Kitchen Explorers!: 60+ recipes, experiments, and games for young chefs

by America's Test Kitchen Kids

From the creators of the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs, comes the best ever interactive workbook for kids ages 8 to 12 who want recipes, science experiments, hands-on activities, and games--all about food! Use the kitchen as your classroom, no school involved!The best activity book to have fun with food! TARGET Kids ages 8 to 12 (and parents who want a little time tothemselves during this era of staying at home and distance learning).What makes fizzy drinks... fizzy? Can you create beautiful art... using salt? Or prove the power of smell... with jelly beans? Plus easy, kid-tested and kid-approved recipes for smoothies, guacamole, energy bites, mug cakes, and more, Kitchen Explorers! brings the kitchen alive with fun science experiments and art projects. Puzzles, word games, coloring pages and beyond will keep kids occupied and engaged.

Genres: Cookbooks

138 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2020

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great way to get kids to try new foods is to let them cook. Kitchen Explorers! is full of recipes and science experiments to encourage elementary-age kids in the kitchen. The recipes are in a variety of difficulties for all experience levels. The book is divided into 5 chapters - recipes, science experiments, activities, answer keys, and a chapter for the adults. America’s Test Kitchen has created a great addition to a homeschooling curriculum or a fun book for parent and child to work through.
While cookbooks are often found in k-12 Christian school libraries, I’m not sure Kitchen Explorers! would be a good fit. The book includes space for notes as well as pencil-paper activities which would tempt young library patrons to write in the book.
I received a copy of Kitchen Explorers! through the Amazon Vine program. This is my honest review.

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a solid recipe/cooking workbook that could be easily employed in the classroom. There are no pictures of the recipes, but the layout of the text is well designed and accessible. There are fill-in-the-blank sections and activities that seem fun (word searches, quizzes). The recipes are very beginner (such as making flavored sparkling water by adding flavoring to plain sparkling water), so it would not be appropriate for my secondary special education classroom; however, the scientific approach toward cooking is something that would work well my setting. Some the introductory pages would be beneficial for teaching key terms.

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would make a great gift for a young chef. There are games, experiments and recipes.

[Christa Van · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great way to get kids thinking about the science of cooking.