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What Chefs Feed Their Kids: Recipes and Techniques for Cultivating a Love of Good Food
How do the people who know the most about food tackle the special challenges of cooking for children’s palates? How do they get their children to join them at the dinner table when most kids would rather play under the tablecloth? Why do some kids love to eat broccoli, sushi, or pesto while others insist on chicken nuggets every night?
A lifelong foodie and a first-time mother, Fanae Aaron had lots of questions about how to teach her son to enjoy a variety of fresh, whole foods. So she sought out a diverse group of twenty award-winning chefs who are also parents. The book’s first-class lineup includes: Eric Bromberg, Marc Murphy, Zack Gross, Ana Sortun, Piero Selvaggio, and Floyd Cardoz. These chefs stimulate their kids’ curiosity about new foods by engaging them in the process without coercing them, and they share their tips and stories, which provide an intimate glimpse into the chefs’ family lives. Chefs’ strategies include allowing their kids to help prepare meals, taking them to farmers’ markets, and giving them choices with healthy family style meals. What Chefs Feed Their Kids also features seventy-five flavorful recipes—such as Kale and Scrambed Eggs, Baby Lamb Chops, Nori Chips, and Risotto with Pumpkin, Ginger, and Sage—from a variety of cuisines.
A lifelong foodie and a first-time mother, Fanae Aaron had lots of questions about how to teach her son to enjoy a variety of fresh, whole foods. So she sought out a diverse group of twenty award-winning chefs who are also parents. The book’s first-class lineup includes: Eric Bromberg, Marc Murphy, Zack Gross, Ana Sortun, Piero Selvaggio, and Floyd Cardoz. These chefs stimulate their kids’ curiosity about new foods by engaging them in the process without coercing them, and they share their tips and stories, which provide an intimate glimpse into the chefs’ family lives. Chefs’ strategies include allowing their kids to help prepare meals, taking them to farmers’ markets, and giving them choices with healthy family style meals. What Chefs Feed Their Kids also features seventy-five flavorful recipes—such as Kale and Scrambed Eggs, Baby Lamb Chops, Nori Chips, and Risotto with Pumpkin, Ginger, and Sage—from a variety of cuisines.
211 pages, Hardcover
First published November 8, 2011
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February 26, 2012
What a great book for parents, I do not have picky eaters and I think it was from the way we fed the kids early on. I would puree what we were eating or other items. Baby food is disgusting and if I wouldn't eat something I certainly wouldn't feed it to my kids. The recipes look great, I wish the photos were larger...I love large pictures of food. I loved that the chefs talked about their lives outside the kitchen and with their kids.
A wonderful reference for those with kids or even grandkids...this would make a terrific baby gift to a new parent. I will be reviewing this on my blog in a few weeks and will leave the full review here then.
What a great book for parents to have as a resource. Picky eaters make dinner time difficult on the best days and here is a book that will help put your mind to rest. How do other families kids eat? How do I get my kids to just try new things? Why do we have to always eat ‘Kid food’? Well pick up this book and learn what has worked for those actually in the food industry.
From birth to teens this book will give you ideas, recipes, experiences, answers to problems you may have with your child’s eating. How much is too much? How much is too little? I have been blessed with kids that eat pretty much anything. We started them out young eating what we ate…no baby food…gross would you even eat it? I loved the order of this book and how it started out with the youngest eaters and then progressed. Great personal experiences and I have even tried a few recipes and they are good and the kids ate them!
This book would make a wonderful baby gift to new parents or a Christmas gift to a hard to buy for family. My only complaint is the size of the photos of the food. I like full-page photos in my recipe books, and even some of the prep-work. Otherwise this is a terrific book for all parents out there. Who wants picky eaters anyway? I sure don’t, it makes meal time a fight. I’d rather have a experience we all can enjoy.
A wonderful reference for those with kids or even grandkids...this would make a terrific baby gift to a new parent. I will be reviewing this on my blog in a few weeks and will leave the full review here then.
What a great book for parents to have as a resource. Picky eaters make dinner time difficult on the best days and here is a book that will help put your mind to rest. How do other families kids eat? How do I get my kids to just try new things? Why do we have to always eat ‘Kid food’? Well pick up this book and learn what has worked for those actually in the food industry.
From birth to teens this book will give you ideas, recipes, experiences, answers to problems you may have with your child’s eating. How much is too much? How much is too little? I have been blessed with kids that eat pretty much anything. We started them out young eating what we ate…no baby food…gross would you even eat it? I loved the order of this book and how it started out with the youngest eaters and then progressed. Great personal experiences and I have even tried a few recipes and they are good and the kids ate them!
This book would make a wonderful baby gift to new parents or a Christmas gift to a hard to buy for family. My only complaint is the size of the photos of the food. I like full-page photos in my recipe books, and even some of the prep-work. Otherwise this is a terrific book for all parents out there. Who wants picky eaters anyway? I sure don’t, it makes meal time a fight. I’d rather have a experience we all can enjoy.
December 5, 2011
What a clever idea for a cookbook! It is thought that kids are fussy eaters but if you give them good food they will eat good food. Although I have a nephew that when he was very little he loved to dip hot dogs in blueberry yogurt - truly gag worthy. But he is a very adventurous eater because his mother took him to restaurants and let him try many different things.
This book breaks down into chapters based on the child's age and gives recipes suitable for what they can eat at that point. It was interesting to me to read how the different chefs came up with the recipes for their children. You can feel their love and concern in the stories and in the food they create. Many of the recipes are adaptable for adults with minor changes and I did just that for a Carrot Salad recipe that I presented to my hubby with his Thanksgiving dinner.
The cookbook is full of delightful recipes and truly good information so if you have children or know someone who does it would be a great addition to your cookbook library.
This book breaks down into chapters based on the child's age and gives recipes suitable for what they can eat at that point. It was interesting to me to read how the different chefs came up with the recipes for their children. You can feel their love and concern in the stories and in the food they create. Many of the recipes are adaptable for adults with minor changes and I did just that for a Carrot Salad recipe that I presented to my hubby with his Thanksgiving dinner.
The cookbook is full of delightful recipes and truly good information so if you have children or know someone who does it would be a great addition to your cookbook library.
February 3, 2012
I would recommend this book to all parents, want to be parents,
or people just interested in food and nutrition.
Particularly helpful was the fact that the book was broken in sections for the different stages of development, and how the the child's eating habits should change over that time. Each chapter is then accompanied by both dietary/health and culinary advice that fits that age group.
Recipes I tried from the book include a delicious and still easy spicy tomato soup (p.144) and a simple steamed broccoli recipe.
"What Chefs Feed Their Kids" would be a great reference to learn how to make healthful food without all the time consuming preparation that is so often necessary to produce recipes found in many publications.
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or people just interested in food and nutrition.
Particularly helpful was the fact that the book was broken in sections for the different stages of development, and how the the child's eating habits should change over that time. Each chapter is then accompanied by both dietary/health and culinary advice that fits that age group.
Recipes I tried from the book include a delicious and still easy spicy tomato soup (p.144) and a simple steamed broccoli recipe.
"What Chefs Feed Their Kids" would be a great reference to learn how to make healthful food without all the time consuming preparation that is so often necessary to produce recipes found in many publications.
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In compliance with FTC guidelines, I'm disclosing that I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
November 23, 2011
nice addition to our cookbook collection. I like how the recipes are laid out by age/stage of the kid. The recipes look yummy and definitely want to try a several. I like that the dishes (beyond the purees) are things the whole family can sit down and eat and not short order cook items for a picky kid. Most recipes are fairly complex, not every day whip something up quick options, but an overall nice variety of things to choose from. Plan to use the sugar cookie recipe for holiday cookies in a few weeks.
February 1, 2012
I received this book from goodreads.com for free. It was filled with lots of common-sense advice that parents should know, but for reasons such as being too hurried or having been fed pizza and chicken nuggets by their own parents, seem to have forgotten. I grew up with the "one bite" rule, (not the "one tiny nibble" rule) and started the same thing with my own kids. We go on food adventures to new restraunts and love trying new recipes. There are some great ones in this book. I am passing this book on to a friend with a very picky child. I know she will find it helpful.
January 13, 2012
This book was full of tips on how to make your children more exposed to other kinds of food and other cultures. And honestly, for everyday use this book was not practical at all. So overall if your goal is to expose your children to different foods and types, and really to try new things without a thought to how much these ingredients cost then I guess this book is for you. But as a normal person, the recipes were either too simple or too different. And one would have to start this food journey rather early for it to really work. Thanks!
September 10, 2016
I was a little confused by some aspects of this book. Ms. Aaron brings together a nice selection of chefs and introduces a variety of food types, but somehow, the idea of having a special section for what to feed your teenager sounds more like coddling a picky eater than "cultivating a love of good food."
Also, some of the big-time tips (play the "here comes the airplane" game, etc.) were pretty non-surprising. And seriously, the waffle recipe's main ingredient is premade pancake mix.
Also, some of the big-time tips (play the "here comes the airplane" game, etc.) were pretty non-surprising. And seriously, the waffle recipe's main ingredient is premade pancake mix.
June 21, 2014
This book is a well-done cookbook and resource guide for parents of children from infants to eleven years old. It gave tips on how to introduce new food to kids as well as how to handle typical age-related problems in relation to what the kids are eating. While I wouldn't try all the recipes for each age group, I did think the recipes got better and more tasty-looking (for children as well as adults) as the book progressed. I think I might buy this one. 5 stars.
November 15, 2011
I received a free copy of this book through a Good Reads First Read giveaway. Thanks!
While my husband and I aren't parents, we are Aunt and Uncle and when my sister's little one comes to visit (or we go to visit), we will probably try out some of these recipes.
The good thing? A lot of these recipes translate perfectly to the adult palate.
While my husband and I aren't parents, we are Aunt and Uncle and when my sister's little one comes to visit (or we go to visit), we will probably try out some of these recipes.
The good thing? A lot of these recipes translate perfectly to the adult palate.
January 27, 2015
I received this book through the First Reads giveaway program on Goodreads.
The perfect edition to any cookbook collection! Recipes are broken down into age ranges and present a variety of ideas. Although these are not your everyday recipes, they do provide a nice change in the normal dinner routine and can just as well be used for the rest of the family.
The perfect edition to any cookbook collection! Recipes are broken down into age ranges and present a variety of ideas. Although these are not your everyday recipes, they do provide a nice change in the normal dinner routine and can just as well be used for the rest of the family.
February 1, 2014
Nothing too special. I was amazed that there is such a thing as an infant feeding specialist. Do people really pay money to be told how to feed their child? Is this an actual profession? The recipes were all right, but I would expect better from a professional chef than a waffle recipe that starts with a mix.
February 6, 2013
Nice cookbook with tips for feeding children well, arranged by age. I liked the emphasis on letting kids help with cooking and found that I'm already doing a lot of their suggestions with my toddler. As usual, too many meat recipes for me to purchase but it was a good read with some good recipes.
February 25, 2014
My 3-year old daughter and I had a fun time looking at the pictures and picking out recipes to make. We're going to try about 10 of them.
This is a helpful books for parents on how to introduce flavors and foods to children, from infants to adolescents.
This is a helpful books for parents on how to introduce flavors and foods to children, from infants to adolescents.
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December 6, 2011Can't wait to receive my free copy of this book. I have a son who is one and a half and I would like the addition of new recipes. I can only imagine he gets tired of the same old things, I know I sure do! Will update after reading!
November 21, 2022
None of the chefs are people I have ever heard of, but the recipes are interesting. I have tried a few of them and like them.
I mostly enjoy seeing recipes from chefs for food that kids will eat and enjoy.
I mostly enjoy seeing recipes from chefs for food that kids will eat and enjoy.
January 28, 2015
i have no babies yet. But this book give me some early information about what baby should eat or not. and basically i like soft foods. The recipes are fine too. i can eat it together with my future kids.
January 25, 2012
This cookbook is more for me than for any kids. I'm a very picky eater but I'm very excited to try out a lot of these dishes. The honey ginger ice cream is already my favorite.
October 21, 2012
Great cookbook. The recipes are delicious for kids and adults. Also, it gives new ideas. Who knew kids love seaweed?!
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