The recipe-a-day kids cookbook /

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A recipe a day keeps the boredom away in this kids cookbook full of fun activities and 365 sweet and savory treats from the Food Network Kitchen!

Make every day special with an easy and exciting recipe, whether it's the first day of school, a big birthday, or just a lazy Sunday.

Kids will flip through this book to find a great idea for every day of the year, starting today, including:
365 sweet and savory recipes and photos--one for every day of the year! Holiday cookies and gifts (like doughnut snowmen) Easy food crafts (some use ready-made shortcut ingredients!) Fake-out snacks (ice cream sandwiches that look like mini burgers) Cupcake decorating (flower cupcakes made with snipped marshmallows for petals) Cute bites for April Fool's Day, Earth Day--and leapfrog cookies for Leap Year! Fun food trivia throughout
It makes an excellent boredom-buster and summer activity book for kids and families or a perfect gift for kids who love to cook!

What's your birthday? Anyone who picks up this book will turn straight to that date to see which treat falls on their special day! Perhaps it's the miniature chicken and waffles, or homemade chocolate lollipops, or even a giant pretzel!

Of course, all the big holidays are represented, too--like flag tarts for the Fourth of July or banana mummies for Halloween. And we never miss an excuse to celebrate historic events: You can make star cookies on the day Pluto was discovered.

An easy cookbook for beginners, all the recipes and food crafts were tested in the Food Network Kitchen, so they're sure to come out perfect every time.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Kirkus Book Review

A year's worth of daily inspiration inviting kids to experiment in the kitchen. Young readers will be encouraged to try making corn muffin chili bowls on a cold January day, peach Melba milkshakes in August, and a cheese plate resembling candy corn in October. Each food idea consists of a couple of sentences or a short paragraph of narrative instructions. Rather than cooking from scratch, most involve assembly of pre-made ingredients, including convenience foods such as gummy candies, ready-made snack mixes, marshmallows, or nut butter. Readers learn easy hacks using these ingredients, for example, melting chocolate chips in the microwave and spreading them on top of Twinkies to create Twinkie Éclairs. A few of the food projects require adult assistance, such as those that call for deep-frying, broiling, or using a blender. With its focus being more on fun ideas rather than teaching cooking skills (the instructions are cursory), many recipes assume that readers or their adult helpers will know the meanings of terms like al dente; have access to kitchen equipment including food processors, waffle makers, and silicone molds; and possess the necessary knife and piping skills. Some entries reference food-related milestones in history; holidays like Halloween, Hanukkah, and Christmas; and events like Earth Day. The clear, bright, eye-catching photographs throughout will be fun for budding chefs to pore over. Fun ideas for kid-pleasing treats. (index, photo credits) (Nonfiction. 8-12) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Food Network Magazine is the #1 selling magazine at newsstands in America across all magazines. It has 13.55 million readers every month.

Maile Carpenter is the founding editor in chief of Food Network Magazine , the best-selling monthly magazine in the U.S., and The Pioneer Woman Magazine . Maile is an expert in kids cooking: she has two daughters who love experimenting in the kitchen.