'This is the best book to date on cooking with preschoolers.' 'Mollie Katzen's cookbooks for preschoolers, Pretend Soup and Salad People, are works of child-friendly genius.' Pizza, after all, does not come 'from a telephone.' You and your child can have great fun finding this out! Just consider all that can be explored in the kitchen: counting, reading readiness, science awareness, self-confidence, patience, and, importantly, food literacy. Whimsical watercolor critters and pictorial versions of each recipe will help the young cook understand and delight in the process. Extensively classroom- and home-tested, these recipes are designed to inspire an early appreciation for creative, wholesome food. Children as young as three years old and as old as eight become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper. 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. Together with an early childhood educator, Mollie Katzen combines her renowned cooking talents and her whimsical artistry in a recipe collection that is sure to excite budding young chefs-and teach them a thing or two along the way.īook Synopsis Celebrating 25 years of vegetarian recipes and called 'the gold standard for chidren's cookbooks' by the New York Times, Pretend Soup, by celebrated Moosewood chef Mollie Katzen, offers children and families easy recipes for healthy, fun, and delicious food. Pizza, after all, does not come “from a telephone.About the Book Pretend Soup lets young children put on the chef's hat with a grown-up there to help and guide.

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. Celebrating 25 years of vegetarian recipes and called the gold standard for chidren’s cookbooks by the New York Times, Pretend Soup, by celebrated Moosewood chef Mollie Katzen, offers children and families easy recipes for healthy, fun, and delicious food.

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