BOOK REVIEW
4 Ways to Yummy
Author: Heide Linde Horeth
It's not often we promote a self-published edition but we thought this one so good we had to share it. Anyone who has ever had to feed fussy children will know that any way to encourage better eating habits is to be applauded. This one's nicely conceived, simple to use and beautifully produced. But we'll let the author tell you about it.
"It has been four-years and counting since beginning the 4 Ways to Yummy Children's Vegetable Cookbook. I worked 10 years in a very progressive preschool where one of my pleasures was drawing recipe charts for our family cook nights. I saw how beautifully these charts worked and how confident the children were when they could help lead these projects. After I retired I had the desire to write a children's cookbook that would embrace my values and build upon my past experience. My friends, R and M, wanted to help and became my food contributors, editors, my website creator, and my emotional support. My husband helped with the layout and design work for the project. He's also my picky eater! I went on to create the Mandala activity to help children connect to how food grows and to “make friends” with veggies. Of the twelve vegetables introduced, each is explored through fun facts, texture options, and seasoning choices. The cookbook also encourages children to draw, take notes and make alterations to recipes. The book is spiral bound, has 165 pages and over 50 recipes.
After reaching out to hundreds of publishers, often with encouraging rejection letters I jumped into the self-publishing world. My dream now is to clear my son's bedroom of the box upon box of cookbooks and land them into the hands of future young chefs."
The book is full of information about the 12 vegetables included and has recipes, some designed for young people to do themselves, which are accessible and delicious.
Author: Heide Linde Horeth
It's not often we promote a self-published edition but we thought this one so good we had to share it. Anyone who has ever had to feed fussy children will know that any way to encourage better eating habits is to be applauded. This one's nicely conceived, simple to use and beautifully produced. But we'll let the author tell you about it.
"It has been four-years and counting since beginning the 4 Ways to Yummy Children's Vegetable Cookbook. I worked 10 years in a very progressive preschool where one of my pleasures was drawing recipe charts for our family cook nights. I saw how beautifully these charts worked and how confident the children were when they could help lead these projects. After I retired I had the desire to write a children's cookbook that would embrace my values and build upon my past experience. My friends, R and M, wanted to help and became my food contributors, editors, my website creator, and my emotional support. My husband helped with the layout and design work for the project. He's also my picky eater! I went on to create the Mandala activity to help children connect to how food grows and to “make friends” with veggies. Of the twelve vegetables introduced, each is explored through fun facts, texture options, and seasoning choices. The cookbook also encourages children to draw, take notes and make alterations to recipes. The book is spiral bound, has 165 pages and over 50 recipes.
After reaching out to hundreds of publishers, often with encouraging rejection letters I jumped into the self-publishing world. My dream now is to clear my son's bedroom of the box upon box of cookbooks and land them into the hands of future young chefs."
The book is full of information about the 12 vegetables included and has recipes, some designed for young people to do themselves, which are accessible and delicious.
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The Vegetable Mandala provides a fabulous vehicle to encourage children to explore new vegetables, new tastes and encourages them to really think about what they eat as well as to experience the excitement and joy of cooking.
In keeping with our French theme our photo of the author features a recipe from the book for Tomato Tarte Tatin. Looks delicious. |
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To again quote Heide:
"My childhood recollection of foods is simple and seasonal. Though my mother made wonderful Austrian dishes, it is the love, pleasure and lovely way with which she served everything that made it magical. Even eating a baked potato for lunch was special with her. My mother often let me help her in the kitchen and I cherish those memories when we worked side by side talking and laughing. She passed her gifts on to me.
As a parent I know having my son help in the kitchen proved invaluable. As a toddler my son always helped to set our table and occasionally helped with the preparation. As a preschooler, making tuna fish melts with him, I remember him tasting it and saying, "it needs some lemon." Never underestimate our little ones, they are unstoppable! My son is now 18 and has a Pinterest account with recipes he collects and uses. To this day we always put a squeeze of lemon in our tuna fish."
You can access the book by contacting Heide at: [email protected].
"My childhood recollection of foods is simple and seasonal. Though my mother made wonderful Austrian dishes, it is the love, pleasure and lovely way with which she served everything that made it magical. Even eating a baked potato for lunch was special with her. My mother often let me help her in the kitchen and I cherish those memories when we worked side by side talking and laughing. She passed her gifts on to me.
As a parent I know having my son help in the kitchen proved invaluable. As a toddler my son always helped to set our table and occasionally helped with the preparation. As a preschooler, making tuna fish melts with him, I remember him tasting it and saying, "it needs some lemon." Never underestimate our little ones, they are unstoppable! My son is now 18 and has a Pinterest account with recipes he collects and uses. To this day we always put a squeeze of lemon in our tuna fish."
You can access the book by contacting Heide at: [email protected].
