Cooking Up Some World History: 50 Authentic, Easy-to-Make Recipes from All Periods of World History! (Cooking Up Some History)

This is the second book in the Cooking Up Some History series.

Finally, authentic historical recipes designed for classroom use! Turn children’s love of food into a love of world history. This unique cookbook provides authentic recipes in historical contexts, adding flavor to learning.

Combine cooking and eating with new information and you have the perfect recipe for retention. A lesson about Ancient Egypt is a lot more memorable if you do it while nibbling on some authentic Basboosa! (That’s bread sweetened with honey and lemon. Yum!)

Recipes are historically accurate. There is a nice mix of snack foods, entrees, and even historically accurate desserts. Want to sample the same soup that the Aztecs enjoyed? Or eat—literally—like a king? (Louis XIV, that is!) The recipes are right here!

Grades PreK-6. 50 complete, kid-friendly recipes. Thorough instructions on food preparation, cooking, and kitchen safety. Historical contexts and classroom connections.

Companion book to Cooking Up Some American History.

Cooking Up Some World History includes a rich assortment of recipes in the following categories:

Prehistory • First Civilizations • Ancient India • Ancient China • Classical Greece • Ancient Rome • Maya • Aztec • Inca • Middle Ages • The Muslim World • Renaissance • The Age of Exploration • Kings and Tsars • Industrial Revolution • Nineteenth Century • Communist World • World Wars and the Great Depression • The Modern World

"Cooking Up Some World History" and "Cooking Up Some American History" teach American and world history through food--not just historically accurate recipes, but lessons about how the availability of ingredients changed as America grew or the role hardtack played during the Civil War, for instance. The books introduce students to the idea that food is an ever-evolving aspect of culture that is influenced by geography, science, technology and the movement of people."
--Austin American-Statesman

"This book is great. It gives you tons of ideas to incorporate cooking with learning about the history of the world. It is meant to use with grades K-6, but I think that you could use it with older students as well as an added activity and to make learning more fun."
--Christy M.

"A very neat idea....the layout is perfect; little snippets of history and background along with the recipes. Hands-on homeschoolers will get a lot of mileage out of it."
--Shelly B.

"I'm a retired public school teacher (25 years in special ed and elementary ed) and am now teaching in a Christian Home School Co-op. Parents in my History classes will be making these foods to go along with the curriculum. It makes learning soooo much fun. Great resource!"
--Mally H.

"These cookbooks are a fun resource for all grade levels. I love the background information the text provides about the recipes, and the step-by-step directions are easy to follow."
--Sharon M.