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Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes
A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up
1994
First Published
4.24
Average Rating
48
Number of Pages
Mollie Katzen, renowned author of The Moosewood Cookbook, and educator Ann Henderson bring the grown-up world of real cooking to a child’s level. Children as young as three years old and as old as eight become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper. Extensively classroom- and home-tested, these recipes are designed to inspire an early appreciation for creative, wholesome food. Whimsical watercolor critters and pictorial versions of each recipe will help the young cook understand and delight in the process. Just consider all that can be explored in the kitchen: counting, reading readiness, science awareness, self-confidence, patience, and, importantly, food literacy. Pizza, after all, does not come “from a telephone.”
Avg Rating
4.24
Number of Ratings
505
5 STARS
49%
4 STARS
32%
3 STARS
14%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
1%
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Author

Mollie Katzen
Mollie Katzen
Author · 15 books

Educated at the Eastman School of Music, Cornell University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Although her formal training was as an artist and musician, she exhibited natural cooking inclinations from a very early age, and cooked professionally - in restaurants and as a caterer - for ten years. In 1973 she was one of the founders of the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York, and during her five years of cooking there, she compiled, illustrated and handlettered the Moosewood Cookbook. In addition to her writing and illustrating, Mollie is a committed student of classical piano.

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