Paula Deen's My First Cookbook by Paula Deen, Susan Mitchell (Illustrator), Martha Nesbit (With)

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One of America's most beloved cooks, Food Network personality and restaurateur, Paula Deen invites you to share in her favorite dishes and memories from childhood in this delightful cookbook for the very young.

What better way to celebrate childhood than with pancakes around the kitchen table? Or how about a quick snack of Ants on a Log? Paula even shares her tricks for whipping up the perfect breakfast in bed for Mom on Mother's Day or a fancy dinner for Dad on Father's Day. Paula Deen's My First Cookbook is like a big hug from the queen of Southern hospitality and charm herself. So get in the kitchen with your favorite little ones today and start making those memories!

Children's Literature

Paula Deen shares her love of cooking with her youngest audience members in this cookbook designed especially for children. In her cookbook, Deen speaks to adults, who cook with children, offering advice in a brief introduction; she also provides a table of contents, guidelines for kitchen safety, measuring and setting a table, a glossary of cooking terminology (such as: broil, dice, melt, mince, saute, and whisk, to name a few), a lesson in good manners and an index. Mitchell's cute and detailed illustrations add to the clearly explained instructions, and an additional feature, not commonly seen in other cookbooks, pictures that accompany each ingredient on the list and each tool needed for every recipe. The recipes are divided into eight sections, which include: breakfast, lunch, snack, birthdays, cooking for parents, holidays, drinks and arts and crafts. Any parent who loves to cook and wishes to share his/her love for culinary delights with his/her child should own this delightful cookbook. Reviewer: Jamaica Johnson Conner

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6

While this cookbook is less chatty than one might expect from the well-known television personality, it opens with a host of tips. It includes safety information, followed by an illustrated glossary of cooking terms, directions on how to measure ingredients, instructions on how to set a table, and a page devoted to good table manners. Nine chapters cover breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, birthdays, adult-oriented dishes, holidays, and drinks, with the last one devoted to nonedible food-craft recipes. The illustrated items list can assist those with limited reading skills who find negotiating the step-by-step instructions challenging. Adult assistance is often called for. The dishes use numerous premade or prepackaged ingredients (refrigerator biscuits, peanut butter, diced tomatoes, M&Ms, etc.). Nutritional information is not provided. Watercolor illustrations of ingredients, finished dishes, and children at work are numerous and each page is framed with a colorful pattern. While the spiral format may shorten this book's shelf life, it will facilitate use for the youngest chefs.-Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Yeshiva Har Torah, Little Neck, NY

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