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Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up [Hardcover]

Mollie Katzen , Ann L. Henderson
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

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April 1, 1994 3 - 7 years
In this sequel to her classic Pretend Soup--considered by many to be the gold standard of children’s cookbooks--award-winning author/illustrator Mollie Katzen works her magic with 20 new, child-tested recipes including such delicacies as Counting Soup, Chewy Energy Circles, and Polka Dot Rice. Each illustrated recipe offers the child chef the opportunity to count, measure, mix, assemble, and most important, have fun. Designed as do-together projects--with the child as chef and the adult as assistant--these kitchen adventures will give children confidence in their cooking skills and inspire a life-long healthy relationship with food. With Salad People and a little time in the kitchen, budding chefs will cheer: “I like it because I made it myself!”

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Pretend Soup has rapidly become the children's cookbook classic, and no home or daycare center should be without a copy. Mollie Katzen, author of the Moosewood Cookbook, and educator Ann Henderson have created a masterpiece formatted for grown-ups--with written instructions, suggestions, and caveats--and for kids--with illustrated, easy-to-follow pictures. The recipes are both tasty and healthy, and the quotes from kids are very funny (Matthew: "This is so good, I can't even say a word.") While safety is stressed and tips and warnings are included, Katzen and Henderson always stress the fun in food preparation. "Spills are what sponges are for. So keep plenty of sponges around, and a good time will be had by all!"

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3-The theme of this fine cookbook is that cooking is a many-splendored thing. The book's purpose is "to enable very young children to cook as independently as possible under the gentle guidance of an adult partner." Each of the 17 recipes appears twice, once in words and once in full-color pictures. The child is the focus here: attention is paid to physical ability, comfortable work levels, and variety of tactile experience. A long list of skills and attitudes children can gain from cooking supports the idea that the process is more important than the product. Quotes reflect the young cooks' keen observation and joyful participation. Parents' Nursery School's Kids Are Natural Cooks (Houghton, 1974) also uses natural foods and has the same intent as this title. That book is arranged by season and contains more recipes; Pretend Soup focuses more on the processes. Anyone who works or plays with young children would benefit by having both.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 3 - 7 years
  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Tricycle Press; First Edition edition (April 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1883672066
  • ISBN-13: 978-1883672065
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.6 x 10.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With more than six million books in print, Mollie Katzen is listed by the New York Times as one of the bestselling cookbook authors of all time. A 2007 inductee into the prestigious James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame, and largely credited with moving healthful food from the "fringe" to the center of the American dinner plate, Mollie has been named by Health magazine as one of the "Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat."

In addition, she is a charter member of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Roundtable and an inaugural honoree of the Natural Health Hall of Fame. An award-winning illustrator and designer as well as a bestselling cookbook author and popular public speaker, Mollie is best known as the creator of the groundbreaking classics Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. Her other books include the children's trilogy Pretend Soup, Honest Pretzels, and Salad People (referred to as the "gold standard" of children's cookbooks by the New York Times), and a collaboration with Walter Willett, M.D., of Harvard, on Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less.

Since 2003, Mollie Katzen has been an adviser to Harvard University Dining Services, and cocreator of their new Food Literacy Project. This is the first volume of her new Get Cooking series, continuing Mollie's lifelong mission to spread cooking knowledge and food literacy as broadly as possible. Please visit the companion video-based website, www.get-cooking.com.

Customer Reviews

The pictures are easy to follow and the recipes are good too. Aimee K. Kackley  |  20 reviewers made a similar statement
Overall, a great little book to get children active in the kitchen. Bookworm  |  19 reviewers made a similar statement
She can't wait to make more - every day she asks if she can make this recipe or that one. K. M. Warr  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Really cute... recipies are fun and yummy March 24, 2003
By Heather
Format:Hardcover
My daughter is only 3, but she participates a lot in these recipies. Lots of fun.
The names they give the foods and the pictures also make children more willing to eat the food. If you have a picky eater he/she will surely eat the creations from this book.

I appreciate that they didnt use a lot of fancy ingreadiants or get too rediculous with cutting things into shapes etc. like many kid's recipie books

The hide-and-seek muffins are awsome! they taste like shortcake w/ the strawberry baked right in!

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Food for the Pre-Schooler's Soul!!! August 3, 1998
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
What a find! Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson have compiled a delicious assortment of fun-to-make recipes for kids. My daughter was THRILLED to be able to make and serve Blueberry Pancakes for Sunday breakfast. The experience was a terrific boost for her. You could virtually see her self-esteem growing as she presented her culinary masterpiece to us. She also made chocolate-banana shakes for dessert last night. The recipes are so well illustrated that she is able (at 4 and a half years old) to verify that she has included all of the ingredients. She is eagerly anticipating her next cooking adventure. I tip my chef's hat to the authors for combining real food with recipes that are truly suited for kids. Does anyone know if the Culinary Institute of America offers scholarships? I think she's ready!
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for parents and children! April 4, 1997
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
"Pretend Soup" is thoughtfully written, beautifully illustrated, and a great introduction to cooking for small children. Each recipe has detailed instructions for the grown-up helper, followed by a two-page children's recipe -- step-by-step pictures and simple word instructions.
Unlike some other children's cookbooks, the recipes are all "real", healthful foods (Pretend Soup is a real recipe for a fruit salad in a yogurt/orange juice "soup").
This has become one of my standard gifts for the 4-6 year old birthday party circuit.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Cookbook
Gave to daughter and granddaughter for Christmas. Neat gift, but have not gotten any feedback if has been used or not.
Published 14 days ago by Linda Drum
5.0 out of 5 stars Coobook for preschooler
Just what I was looking for as it has pictures and will be easily understood by the little one I bought it for. He will love it!
Published 25 days ago by Shirley Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars My four-year-old thinks she's a chef
I've had both this book and Salad People since my daughter was about 6 months old (I'm an avid cookbook collector and hoped she'd want to join in as she got older). Read more
Published 2 months ago by K. M. Warr
5.0 out of 5 stars Yes!
This book along with "Salad People" are excellent vegetarian cookbooks. I recommend them I've taught preschool for a VERY long time and these were written by someone who... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Anonymous
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice basic children's cookbook
Nice basic introduction for cooking with young children. My grandchildren ( ages 4 and 6) had done so much in the kitchen already that this cookbook did not get as much use as I... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ann M. Beaulieu
5.0 out of 5 stars 3 year old loves to help Mommy cook
This is a wonderful book for adults and children to use together. The first part of the book is to the adult explaining how to use the book & work with the child. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Eva Waylett
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter tagged every page!
I picked this book up based on some very good reviews and I am very pleased with it.
I showed my 4 year old daughter and she carried it around for a week like one of her... Read more
Published 5 months ago by MikeMilw
5.0 out of 5 stars great for curious cooks
I purchased this book with Salad People and they are wonderful additions to my home and kitchen by providing the impetus for quality interactions with my granddaughters. Read more
Published 11 months ago by lgibson
5.0 out of 5 stars Lips still smacking from the popovers
OK, so I will admit that I haven't read all the way through the book yet. I only made it about 3 recipes in before my three-year-old saw the popover recipe. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Patricia Anne Rexford
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Pretend Soup by Mollie Katzen
Various recipes for kids to make. Not only are these healhy
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kids to do the... Read more
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