Also included are simple taste-testing contests that kids can hold with their friends. Some recipes are tied in with school, providing snack ideas for the classroom. It would have been nice to see some photographs of the finished recipes on the recipe page, but maybe that's another activity all the chefs and parents out there can participate in.
Some serious health nuts may be bothered by the lack of calorie counts and detailed charts explaining to them every last ounce of saturated fats and death-dealing carbohydrates that are in the finished recipes, but that's their problem. Kids don't care and parents will like the fact that their kids enjoy doing something besides watching TV.
There are suggestions for combining the recipes to create full meals in the last section of the book, which is especially useful. Mom and Dad can have the little ones treat them one evening, perhaps. There is a color-coded map of the world (a small one) which matches the color code of the recipes. This way, kids can note which part of the world their food came from. There are metric conversion charts for volumes and weights, a food pyramid, and spaces for kids to make notes of their own inspired creations.
The book is very simple and offers an opportunity for parents and children to have some wonderful time together in the kitchen. Encourage your aspiring chefs. They'll love Cooking With Max.
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