Customer Reviews:
 Excellent January 9, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
An excellent cookbook to interest young chefs. My niece (age 7) and nephew (age 4) have been cooking up a storm with it. And, so far, it hasn't driven their mother crazy.
Outstanding children's cookbook with excellent recipes November 5, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous cookbook full of recipes for meals the whole family will enjoy. It's not like many kids' cookbooks that only have pigs in a blanket, pizza, etc. The directions are easy to follow, and it's great for kids as well as adults who want to make simple meals. I bought it for my 10-year-old son (it was his favorite birthday gift), and my 36-year-old niece wanted one, too!
 Good recipes - but very inefficient. January 22, 2006
50 out of 61 found this review helpful
Children love to follow instructions, step by step, and this book has an over abundance of unnecessary and inefficient steps that can make a simple recipe that would normally take 20 minutes to prep, drag on for hours. Any adult, who cooks like this doesn't cook often, cooks professionally or spends most of their waking hours in a kitchen.
For example, who in a modern home kitchen cuts a stick of butter, melts it in a pan then pours it into a (plastic, microwave safe) mixing bowl? Great, now there's a pan, a knife and a cutting board to wash! It is a children's cookbook, so why not cut down on time spent with knives, stovetop flames and inevitable messes by just melting the uncut butter in the plastic mixing bowl with the microwave?
Nice pictures, large font, recipes are great, but (in my opinion) obviously written by someone working in a fully staffed professional kitchen, not a home.
For Every Kid, Parent, and Grandparent You Know August 17, 2004
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I've given this book to just about every kid, parent, and grandparent in my life, all to rave reviews. My niece hoards it from her brother. One friend's son cooks dinner for the family once a week from this book. Another friend asks her grand-daughter to choose a recipe or two from the book and they spend a Saturday afternoon centering a cooking lesson around the skills learned therein. The book strikes just the right tone: friendly without being cutesy, snappy without being silly. It's a marvelous idea beautifully executed, and a great gift. Abigail Johnson Dodge hit a home run with this one.
Yum! August 2, 2004
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is a really great book! Everyone will like all of the recipies. Amazon says that The Kids Cookbook is for ages 4-8, but people of all ages like it. If you have a kid who is picky about food, this book is where you can find recipies that he will like.
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