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Food Network Magazine The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook: 150+ Recipes for Young Chefs (Food Network Magazine's Kids Cookbooks) Hardcover – Illustrated, April 7, 2020
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“This accessible and visually stunning cookbook will delight and inspire home cooks of all ages and get families cooking together.” —School Library Journal
The trusted chefs in Food Network’s test kitchen give food lovers and kids of all ages everything they need to succeed in the kitchen. Each recipe is totally foolproof and easy to follow, with color photos, tips and fun facts to help beginners get excited about cooking.
Inside you’ll find:
- 150+ easy recipes for every meal and snack, all using common ingredients
- Colorful photos with every recipe
- Cooking tips from the pros
- Special fake-out cakes (one looks like a bowl of mac and cheese!)
- Choose-your-own-adventure recipes (like design-your-own Stuffed French Toast)
- Kid crowd-pleasers like Ham & Cheese Waffle Sandwiches, Pepperoni Chicken Fingers, Raspberry Applesauce and more!
- Fun food games and quizzes (like “What’s Your Hot Dog IQ?”)
- Bonus coloring book pages
- Removable book jacket that doubles as a cooking cheat sheet with tips, tricks, and substitutions
You asked “You think it’s ok to use a wide age range like this? This book really is great for all kids.”
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Dimensions8.69 x 1.22 x 9.63 inches
- PublisherHearst Home Kids
- Publication dateApril 7, 2020
- ISBN-101950785041
- ISBN-13978-1950785049
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What’s Inside? | The must-have kids' cookbook for beginner bakers, from the editors of America's #1 food magazine and authors of The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook | The ultimate learn-how-to-cook book with 100+ easy-to-follow recipes including restaurant favorites and character creations | 83 awesome S.T.E.A.M.-based science experiments you can do right at home with easy-to-find materials | 100+ easy and fun-to-make (and eat!) recipes that appeal to every kid | 100+ simple triple-tested recipes make this the perfect book for young bakers! |
Age Range | 8 to 12 years | 8 to 12 years | 8 to 12 years | 8 to 12 years | 8 to 12 years |
Builds S.T.E.A.M. Skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
What Readers Say | "Instantly becoming one of my kid’s favorite cookbooks!" | "Finally a book for cooking, not just assembling" | "Good resource for kids just learning to bake" | ||
Builds S.T.E.A.M. Skills | Lie-flat spiral binding for easy use and a special activity book section! | Special family recipes contributed by grandmas across the country introduce young cooks to new and exciting foods | Tons of mind-blowing S.T.EA.M. facts and tips from Good Housekeeping’s lab experts | A basic kitchen chapter introduces cooking skills, safety procedures, and cooking lingo | Recipes for muffins, breads, and pizzas to yummy cookies, cakes, and pies |
Editorial Reviews
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—Madeline & Anna Zakarian, Geoffrey Zakarian’s daughters
"I love how committed Food Network is to teaching both adults and children how to cook!"
—Geoffrey Zakarian, Food Network Star, father of three
"Everybody knows I love cheeseburgers. I also love cake. Now I can have both in one bite! Best. Cake. Ever! Best. Cookbook. Ever!"
—Lorenzo Mauro, Jeff Mauro’s son
"This book is so eye-poppingly colorful its hard to put down. Not only is a great resource for parents but also a great resource for today’s food-centric children. The photography jumps off the page and makes you want to put down your phone, pick up a spatula, and get to cooking with your kids."
—Jeff Mauro, Food Network Star
"We kids have our own special way of seeing food. We are passionate about ingredients. We are learning about food and cooking from our parents and other family members. We have traditions and heritage to consider. That’s what makes us individuals. This book allows a kid like me to take her own experiences and explore a day of meals in a new way! I also love that the book is like a test, too. I want to know what I don’t know about ice cream trucks! It’s like a cookbook and a game at the same time."
—Ava Clark, Alex Guarnaschelli’s daughter
"My daughter Ava is so excited about this cookbook. It’s specifically engineered to celebrate kids, their discovery of gastronomy through familiar comfort food dishes, and learning to cook food for themselves!"
—Alex Guarnaschelli, Food Network Star
"This book is chock-full of whimsical, fantastical (and delicious!) recipes that will actually get your little one running to join you in the kitchen. At my house, we pored over every mouth-watering picture, marking our favorites with sticky notes—and I realized we tagged more pages than not!"
—Jane Francisco, Editor in Chief, Good Housekeeping
"Our foodie family definitely lives to eat! And having interesting recipes that are straightforward and easily involve everyone is a huge help! From the Almond Butter-Berry Toast to the Chinese Meatball Sliders, we love the original twists to traditional dishes in The Big, Fun, Kids Cookbook!”
—Vern Yip, Celebrity Designer and HGTV Star
"The Food Network has launched countless young people on the path to becoming chefs. In this covered, spiral-bound cookbook (making countertop use easier), the editors of the Food Network Magazine give all children an opportunity to explore their inner foodie. A visual index kicks off the book, which is then divided into color-coded sections on breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, dessert, and fake-out cakes. The 150-plus recipes are simple to follow, with many basic ingredients, and several allow variations for users to experiment according to their personal taste.
While the dishes comprise many kid-friendly favorites, like waffles, pizza, and cupcakes, there are also fun, healthy alternatives, such as melon “fries,” spaghetti squash, and “ants on a log remix.” Large color photos of the finished dishes; helpful tips; “Did You Know?” facts (e.g., waffles inspired Nike’s first running shoe); and food quizzes keep the text even more engaging. With recipes for cakes that look like cheeseburgers, mac and cheese, giant s’mores, and more, the final section may be reason enough to purchase this delightful cookbook."
— Booklist, starred review
"This thoroughly enjoyable cookbook from the editors of Food Network Magazine presents over 150 recipes “that any kid can make.” There are some recipes that young home cooks (ages 8–12) can prepare with minimal adult supervision, such as one of the six variations of Ants on a Log, as well as others that will require help from an adult, such as the giant s’mores cake, which requires the use of a kitchen torch.
In addition to several kids’ favorites like mac and cheese, and creative riffs such as French toast muffins, there are several “design your own recipe” sections that encourage readers to create their own variations of basic staples, such as granola bars. The recipes are simple to follow with easy-to-find ingredients and plenty of valuable tips (“Split English muffins in half with a fork... so you’ll end up with good nooks and crannies”).
Alongside the recipes are dozens of facts (“There are 10,000 varieties of grapes in the world,” they write next to a recipe for candied grapes), food trivia quizzes, and coloring pages that are bound to spark enthusiasm.
This is an exceptional introduction to cooking that children and even novice adult home cooks will enjoy."
—Publishers Weekly
"This accessible and visually stunning cookbook will delight and inspire home cooks of all ages and get families cooking together."
—School Library Journal, starred review
"For a great children’s cookbook, Food Network Magazine’s recently-released Big, Fun Kids Cookbook is filled with more than 150 fun recipes for kids, including their Taco Salad Cups and Edible Cookie Dough recipes."
–Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Food Network Magazine has been inspiring mama chefs for years (and the actual TV channel for even longer) and they have taken the dive into children’s cookbooks. The Big, Fun, Kids Cookbook is really just that: 150+ recipes designed specifically for kids whether they aspire to be the Food Network Kids Star or just want to make a super cool cheeseburger cake (yup, that is really a recipe) to impress their friends. Mamas might find some surprising inspiration in this cookbook, too, for easy family dinners. We love that there is even a coloring book section for when we need them out of the kitchen but still want to encourage their food exploration.”
—Anna Baboval, writer for Scary Mommy
“...it would be a big mistake to think that The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook from Food Network Magazine simply duplicates material that others have presented in the past – because this brightly colored, spiral-bound, well-thought-out book adds some new wrinkles to the young-people’s-cookbook genre and irons out some of the old ones. The basics of what to do and how to do it are all in The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook, and the attractive layout, bonus features (even a six-page coloring section at the very end), mixture of ordinary and unusual recipes, and factual tidbits make this offering a winner on all levels.”
—Mark J. Estren, Ph.D, president of TransCentury Communications and Infodad.com
About the Author
Maile Carpenter is the founding editor in chief of Food Network Magazine, the best-selling monthly magazine in the U.S., and The Pioneer Woman Magazine, a new magazine launched in 2017 with cookbook author, Food Network star and social-media phenom Ree Drummond. Maile is an expert in kids cooking—she has two young daughters who love to experiment in the kitchen and hold family cooking competitions!
Product details
- Publisher : Hearst Home Kids; Illustrated edition (April 7, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1950785041
- ISBN-13 : 978-1950785049
- Reading age : 6 - 10 years, from customers
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 2 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.69 x 1.22 x 9.63 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #15,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- Customer Reviews:
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Food Network Magazine is the #1 selling magazine at newsstands in America across all magazines. It has 13.55 million readers every month—more than for any other food or lifestyle magazine. The magazine is every food lover's essential handbook: a monthly supply of expert advice, inspiring ideas and must-try recipes. The magazine's bright, lively design captures the energy of Food Network, while story after story reminds readers that food is fun, and that anyone—of any age—can cook like a star.
Maile Carpenter is the founding editor in chief of Food Network Magazine, the best-selling monthly magazine in the U.S., and The Pioneer Woman Magazine, a new magazine launched in 2017 with cookbook author, Food Network star and social-media phenom Ree Drummond. Maile is an expert in kids cooking—she has two young daughters (ages 6 and 9) who love to experiment in the kitchen and hold family cooking competitions!
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Customers find this cookbook wonderfully fun for kids, with easy-to-follow recipes and beautiful large colorful images throughout. The book is sturdy with a ring binding and serves as a great learning opportunity, with one customer noting how it helps with meal planning. Customers appreciate its value as a gift for future cooks and consider it worth the price.
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Customers find this cookbook wonderfully fun for kids, with one customer noting it includes kid-friendly recipes with fun facts and tips.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2025Granddaughter loves cooking with her Mom and Dad. I am sure she will love this book for her birthday. Something she can keep to cook with her children.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2024Bought for my brother's kids, thought it would be some cool and different recipes in it. My Sister-in-law was looking it over with her kids and they were excited to make everything it. So I would say it's a big win.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024I bought this as a gift, then got one for myself! so many great. easy, creative recipes! I love the spiral binding. it sits flat on the counter.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024Looked like fun. Some recipes had LOTS of ingredients but others were more simple, for the younger child. This was a gift for a 7 year old in another state so haven’t heard back on their reaction yet.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2024Has a good selection of fun recipes for kids
- Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024Great book for teaching kids to cook An also good for bonding time for parents an kids
- Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2024This was a birthday gift for a 7 year old boy. He loves it and even two months later talks about recipes he has in his cookbook that he has tried.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020My kids said they were bored and had been begging to cook meals & desserts during "quarantine," so I found this book. Kids are ages 14, 13, 11, 9, & 5. They were all able to get in on the cooking action. Recipes are somewhat standard and likely found online, but easy to follow and with nice pictures to help them visualize what they are making.
My teens found some of these challenging but mostly "too easy" for them. The 5 yr old did a lot of stirring and would pre-heat the oven, etc. as it was above her for now. My 9 & 11 yr olds were in the sweet spot for this book! They really really really enjoyed this book! And mom & dad are enjoying not having to cook as much.
There was a nice discussion about kitchen safety in this book which was nice too. (Unfortunately this book does not cover "how to clean up your mess in the kitchen so mom doesn't have to!")
Recommend & will be buying these for my nieces & nephews!
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- Donna Coleman RichardsonReviewed in Canada on March 15, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Super fun cookbook for kids
What an amazing cookbook for kids! Start learning how fun it is to make and prepare recipes. My twin grandsons have always been interested in food and I started making recipes with them when they were two years old. We've made our own pizza's, cookies, muffins, baked doughnuts, easter treats, etc. Over the years, (they are nearly 12 now) they have started to write their own recipes, so this book sparks their creativity. Cooking and baking are fun and one of the most important lessons to learn in life. How to feed our bodies, and how important good nutrition is. I highly recommend this cookbook. It's something a parent and young kids can do together, and then older kids can expand upon their knowledge and love of cooking! I love watching my grandsons take pride in assembling fruit and yogourt and many other healthy snacks.
- akReviewed in Australia on August 2, 2023
3.0 out of 5 stars It was okay
I thought there would be more easier recipes in it and easier to follow with ingredients etc for the price of the book but it was okay.
- Amanda KReviewed in Canada on February 9, 2024
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- MeowReviewed in Canada on December 15, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Book is very handing a lots of recipes
It arrived packed nicely. It is a gift and I'm sure they'll love it
- CriticReviewed in Canada on January 7, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price
It was a gift to our grandson who has a desire to help out in the kitchen.
He really likes it as it speaks kid.