from. It has also helped our oldest grandson (8) with his reading.

I bought this book to get some creativity in my cooking for the summer since my kids are home all the time for their vacation. I let my kids pick out the recipes and we have fun making them. Also it's good to learn about different cultures and what they eat. It makes dinners more fun and interesting and helps bring the kids into helping cook the meals. My kids had fun making the recipes and even more fun eating their creations.

The Kid's Multicultural cookbook is a handy teacher resource when studying a unit such as multiculturalism in the primary years. It is full of recipes from around the world and ideas of things to do. The recipes are very simple and the most culturally orientated recipe for each land.

This book was interesting because you see what other children around the world like to eat but I did not find one recipe my children wanted to try. Not to mention most of the ingredients I have never even heard of much less would be able to find them at the local grocery. Iam going to donate mine to the school library.