Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and UpHardcover (2024)

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Description

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.

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. Children as young as three years old and as old as eight become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper. Extensively classroom- and home-tested, these recipes are designed to inspire an early appreciation for creative, wholesome food. Whimsical watercolor critters and pictorial versions of each recipe will help the young cook understand and delight in the process. Just consider all that can be explored in the kitchen: counting, reading readiness, science awareness, self-confidence, patience, and, importantly, food literacy. Pizza, after all, does not come "from a telephone."

You and your child can have great fun finding this out!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781883672065

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 04-01-1994

Pages: 96

Product Dimensions: 8.31(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.48(d)

Age Range: 3 - 7 Years

About the Author

ANN HENDERSON is a credentialed early childhood education specialist and is co-director of the Child Education Center in Berkeley, California. MOLLIE KATZEN is a cookbook author and artist who has profoundly shaped the way America eats. Mollie is a consultant and cocreator of Harvard's groundbreaking Food Literacy Project. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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SALAD PEOPLE

The Critics Rave:
We’re gonna make people out of food! —jack
I’m gonna make my sister. —theo
Maybe I should make a carrot zipper. —simone
Strawberry hair! —serafina

To the Grown-ups:
Children will get deeply involved with this concept, which is all about creating a miniature person out of cheese, fruit, vegetables, and perhaps even pasta. In addition to being a cross between an art project and a great snack or lunch, this recipe presents a wonderful opportunity to introduce new foods—or at least new food combinations—to young children.
There is no right or wrong way to make a Salad Person. In fact, if your child doesn’t feel like making something representational, it’s fine to make a food design instead. In either case, let your youngster guide the experience as inspiration occurs.

Cooking Hints and Safety Tips

Children can help with some of the preparations, such as slicing strawberries and bananas, grating carrots, or spreading peanut butter into celery. They also enjoy helping place all the various components in small bowls and setting everything up.

The Salad Person’s face can be made with cottage cheese or yogurt. Children of color might prefer to use coffee or chocolate yogurt so the Salad Person can look like family.

You can firm up any flavor of yogurt by placing it in a paper-lined cone coffee filter over a bowl for a few hours—or even overnight. The whey will drip out of the yogurt, leaving behind a firmer curd, often referred to as “yogurt cheese.” Keep in mind that you’ll end up with only about 60 percent of the original volume.

The amounts are quite flexible, so just estimate the quantities.
Children’s Tools: Cutting boards and child-appropriate knives (if the children are going to help with the cutting); spoons for scooping; a plate and fork for each person

Salad People Recipe
Cored pear halves, peel optional (fresh and ripe, or canned and drained)
Cottage cheese or very firm yogurt
Strips of cheese (cut wide and thin, to be limbs)
Sliced bananas (cut into vertical spears as well as rounds)
Cantaloupe or honeydew
(cut into 4-inch slices)
Celery sticks (plain or stuffed with nut butter)
Shredded carrots
(in long strands, if possible)
Sliced strawberries

1) Place a pear half in the center of each plate, flat side down.

2) Arrange a round scoop of cottage cheese or very firm yogurt above the narrow top of the pear, so that the cheese or yogurt looks like a head and the pear looks like a torso.

3) Create arms and legs from strips of cheese, banana spears, melon slices, or celery sticks (stuffed or plain).

4) Create hair, facial features, hands, feet, buttons, zippers, hats, and so forth from any combination of the remaining ingredients.

5) Name it and eat!

yield: Flexible! Just put out a lot of food. Store the leftovers for next time, which will likely be soon.

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FAQs

Can you make a cookbook with other people's recipes? ›

If it's an informal cookbook you're not planning to sell, it would be ok but make sure to attribute the recipe to the original creator/author. Recipes are not protected by Copyright in the USA. This includes the ingredients and steps of preparation.

What is a book containing recipes and other information about the preparation and cooking of food? ›

cookbook, collection of recipes, instructions, and information about the preparation and serving of foods. At its best, a cookbook is also a chronicle and treasury of the fine art of cooking, an art whose masterpieces—created only to be consumed—would otherwise be lost.

What is a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking? ›

A cookbook or cookery book is a kitchen reference containing recipes. Cookbooks may be general, or may specialize in a particular cuisine or category of food.

How much do you have to change in a recipe to avoid copyright? ›

The general rule [...] is that three major [emphasis added] changes are required to make a recipe "yours." However, even if you make such changes, it is a professional courtesy to acknowledge the source of or inspiration for the recipe.

Are recipes copyright protected? ›

The first thing to understand is that recipes are not copyrightable. Copyright law protects original works of authorship, and while a recipe may be original, it is not an "original work of authorship." This means that anyone can freely copy and use a recipe without fear of infringement.

How to create a recipe book for free? ›

Creating a DIY cookbook doesn't have to require expensive design software. There are many templates that allow you to design recipe cards or a simple DIY recipe layout using free tools like Canva, MS Word, or even Google Docs. You can always make the photographs yourself and use daily life images you already own.

Why is cooking the books illegal? ›

Officers who sign off on false financial statements may face stiff criminal penalties. Cooking the books is also known as corporate fraud or accounting fraud. Elements of this white collar crime involve manipulation of financial records or accounting for some benefit or gain.

Why are recipes cookbooks so important to understanding other cultures? ›

Food is a great unifier; it can connect people from different backgrounds and experiences. Food tells a story about who people are and where they come from. It bridges nationalities, geographies, and generations.

What is standardized recipes and instructional recipes? ›

A standardized recipe is a set of written instructions used to consistently prepare a known quantity and quality of food for a specific location. A standardized recipe will produce a product that is close to identical in taste and yield every time it is made, no matter who follows the directions.

What are the 8 recipe categories? ›

Recipe Categories
  • Breakfast recipes.
  • Lunch recipes.
  • Dinner recipes.
  • Appetizer recipes.
  • Salad recipes.
  • Main-course recipes.
  • Side-dish recipes.
  • Baked-goods recipes.

How do you put family recipes in a book? ›

Here's how to do it:
  1. Make a list of “family.” The most important step is to remember that “family” is yours to define. ...
  2. Decide your format. ...
  3. Consider images. ...
  4. Pick an organizing principle — or not. ...
  5. Start gathering. ...
  6. Decide how much recipe consistency you want. ...
  7. Start putting it together. ...
  8. Share the cookbook.
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What is one word for a book of recipes? ›

Meaning of cookbook in English. a book that explains how to prepare particular dishes: She has written several award-winning cookbooks.

Do I need to copyright my cookbook? ›

While copyright is automatic upon creation, registering it with the U.S. Copyright Office provides stronger legal standing. These measures help safeguard your creative work and establish your rights as the cookbook author. Getting started with self-publishing can be a bit difficult but doesn't have to be.

Are recipes copyrighted or patented? ›

In conclusion, recipes cannot be patented, but they can be protected under copyright or trade secret law. Copyright protection applies to the expression of the recipe, while trade secret protection applies to the confidential information that the owner takes steps to keep secret.

Can you legally put recipes online? ›

It is generally not legal to post a recipe online if it is from a cookbook without permission from the copyright holder, unless the recipe falls under the doctrine of fair use.

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