Hey Kids! You're Cookin' Now! A Global Awareness Cooking Adventure Hardcover – December 15, 1998

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From School Library Journal Grade 4-6-Books such as Vicki Cobb's Science Experiments You Can Eat (HarperCollins, 1994) and Muriel Mandell's Simple Kitchen Experiments (Sterling, 1994) explain the chemistry responsible for such things as making bread rise, mayonnaise mix, and popcorn pop. However this "global awareness" cookbook is like reading a science book in the kitchen and trying to cook something at the same time. The science is interesting, but it doesn't necessarily relate to the subject at hand. For example, a recipe for spaghetti-sauce seasoning has a sidebar about searching out wildlife in the city. A rabbit in overalls picks salad ingredients on a page with a basic recipe for salad dressing and facts about butterfly wings. The recipes are pretty much middle-of-the-road; instructions on making tuna salad include no global awareness of either the plight of tunas or world cuisine. Nonedible recipes are also included for things like tie-dyed socks, recycled paper, and a compost heap (at least the last two have some semblance of helping the Earth). Occasionally the facts correspond to the recipe but not enough to justify the book's subheading. Also, the index is next to useless. For kitchen ecology or science experiments, look elsewhere.Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public LibraryCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more Review In this, her first book, author Dianne Pratt, has collected and presented over 80 healthy, easy to complete recipes. The recipes cover the full range from beverages, breakfast foods, lunch and dinner entrees to desserts and snacks. Complete and easy to follow directions are given for each. In addition numerous safety tips and helpful hints are also explained. The recipes feature foods sure to be popular with children and their entire families.....Parents and grandparents will find this a great book of recipes to use when cooking with the children in their families and may enjoy sharing the additional points of nature information as they spend time together in the kitchen.....The combination of recipes, safety, animal art, kitchen crafts, experiments and ecology facts allow kids and their "adult helpers" to have a fun learning experience in the kitchen and beyond. -- Dawn Farley, Foreword Magazine, January 1999This colorfully illustrated hardback gives parents and children a connection in the kitchen, as they whip up treats like Bananarama Bread and Cha-Cha Chili and ponder recipe-related ecological factoids ("Don't kill the yeast, it is a sensitive fungus.") Later sections include recipes for non-food items like homemade glue and tie-dyed socks, using environmentally responsible ingredients. A 1999 Parents' Choice® Silver Honor Winner. (Linda Geeson, Parents' Choice®). -- From Parents' Choice® Read more