The Spatulatta Cookbook [Spiral-bound]

Isabella Gerasole (Author), Olivia Gerasole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007 | Age Range: 9 and up

A cookbook for kids based on the Spatulatta Cooking 4 Kids Online website featuring the Gerasole sisters, Isabella (age 10) and Olivia (age 8).

This fabulous cookbook for kids features Isabella and Olivia Gerasole, the adorable and charming hosts on www.spatulatta.com. A cooking for kids website that recently won a 2006 James Beard Award, which is the equivalent of an Oscar in the culinary world. Their kid-friendly recipes range from basic "Mom's the Star Toast" to a peek into various ethnic cuisines like "Yumbo Gumbo." The cookbook is arranged by season and also includes special sections devoted to snacks and vegetarian recipes along with easy-to-follow basic cooking skills and weights and measures.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

ISABELLA and OLIVIA GERASOLE are poised to be an enormous success in the culinary world with tons of media experience—they've already appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Today, and have been featured on ABC-TV's World News Tonight. These spunky sisters inspire and motivate other kids to become chefs and have fun while making healthy meals and snacks. They live in Chicago, Illinois.

Product Details

• Age Range: 9 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Reference (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439022509
• ISBN-13: 978-0439022507
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #865,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cookbook for Kids, but also for Grandmas! September 29, 2007

By Patricia O. Valdez

Format:Spiral-bound

I'm a cookbook collector from way, way back, and I count the Spatulatta Cookbook as one of my favorites. It's not just kid friendly. It's grandma (or grandpa!) friendly, too. Filled with wonderful recipes and all kinds of practical tips, the cookbook is delightful to use. One feels as if those darling little authors, Olivia and Isabella, are right beside you the whole way. What beautiful photography! Cookbooks have certainly come a long way since I began collecting.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthy and Fun! September 6, 2007

By E. Schlossmacher

Format:Spiral-bound

The Spatulatta Cookbook is perfect for my nine year old because she can actually tackle some of the recipes herself, with no help from me. She LOVES the Berry Dip n Roll - it's fast, easy and it's good for her!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, delicious, and colorful! September 10, 2007

By Leslie G. West

Format:Spiral-bound

I absoutely LOVE this cookbook- it is faboulous! The book is filled with lots of knowledge, helpful tips, and great recipes! I'm almost fifteen and I think this coobook is great not just for kids but for everyone- just because it's called a "Kids Cookbook"- doesn't mean you'll be feasting on Mac N' Cheese and chicken fingers- this cookbook features some pretty sophisticated foods- but with easy to follow instructtions! Not to mention, a great section for vegeterians and snacks. The pesto pasta has to be my favorite. It is absoutely delicious. I can smell the garlic from my bedroom! Yummm! I can cook dinner for my entire family!
Love this book, and I'm sure you and your kids will love the colorful pictures, delicious foods (a lot of great healthy options too...so it's great for people that are dieting too. *mhmm me*) Faboulous book!

-Holly West

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind! September 15, 2007

By John M. Kelly

Format:Spiral-bound

While the genre of "children's cookbooks" is sparse and generally disappointing, The Spatulatta Cookbook is new and fresh, and raises the category to an entirely new level. The layout is fun, the photography beautiful, the writing enjoyable, and the recipies just delightful. The cookbook offers a great way to have fun in the kitchen with your children. My 5-year-old loves watching Isabella and Olivia in their online videos ([...]) and then going into our kitchen with the cookbook and trying her hand.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook for Kids September 14, 2007

By M. Elliott

Format:Spiral-bound

The first recipe we tried when we got this cookbook was the Heart-in-Hand cookies. My four year olds loved them! We can't wait to make the Graves in the Ghostyard Meatloaf for our annual Halloween "creepfeast!" Wonderful book - I would purchase this for every child I know.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Spatulatta Cookbook September 24, 2007

By Henry T. Nishihara

Format:Spiral-bound

The Spatulatta Cookbook by Isabela and Olivia Gerasole is a creative, unique cookbook full of visual aid pictures showing the end result of each recipe. Not only is it terrific for the young ones but for the beginning adults. The show and tell approach throughout the book and the glossary explanations are excellent.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cooking made Fun September 12, 2007

By Lisa

Format:Spiral-bound

I love this book. Not only is it teaching my children how to cook healthy food they are having a great time doing so. They are learning to make healthy choices along with using math skills by measuring. I'm putting this book on my Christmas list for all my nieces and nephews.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy This One! September 11, 2007

By L. K. Reitman

Format:Spiral-bound

For the past two years my three children have so enjoyed watching the Gerasole girls cook their little hearts out on [...]. Liv and Belle have sparked an interest in cooking I could only have hoped to develop in my children. To say we are thrilled to be the proud owners of the new Spatulatta Cookbook would be a gross understatement! We now have fifty of the girls' wonderful, tasty recipes at our fingertips. The book is beautifully laid out and the design and colors are extremely appealing to the younger audience.