Cooking Class |Book Review
Review of Deanna Cook's book - Cooking Class
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With
kid-tested recipes for every meal of the day and step-by-step photographic
instructions specially written for kids, the best-selling Cooking Class is
the go-to favourite for kids eager to learn how to cook. The 10th-anniversary edition expands on the original to include a total of 72 recipes, including 15
new ones, new photography of a more diverse range of kids, and a sturdy
paper-over-board format.
With 72 recipes for everything from breakfast sundaes and French toast on a
stick to homemade peanut butter, banh mi sandwiches, smoothies, biscuits,
spring rolls, nutty noodles, chicken curry, and pizza soup, kids learn that
cooking from scratch using fresh ingredients can be fun and delicious. In
addition to mastering their favourite foods, budding young cooks learn kitchen
skills, from cutting and whisking to frying, grilling, sautéing and simmering.
No meal would be complete without dessert, and Cooking Class has it
covered, with snickerdoodles, lemon squares, chocolate cupcakes, and more.
Bonus pull-out pages help kids put the finishing touches on their meals with
place cards, meal-time conversation-starter games, recipes cards, and stickers
for labelling their homemade food to share with others.
Book #55 of 2024
Non-fiction #32
Knowing my kids' love for cooking, I picked up this
book hoping they’ll find something fun to whip up.
This book has 7 chapters and Chapter 1 explains how to
organize the kitchen, ingredients, measurements, caution while using sharp
objects, kitchen vocabulary, etc. Every section in this chapter is accompanied
by colorful photos.
The recipe section has everything from breakfast,
lunch, snack, side, spreads and dips, mains, and desserts with clear
instructions and step-by-step instructions that come with photos. There is a
small intro to the dish and tips and tricks for serving the dish in a fun and
innovative way. A pic of the final dish tells us what the finished dish will
look like.
The recipe rating goes from 1 spoon to 3 spoons with 1
spoon representation being the easiest.
There are some pull-out sheets with place cards, stickers
and labels, recipe cards,
and game cards that kids will enjoy playing.
This book is
especially charming because it features pictures of kids cooking each step of
the recipe. These pictures are not only adorable but also inspirational and
helpful for kids who are interested in learning to cook.
This is a beautiful cookbook that will be a wonderful guide and companion for kids who are interested in cooking and learning new recipes.
Deanna F.
Cook is the award-winning author of cookbooks for kids, including the
best-selling Cooking Class, Baking Class, Cooking Class Global
Feast!, and Kids Cook Dinner. She served as the creative development
director at FamilyFun magazine and has been an editor at Scholastic,
Disney, and Kidstir.com. She lives in western Massachusetts and can be found
online at deannafcook.com.
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