Kids in the Kitchen. We used to spend hours paging through a children's international cookbook that was a gift from our grandparents. We still remember the illustrations of Dutch children in their wooden clogs and an intriguing recipe for Mexican Cocoa. While we didn't turn out to be the next Julia Child, leafing through cookbooks and watching and helping our mother cook sparked a lifelong interest in the culinary arts. Some of our favorite cookbooks for kids after the jump.
Wow, what a great list. Thank you.
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My tenth would be this book by Jessica Seinfeld, Deceptively Delicious. She finds ways to hide healthy vegetables in regular kid's food, like pureed cauliflower in mac and cheese, and carrots in spaghetti and meatballs. Sounds like a great idea to me.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Cottage-Family-Cookbook/dp/0340826363/ref=sr_1_1/203-6495742-4358349?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189718210&sr=1-1
Even if you don't have kids
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I love Whining and Dining, which purports to be a handbook/cookbook for parents of picky eaters. My toddler is no pickier than most, but the recipes are great for anyone (even people without kids, frankly). My little guy also likes to look at the all the photographs of kids cooking and eating. (True fact: showing your child a photo of a kid eating broccoli while trying to feed your child broccoli often works!)
Clare Crespo's incredibly weird but beautifully photographed cookbooks -- The Secret Life of Food and -- are really fun for older kids. The photos of "mutant roast chicken" and "spaghetti and eyeballs" make me laugh every time I look at them. And her cupcake designs are awesomely bizarre.
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Arg! A book title -- Clare Crespo's Hey There, Cupcake! -- disappeared from my post.
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Don't laugh. My family got a kids' cookbook at IKEA. My husband and daughter have hovered over a few "potions" together. We even love their cookbooks!
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For cooking with kids- don't miss the essential online tutorial site: Spatulatta.com (video instructions for kids and BY kids).
I haven't seen their cookbook in person yet, but I'm sure it's also fabulous.
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link:
Spatulatta.com
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nice list....one of my favorite low-cost birthday gifts for a kid is a kids cookbook plus a handmade apron with matching potholder (I make a batch and just keep them at the ready)....sometimes i add in a spatula, cookie cutters and child-size rolling pin. it is always a hit.
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