Kitchen for Kids
By Jennifer Low
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- Details Rank: ***156416 in Books
- Product Brand: Whitecap Books Ltd.
- Published on: 2010-01-01
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .50" h x8.98" w x10.98" l,1.69 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
- Kids love to cook and help in the kitchen. This book has 100 no-knives, no-flame, from-scratch ...
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Kids love to cook and help in the kitchen. That's why Jennifer Low has created this book of 100 no-knives, no-flame, from-scratch recipes that kids can easily make with the help of a caring adult. Each recipe has been tested by kids aged four and up and each dish is beautifully photographed From Paddy Thai Noodles (an oven backed take on traditional Pad Thai) and One-Potato-Two Bread to Baby Lemon Meringue Pies and Strawberry-Fudge Striped Cake, the author shows how to organize a safe and fun kitchen for kids to learn cooking and to create yummy dishes.
82 of 83 people like the following review
The Teeny Chef's Best Friend
@_*Carol Toscano
I have to say this really is a lovely book for children (and adults alike). I stumbled upon it by accident at Williams Sonoma and decided it was a perfect cookbook. The reason is because the recipes for real foods and snacks (and not for cheesy, greasy junk that other kids' cookbooks have). The book is divided up by courses (or sections): Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner; Breads and Crackers; Cookies; Cakes; Pies, Pastries and Squs; Candy, Confections and Cool Treats. My favorites: Paddy Thai Noodles and Dumpling Raviolis delicious, healthy and easy (but just easy enough so that there is still a bit of a challenge and sense of accomplishment for the child). Which brings me to another REALLY EXCELLENT feature of this book - it's a book that's not just ged towards little girls. There's a vague image of a child holding a cupcake on the cover of the book but you can't tell if the child is a boy or a girl. The book is for all children - boys and girls alike - which is a very positive departure from all of the children's cookbooks out there that show little girls cooking in the kitchen with their moms. I collect vintage cookbooks and there a few that (though very cute for the time) show ridiculous stereotypes (but funny when looked at in the context of the period in which they were published).
Moving on...the cakes and desserts really beautiful and especially nice because some of the recipes have instructions for two sizes. The alphabet cookies pretty and fun to make because you paint the icing on with paint brushes (my sister and I decorated Christmas cookies one year with the paint brush technique and it was a lot of fun).
I would have given this book the full 5 stars because the content really deserves a 5 but there were 2 things that I felt could be improved if ever more editions come out (and neither of these items the author's fault, by the way). The first is the binding of the book - I think that for a book for children, a hard cover version would have been a lot easier to handle as this one's soft cover binding doesn't stay open easily. The other thing was trying to find bakew for the smaller versions of the cakes (smaller than full-sized cake pans but larger than toy-sized pans). I really had a hard time finding the correct size bakew for some of the smaller cakes. Maybe a buyer's guide for specialty bakew could be included because frankly, these smaller cakes well suited to small dinner parties for adults as well when one doesn't want a giant cake that will end up leftover and wasted in the trash. The cake sizes really excellent and I did eventually find a few pieces that were properly sized (Williams Sonoma and some internet specialty shops had a few pans that worked) but it took me quite a while to locate these.
But otherwise, I'd say the best modern cookbook for children available today.
39 of 39 people like the following review
Somewhat disappointing fixation on sweets
@_*pleureur.
I saw Jennifer Low in a TV appearance promoting this book, where she spoke at length about the need for kids to eat nutritious food and limit their consumption of treats. She emphasized the kids eat too many treats, and by definition a treat should not be eaten non-stop. Inspired by her enthusiasm for healthy kids, I purchased this book, only to find a few main dishes or savory breads followed by over 80 (out of 100) recipes for sweets.
The recipes have moderate yields -- limiting the disappointment if they don't come out right, and controlling the amount of raw ingredients that would be put into the recipe (as she says, your kids won't use up all your eggs), but there simply too many sweets. And many of these serious sweets, like fudge, not fruit salad. Three of them, incidentally, call for raw eggs.
Low was mindful of creating recipes that do-able for young children, and she keeps their limitations and the comfort level of their pnts in mind. All of the recipes use the oven, not the stove. A book like Mollie Katzen's "Pretend Soup" includes a visual recipe chart for preschoolers who cannot yet read as well as a wholesome attention to things like quick sandwiches and sauces), without all the sugar.
The recipes very tasty, and the yield sizes appropriate. I just wish she would have diversified her offerings.
13 of 13 people like the following review
Kitchen for Kids
@_*Sylvia
I love Kitchen for Kids !
More importantly, my daughters (9+10) love it too.
The recipes easy to follow, easy to read but definately not boring, and the photos make it exciting to look through.
I would highly recommend it to anyone who would like to inspire their "young chefs", and think it makes a great birthday gift.
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