School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-Each book has creative endpapers depicting kitchen supplies, an editor's note advising adult help and supervision during preparation, opening material that consists of a brief description of the government's new "MyPyramid," cooking tips and terms, a conversion chart, and labeled drawings of the tools needed to complete the recipes. The 13 dishes in each volume (divided into easy, intermediate, and advanced sections) have catchy titles sure to pique the interest of budding chefs, such as "Holiday Snowflakes" (S'mores), "Prepare-to-Share Salad" (Meatballs), and "Hot Dog Pizza Boats" (Tacos). Every recipe has color illustrations of tools and steps for that dish, the number of servings, preparation time, and "this recipes includes" icon(s) (showing grains, milk, etc.). There are loads of meals to try-roll-ups, pita pockets, couscous, pasta, fish, turkey, potatoes, lemonade, popcorn, chocolate fondue, decorated cookies, and more. Notes ("Lemons contain vitamin C") and food facts ("Wonton wrappers are similar to pasta") are included in some entries. These titles will be popular additions.-Augusta R. Malvagno, Queens Borough Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.