The young chef : recipes and techniques for kids who love to cook

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Title:

The young chef : recipes and techniques for kids who love to cook

Author:

Ainsworth, Mark, author.

Culinary Institute of America.

Summary:

Teaches kids to cook and think like a chef, with 100 delicious recipes, essential techniques, insider tips, fun facts, and more.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Learning the basics. Safety first -- Equipment essentials -- Essential techniques -- Cooking methods -- How to cook flavorful food -- How food fuels your body -- Recipes. Breakfast -- Soups, salads, and sandwiches -- Main meals for lunch and dinner -- Simple sides and sauces -- Savory snacks -- Sweet snacks and desserts.

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 23 cm

Genre:

Cookbooks.

Subject Term:

Cooking -- Juvenile literature.

Added Corporate Author:

Culinary Institute of America.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9780470928660

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

Call Number:

J 641.5 AINSWOR

Holds: Copies:

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Learn how to cook and think like a chef from the best of the best--the experts at The Culinary Institute of America

Aspiring chefs turn to The Culinary Institute of America for top-tier training--and now younger cooks can too. Coauthored by chef-instructor (and parent) Mark Ainsworth, this book is for kids ages ten to fourteen who love to cook or who want to learn how, from the perspective of the nation's best culinary college. It begins with techniques--from key cooking methods to staying safe in the kitchen to how food fuels your body--then augments those lessons with more than one hundred recipes for dishes that kids (and their families and friends) will love, from Chinese "Takeout" Chicken and Broccoli to Mexican Street Corn Salad to DIY Hummus to Raspberry Shave Ice. These recipes are easy enough that beginners can try them with confidence, but are loaded with insider tips, fun facts, kitchen vocab, and other teaching moments so that more adventurous junior cooks can use them as a springboard to take their skills to the next level, express their culinary creativity, and have fun in the kitchen!

Author Notes

THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA is the nation's premier culinary college, offering degrees in culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and culinary science. Mark Ainsworth is a chef-instructor at the CIA and parent of two teenage daughters.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-7-Ainsworth and the Culinary Institute of America have created a solid and comprehensive cooking manual that has something to offer for new and practiced young cooks. With clear and succinct discussions on sanitary practices and knife handling, as well as strong tutorials on cooking methods and the creation of flavorful food, this title emphasizes important cooking fundamentals in an orderly and bold way. Recipes are organized mostly by meal but also include fun snacks, such as Mexican street corn salad, curry burritos, and pickle chips. Directions are clear and detailed, and the author takes special care to define cooking terms such as sweating and mirepoix. "Think Like a Chef" sections are peppered throughout and provide ideas for creative recipe variations, while "Chef's Note" sections give helpful substitution ideas and problem-solving techniques. Photos are appealing and enhance the dishes, but the relatively few illustrations that the book features resemble clip art and do not add anything to the work. Overall, the recipes are varied and appealing, with the only weak spot appearing in the dessert section, which features two overly simple, no-bake recipes that are primarily made up of Oreo cookies. Considering the earlier encouragement to limit processed food and preservatives, this makes little sense and seems like a missed opportunity. VERDICT An extensive resource for recipes and culinary methods; a recommended purchase.-Laura Lintz, Henrietta Public Library, Rochester, NY © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.