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Cooking Class: 57 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Make
The kids are taking over the kitchen! Deanna F. Cook presents more than 50 recipes designed for the cooking abilities and tastes of children ages 6 to 12. Basic cooking techniques are explained in kid-friendly language, and recipes include favorites like applesauce, French toast, popcorn chicken, pizza, and more. Full of fresh, healthy ingredients and featuring imaginative presentations like egg mice, fruit flowers, and mashed potato clouds, Cooking Class brings inspiration and confidence to the chefs of the future. IACP Award Finalist 2015 “National Parenting Publications Awards” (NAPPA) Gold award winner 2015 Parents’ Choice Award Silver winner 2016 Mom’s Choice Award Gold winner 2015 NPR Great Reads 2019 New York Times "Best Cookbooks for Kids" Also available in the Cooking Class Baking Class and Cooking Class Global Feast!
602 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 1995
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January 15, 2016
Learn to cook with step-by-step photo instructions for easy breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snack items featuring fresh and healthy ingredients and creative presentations. Recipes range from favorites such as pancakes and pizza to the more advanced crepes and egg rolls.
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Reviewer 20
May 23, 2015
I am a firm believer in teaching kids to cook, and this is a great cookbook for doing just that! It's well and good to teach one on one familiar dishes; I think kids need to learn how to cook WITHOUT a recipe all the time, but they also need to learn how to cook from a recipe as well. One of my daughters just turned 13 yesterday and is passionate about learning to cook. This book works great for her as well as my younger daughter. It covers beginning cooking instructions, breakfast, lunch, snacks, veggies, dinner and dessert. From the supper simple such as how to hard boil an egg or mix and match sandwich shop or dipped strawberries to the more complicated such as crepes, spring rolls or meringue nests, there is something for every level of expertise in your little ones. I love that they can start simple and work their way to harder recipes all in one cookbook.
The photography is colorful and very informative. Step-by-step photos are included for many of the recipes helping the child follow the recipe even better. My older daughter just fell in love with California sushi rolls, so is thrilled to have the instructions to make her own!
I highly recommend this cookbook to families with kids. Even if they don't have a desire to learn to cook at the moment, this colorful, fun book just might be the inspiration they need!
I received a copy of this book from Storey Publishing for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The photography is colorful and very informative. Step-by-step photos are included for many of the recipes helping the child follow the recipe even better. My older daughter just fell in love with California sushi rolls, so is thrilled to have the instructions to make her own!
I highly recommend this cookbook to families with kids. Even if they don't have a desire to learn to cook at the moment, this colorful, fun book just might be the inspiration they need!
I received a copy of this book from Storey Publishing for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
April 25, 2015
this is EXCELLENT!!!!! probably the BEST cookbook for kids I have come across. features plenty of tips, fun facts, and healthy food kids will actually eat. cute layout with bonus stickers and recipe cards in the back.
July 22, 2017
This is hands-down the best kids cookbook I've come across.
The recipes are things my kids (and any kid I've ever known) would be happy to make and eat. The ingredients are simple and easy-to-find. There are (colorful and fun) pictures for every recipe plus step-by-step photos for almost everything. There are tons of healthy foods in here but none of it looks like boring health food. There really is a lot of helpful information for beginner cooks. There's fun extras as well, like how to fold a "fancy napkin" and tips on picking your own apples for applesauce!
Both my girls (ages 8 and 3) and I are excited about this book and I know it will be a great resource for years to come!
The recipes are things my kids (and any kid I've ever known) would be happy to make and eat. The ingredients are simple and easy-to-find. There are (colorful and fun) pictures for every recipe plus step-by-step photos for almost everything. There are tons of healthy foods in here but none of it looks like boring health food. There really is a lot of helpful information for beginner cooks. There's fun extras as well, like how to fold a "fancy napkin" and tips on picking your own apples for applesauce!
Both my girls (ages 8 and 3) and I are excited about this book and I know it will be a great resource for years to come!
June 25, 2015
gr3-5
This would be so fun to booktalk. Very clever little food projects for kids to make, and they are visually appealing without the perfection of DK that makes you think you can never compare. It is a spiral spine which is good for cooking, but bad for libraries. Nonetheless, the kids would love the recipes which nicely range from easy to a little harder to allow entrance points for many different levels. I haven't seen a children's cookbook I've liked so much in a long time.
This would be so fun to booktalk. Very clever little food projects for kids to make, and they are visually appealing without the perfection of DK that makes you think you can never compare. It is a spiral spine which is good for cooking, but bad for libraries. Nonetheless, the kids would love the recipes which nicely range from easy to a little harder to allow entrance points for many different levels. I haven't seen a children's cookbook I've liked so much in a long time.
August 31, 2015
Wonderful cooking book for children! Provides great instructions and photos. Plus the recipes are innovative but healthy. Great for gift giving for the inspiring chef.
February 19, 2016
This book was certainly delightful. I love cooking and this book was amaswome ( amazing + awesome ) . So I pretty much love this book.
June 20, 2016
Good easy recipes to make with kids. I want to try the quiche cupcakes and the corn and black bean salad. Got it from Hennipin county.
September 28, 2016
Got this from the library but we loved it so much we might have to buy it. Great simple recipes for kids !
September 17, 2023
Good but could be better
I will confess that I don't have kids, but I desperately wanted a book like this when I ~was~ a kid. From that point of view, this is a good book, but there a couple of things I felt could be improved:
1) The first few chapters with all the rules and explanations... that would have been a no-go for my kid self. I would have skipped them all and gone straight to the recipes. (And no, don't expect parents to be in the room when the kid decides to give this a try!) If you want kids to learn the rules and terms, teach them within the recipe. You don't need big expansive definitions -- just a word or three in parentheses. Kids are expert at fitting new words into context as they go. And give safety reminders within the prep instructions as they go.
2) I saw little to no provisions for coping with mistakes the kids are sure to make. I think each recipe should have a section on what to do if things go sideways (sometimes literally with cooking, lol!). Oh, you're right in thinking I would have skipped that part too, but when something DID go wrong, you bet your boopie my nose would be right back in that book trying to figure out what I did wrong. THEN I'd see the part on how to cope with mistakes. It needs to be there for every recipe, below the main parts.
Just my two cents.
I will confess that I don't have kids, but I desperately wanted a book like this when I ~was~ a kid. From that point of view, this is a good book, but there a couple of things I felt could be improved:
1) The first few chapters with all the rules and explanations... that would have been a no-go for my kid self. I would have skipped them all and gone straight to the recipes. (And no, don't expect parents to be in the room when the kid decides to give this a try!) If you want kids to learn the rules and terms, teach them within the recipe. You don't need big expansive definitions -- just a word or three in parentheses. Kids are expert at fitting new words into context as they go. And give safety reminders within the prep instructions as they go.
2) I saw little to no provisions for coping with mistakes the kids are sure to make. I think each recipe should have a section on what to do if things go sideways (sometimes literally with cooking, lol!). Oh, you're right in thinking I would have skipped that part too, but when something DID go wrong, you bet your boopie my nose would be right back in that book trying to figure out what I did wrong. THEN I'd see the part on how to cope with mistakes. It needs to be there for every recipe, below the main parts.
Just my two cents.
August 21, 2017
Perfect for kids and family cooking
I love this kid's cookbook. Unlike many cookbooks for kids this one provides basic and useful recipes that a kid could easily learn and build on. There are great pictures and clear instructions. I especially liked the ideas after the recipes that demonstrated some options to change up or add on to the basic recipe.
I love this kid's cookbook. Unlike many cookbooks for kids this one provides basic and useful recipes that a kid could easily learn and build on. There are great pictures and clear instructions. I especially liked the ideas after the recipes that demonstrated some options to change up or add on to the basic recipe.
April 10, 2020
Fantastic resource!
Recipes range from simple to more advanced.
Includes basic kitchen rules, safety when working with sharp objects and heat, prep work and cooking terms.
Also includes how to set a table, fold a fancy napkin and separate an egg.
PDF downloads are available for labels, stickers, place cards and recipe cards.
Bright and engaging.
Recipes range from simple to more advanced.
Includes basic kitchen rules, safety when working with sharp objects and heat, prep work and cooking terms.
Also includes how to set a table, fold a fancy napkin and separate an egg.
PDF downloads are available for labels, stickers, place cards and recipe cards.
Bright and engaging.
September 24, 2020
Fifty-seven recipes that children can easily make along with tips to assist in the kitchen! This great starter cookbook gives you an introduction to breakfast, lunch, dinner and everyone’s favorite, dessert! This would be a great gift to give a child and in return they learn to cook and bake, which helps you! I will be purchasing one for my home collection!
August 31, 2018
This book has tips and recipes that even adults would use! My tween loves this book and wants to make recipes for friends and family over Labor Day weekend. We are going to start easy with the chocolate-covered strawberries.
February 10, 2019
I got this book as my first cookbook. It was a fabulous book that I use over and over again. I recommend to new chefs. However, it did not clarify whether the dry ingredients had to be scooped in or leveled.
May 6, 2024
so fun, i found it through my local library leaning program. would be great for your little folks in your life. i enjoy the ease of using the kindle FIRE in going through a cookbook. fun times. i know a real hand held book would much preferred but the kindle works well.
September 4, 2017
Best cookbook for kids! Good and easy recipes wit step-by-step photos.
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April 22, 2020Bought hard copy. Tons of easy to make recipes for my 12 year old. Super yummy too!
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June 9, 2020Roarke liked this book. We did some recipes together. Some were too simple and not truly recipes but others were great for us to do together. it was fun for a 6-year-old
November 5, 2022
Teaches a great variety of cooking techniques.
January 30, 2016
This cook book was on NPR's list of best children's books of 2015. While this is a super fun cook book targeted at kids, there isn't much in here that my super picky 6 year old would eat. But then again, for that, I would need a cook book that teaches kids how to make their own cheese sandwich, cheese pizza, or mac & cheese. (boy loves his cheese, but not much else!).
The recipes are something that kids as young as 4 or 5 could likely make with some help or supervision.
The recipes are something that kids as young as 4 or 5 could likely make with some help or supervision.
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