My A to Z Recipe Box: An Alphabet of Recipes for Kids [Cards]

Hilary Karmilowicz (Author), Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2007 | Grade Level: P and up

From Ants in My Applesauce to Zany Zucchini Sticks, these 26 recipes offer young chefs a wide variety of hands-on cooking adventures. Each recipe has clear, simple steps that children will find easy to followand in the process, they'll learn about the foods they enjoy and practice skills like following directions and measuring, too. Developed by a former chef who is also a mother and a cooking teacher, these tasty (but still healthy) recipes have been kidtested and perfected. They're sure to offer plenty of fun times in the kitchen for young chefs and their families!

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About the Author

Hilary Karmilowicz was a chef at several premier Manhattan restaurants before she began teaching cooking classes for children and adults. The mother of three children, she lives in Rye, New York.

Product Details

• Cards: 50 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081185521X
• ISBN-13: 978-0811855211
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.8 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Cooking

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great idea - great food!, August 6, 2007

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Suzanne "srrn74" (Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My A to Z Recipe Box: An Alphabet of Recipes for Kids (Cards)

This recipe box is incredible. I purchased it for my 6yr old for her birthday along with an apron and kid oven mits. We have only done 5 recipes so far but all of them are very good, pretty healthy and most of all - fun and easy for kids. My daughter begs at least 3-4x a week to make a new recipe and hasn't let up. The premade recipe cards aren't laminated but they are made of wipable material similar to board books which is nice. There is one for each letter of the alphabet and they act as the divider for each letter once you add additional recipes. She can read them herself and does about 90% of the recipe on her own. They are not too simple or basic like sandwiches or chocolate chip cookies but aren't anything extensive and time consuming either. There are appetizers, breakfast lunch and dinner items and of course desserts! Some examples are: vegetable soup, lemon hummus dip, blueberry cobbler, cheese fondue in a bread bowl, whole wheat baked soft pretzels, honey cookies, zucchini sticks, "surprise" muffins, johnny cakes, cheesy mac and cheese etc... The extra cards (26 of them) are made of thick stock paper. Once we start adding recipes onto them, I will laminate them myself so they survive longer. Even though I love the idea of adding your own recipes, I truly hope there is an option in the future to add more premade recipes. The cards each have fun facts, variations of the recipe and cute pictures. This is available at in store at Pottery Barn Kids. Great birthday present to give to kids ages 5-10. Highly recommend!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm ordering several to give as gifts!, October 10, 2007

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Julie Falatko "jfalatko" (Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My A to Z Recipe Box: An Alphabet of Recipes for Kids (Cards)

My son received this recipe box for his fourth birthday. Though he can't read the full recipes yet, he loves going through the box and alphabetizing the letters, and is keeping track of which recipes we make and which we have yet to make. We've probably made about half of them so far, and there hasn't been a dud in the bunch. It's probably worth it just for Nifty Asian Noodles, which has become a standard lunch and dinner in our household (we double it). The Whole Wheat Pretzels are also a huge hit. We've just had a great time making these recipes together, and it's nice that they're not all cookies (we had done quite a bit of cookie baking together up until this point, and it's nice to make some savory recipes with him too). He also loves the stickers that are included to stick onto the recipes after you make them.

I'm buying several of these to give as Christmas and birthday gifts. These are just the thing to have in your gift closet, if you're geeky and organized like me and have such a thing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KID-TESTED, MOTHER APPROVED!!!!, April 23, 2007

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E. Rizzo - See all my reviews
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Yummy recipes, easy-to-follow instructions, cute illustrations, all wrapped up in a nifty recipe card box. The recipes are fun and healthy versions of foods kids like to eat. I have three kids and try very hard to encourage them to eat nutritious foods -- versions of old favorites like Cheese-iest Cheese and Macaroni and Nifty Asian Noodles make it a lot easier to ensure that they are eating healthily and having fun too! My kids enjoy cooking and they love eating the foods they prepare. Now, I just need to teach them to do the dishes and I will be able to take the night off!