Better Homes & Gardens New Junior Cook Book, 128 pages. COOK BOOK. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. $18. 9781118146064
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL, MS - OPTIONAL.
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
This cook book is full of illustrations and divided into five sections: superpower breakfasts, feel-the-beat lunches, sportin’-around suppers, fast-fueling snacks, and make-believe desserts. Before the recipes there is a lengthy section on safety, tips, terms, and techniques. Each recipe in this spiral bound book gets a two page spread and includes the recipe, illustrations, photographs of the food, and cooking tips.
This book is very welcoming with bright illustrations, but the photographs of the food aren’t very appealing. My kids weren’t interested in very many recipes because there is a lot of mixing of different foods. For example, the mac and cheese recipe has broccoli in it and the meatloaf muffins have potatoes on them. The recipes have so many vegetables in them that it seems tailored more to adults who are cooking for kids, not to kids trying to get excited about cooking. The recipes themselves aren’t very complicated, but several tasks are grouped together so there are fewer steps, making it a bit hard to follow.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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