But My Kids Won't Eat It Cookbook Reviews

Cookbooks

	50 Chowders : One Pot Meals - Clam, Corn, & Beyond Jaspar White I think one mark of a good book is that it can make you interested in something you've never considered or cared much about before. Chowders for example. (read more)
	A New Way to Cook Sally Schneider The author claims this cookbook is the result of ten years of research, and it shows. This is an inspiring work that will no doubt be seen as one of the major cookbooks of the decade. (read more)
	Crossroads Cooking: The Meeting and Mating of Ethnic Cuisines-From Burma to Texas in 200 Recipes Elisabeth Rozin This is an interesting book that slips a little food history in with the recipes. (read more)
	Home Cooking Around the World David Ricketts The author does a great job of creating simple recipes that still capture the essence of the native cuisine. (read more)
	Honga's Lotus Petal: Pan Asian Cuisine Honga Im Hopgood I love Asian food, especially Southeast Asian and Asian fusion dishes. But I own very few Asian cookbooks... (read more)
	New World Kitchen : Latin American and Caribbean Cuisine Norman Van Aken This is a great book if you're looking for good Nuevo Latino fusion cooking. (read more)
	Recipes: a collection for the modern cook Susan Spungen A lot of cooks develop a repertoire of recipes that they feel comfortable with. They've prepared the dishes many times and know they'll turn out well and can be depended on when cooking for a specific occasion. The collection presented in Recipes is the repertoire of the author, Susan Spungen, who worked with Martha Stewart for years on magazines and cookbook and presumably feels that these dishes will resonate with a lot of home cooks as well. As something of a cookbook collector (that's my husband laughing hysterically right now, but really it's not an addiction, I can stop anytime) I'm certainly not the type to just buy one or two cookbooks and call it good. Does anyone do that these days? If so, I admire their iron will and self-restraint. But if you were so inclined, I think you could just cook solely out of this cookbook and be considered a good well-rounded cook, although you'd be on your own with breakfast which isn't really mentioned apart from a few brunch dishes. Spungen covers all the basics, dishes for weeknight dinners, casual entertaining, summer barbecues, etc., but with a modern twist. I would call her recipes fashionable without being super trendy, mostly French and Italian inspired with a garnish or two from Asia and traditional American cuisine. The book is divided into sections based on technique: Prepare (pantry staples and basics), Chop, Saute, Grill, Roast, Bake, Simmer & Braise, and Indulge (desserts). Recipes are fairly streamlined and straightforward, and techniques are explained so you could probably cook out of this book without much prior experience. The most complicated dish in the book is a Provencal Layered Omelet, which consists of three flat omelets with different fillings layered on top of eachother, and which I will most definitely try soon. The book is very attractively laid out, with a picture accompanying just about every recipe. Other recipes that caught my eye include: Thai Cole Slaw, Potato Tostones, Sticky Japanese Eggplant, Grill-Roasted Lemongrass Chicken, Rigatoni with Squash & Caramelized Onions, and an Italian Shepherd's Pie. (collapse)
	Salad People Molly Katzen As one of the pieces of advice most often given to parents of picky kids is to involve them in the kitchen... (read more)
	The Family Kitchen : Easy and Delicious Recipes for Parents and Kids to Make and Enjoy Together Debra Ponzek I really like the concept behind this recently published, gorgeously laid out cookbook. (read more)
	The Healthy Hedonist: More Than 200 Delectable Flexitarian Recipes for Relaxed Daily Feasts Myra Kornfeld Kornfeld's recipes are immensely appealing and fairly straightforward - she includes many that are Mediterranean, Mexican, Indian, or Asian inspired - and healthy without adhering to any particular dietary doctrine. (read more)
	The Soup Peddler's Slow & Difficult Soups: Recipes And Reveries David Ansel You need to be able to look beyond the bits of stories that seem to be heading somewhere and then just don't in order to appreciate the sweetness and laid-back goofiness of this tale of a man who chucks a software development job in Austin, Texas to deliver homemade soup from a bicycle nicknamed Old Yellow. (read more)
	The Urban Picnic John Burns & Elisabeth Caton Given the Slow Food manifesto reproduced towards the front of the book, don't expect to find any 'Fun with American cheese-food product!' type recipes here, just tasty picnic-appropriate food with some really killer sounding desserts. (read more)
	The Vegetarian Family Cookbook Nava Atlas This is the kind of book that you leaf through and immediately resolve to eat better... (read more)
	The Working Parents Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Great Family Meals Jeff and Jodie Morgan The book really shines as a collection of fairly simple, quick, and nutritious recipes good for weekday dinners and weekend picnics. (read more)
	Winter harvest cookbook: How to select and prepare fresh seasonal produce all winter long Lane Morgan Celeriac, kale, parsnips, leeks, squash, potatoes, yams, swiss chard, beets... (read more)