Keller Thomas. What's Cooking?: A Cookbook for Kids

Disney Press, 2007. — 64 p. — (Ratatouille) — ISBN10: 1423105400, ISBN13: 978-1423105404.Kids can be the big cheese in the kitchen with this cookbook of kid-friendly, Ratatouille-inspired recipes. The concealed wire binding allows the book to lie flat for ease of use while preparing such fun dishes as Remy's Famous Omelets and Emile's Sewer Sandwiches. This silly cookbook is sure to please...down to the last crumb!This fun cookbook for kids is well designed and really useful. Each of the 27 recipes takes up a page spread. On one side is the recipe, on the other a full-page color photo of the food. Better still, the book has a hidden spiral binding, so it lies flat on a kitchen counter. Focused mainly on French cuisine, the recipes range from easy to "master chef" and are divided into five sections: breakfast; lunch; breads, salads and soups; dinner; and desserts. Each includes an extra tip, such as how to flip a crepe or what bread works best for French toast.Here are the recipes:Breakfast
Colette's Crepes.
Ooh La La French Toast.
Remy's Famous Omelets.
French Breakfast Muffins.Lunch
Gusteau's Grilled Cheese.
Croque Monsieur.
Quiche Lorraine.
Easy Faux Escargots (using gherkin pickles for snails, tortilla-wrap slices for shells).
Crazy Cheese Straws.
Cheese Fondue.Breads, Soups and Salads
A Classic Baguette.
Vichyssoise.
Chef's Salad.
Salad Nicoise.
Dijon Vinaigrette.Dinner
Gusteau's Ratatouille.
Linguini Alfredo with Peas.
C'est Magnifique Salmon (with lemon and dill sauce).
Remy's Macaroni and Cheese.
Pizza Rats (the slices use black olives for eyes and noses).
Oven-Baked French Fries.Desserts
Colette's Apron Cake.
Django's Dirt Cake (a brownie-like cake decorated with gummy bears and plastic rats).
Cheery Cheesecakes.
Chocolate Bouchons (from California celebrity chef Thomas Keller).
Chocolate Rats (chocolate-coated apricot bodies with licorice whiskers, peanut-half ears and rolled Starbursts for the tails).
Eiffel Tower Cookie Sundae (with the tower made from sugar wafers).
With gorgeous photos, cute artwork inspired by the movie "Ratatouille" and a nice mix of serious and silly recipes, this is a cookbook kids could really get into.