The Children's Step-by-Step Cookbook - Hardcover

Wilkes, Angela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1564584747 ISBN 13: 9781564584748

Publisher: DK Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

The first cooking course for aspiring young cooks, with page after page of mouthwatering recipes. The Children's Step-by-Step Cookbook is the first cooking course for aspiring young cooks, with page after page of mouthwatering dishes. More than 50 easy-to-follow recipes that are fun to make and delicious to eat. Clear step-by-step photographs show each stage of the recipe. All ingredients and utensils shown for easy checking. Includes ideas for whole meals, party treats, and food for picnics.

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Reviews

Grade 4-6-This dazzling book of "photographic cooking lessons for young chefs" leaves no one wondering about appearances of food, equipment, or preparation methods. The pages are busy, but clear and unintimidating. Pure ingredients are used in the 44 recipes included and good nutrition is observed. Wilkes's My First Cookbook (Knopf, 1989) is for slightly younger readers. This newer book is for the same audience as The New Junior Cook Book (Meredith, 1989). Readers who have mastered Step-by-Step can go on to the excellent and more inclusive Fannie Farmer Junior Cook Book (Little, 1993) by Joan Scobey.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Gr. 4-6. In an oversize photo-format similar to that of Helen Drew's My First Baking Book (1991), this foray into the kitchen is a handsome way to help children hone their basic cooking skills. The text is occasionally awkward ("making popcorn is like magic, and it tastes good"), but the photos are outstanding, colorful, and clear, as well as thoughtfully sequenced and appealingly varied. Wilkes leads off with some cooking tips, including a note on kitchen safety (a special symbol is used in recipes when safety is a concern). Then a two-page spread pictures most (not "all" as the text claims) of the utensils needed in the recipes. Although not always "heart-smart," the recipes range from ordinary to fancy (egg salad to miniflorentines), and the ingredients for each dish are shown, a nice touch that may help novice cooks know what to look for if they help with the shopping. A picture of the finished product follows the captioned, step-by-step preparation highlights, and there's a very helpful glossary that uses photographs to demonstrate fundamental kitchen how-tos. Stephanie Zvirin

Edition details

• Publisher: DK Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564584747
• ISBN 13: 9781564584748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128