Kids in the kitchen don’t have to make a mess—as long as they know what they’re doing! Teaching your children how to cook can be daunting, especially when you don’t know where to start. Wipe away your worries with this cookbook made specifically for kids.
Inside you’ll find tips for a variety of cooking techniques, a glossary for common cooking terms, and a book boiling over with recipes written for children such as Peanut Butter Morning Cake, Bobby’s Pork Chops, Pirate Eggs, and Banana Tacos. Along with interesting trivia and a section for needed tools, each recipe outlines which stages require adult help, and each process is broken down into simple, easy-to-follow steps.
Author of 101 Things to Do with Popcorn, Christina Dymock knows the adventures kids can find in the kitchen. Spending cooking time together can only help family relationships. So teach your children the skills found in Young Chefs, and be amazed that your new favorite meals came from the smallest hands.
Meet the Author:
Christina Dymock graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Public Relations. She has been published in Woman’s World Magazine and several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and she is the author of 101 Things to do With Popcorn. She resides in Central Utah with her husband and four children. You can follow their cooking adventures at teachingyoungchefs.blogspot.com.
Young Chefs: Cooking Skills and Recipes for Kids by Christina Dymock
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
In my lifetime, I have read and used a vast amount of cookbooks. I think I have been cooking since I was eight or so. I taught myself to cook with a “Holly Hobbie Cookbook” (of all things). It was well-illustrated and written in words I could understand. It was my “go-to” cookbook for years, and I struggled to ever find a cookbook like this after all these years.
Let me say that this cookbook was a delightful surprise, and it is possibly the best children’s cookbook I have ever read. I was enamored with the pictures, description, and the simple format this cookbook followed. I found myself longing to try the simple recipes, and I think I even learned a few things along the way. The author included some vignettes from history and cooking trivia.
I will be honest–I didn’t try any of these recipes. However, with all the pictures and step-by-step instructions, I am convinced that the recipes would be easy to follow and taste good. I was relieved to see that the author did not add in ingredients that kids would not eat, but I was also pleased to see that she did add in a few ingredients that kids may not traditionally enjoy. It was the ultimate balance between familiar and unfamiliar foods. In addition to all of these positives, the book is arranged logically and even includes an index in the back for quick reference.
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
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