Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat [A Cookbook]
Brand: Ten Speed Press
Color: Tan
Categories: Books, Teen & Young Adult, Personal Health



Grade level: 7 - 9
Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.4 x 11.2 inches
Reading age: 12+ years, from customers
ISBN-13: 978-1580085847
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580085849
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Print length: 160 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2004
subtitle: Paperback – May 1, 2004
author: Visit Amazon's Megan Carle Page search results Megan Carle Visit Amazon's Jill Carle Page search results Jill Carle Judi Carle
review: Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up–Sisters Megan and Jill Carle love to cook, both from recipes and experimenting with what's on hand. When they eat something they love in a restaurant, they try to re-create it at home. If they find a complicated recipe, they fearlessly "take shortcuts that would probably give a chef hives." The result of their culinary passion is this appealing mix of 85 diverse recipes ranging from comfort food to sushi. The six sections include traditional American cuisine, as well as recipes for German, Chinese, and Mexican dishes. Basic cooking instruction is incorporated into the recipes themselves as well as in the sidebars sprinkled liberally throughout. The gently wry introductions for each recipe offer keen glimpses into the siblings' personalities and relationship, adding to the intimacy and warmth of this cookbook. Megan, a vegetarian, offers advice on adapting many of the recipes to her diet. "Kitchen Disasters" offer amusing accounts of mistakes made by the Carles or their relatives, complete with explanations of exactly why things went awry. The clear instructions and striking, full-color photos will equip teen chefs to undertake their own adventures, but the reliance on butter, cream, mayonnaise, cheese, and other high-fat ingredients is a drawback for those seeking a healthy diet. Evelyn Raab's Clueless in the Kitchen (Firefly, 1998) is a far more extensive collection of recipes that also includes more basic information about equipment, shopping, and food preparation. –Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the Author MEGAN CARLE and JILL CARLE are both graduate students at Arizona State University. They published their first cookbook, TEENS COOK, while Jill was still in high school, and followed up with TEENS COOK DESSERT and COLLEGE COOKING. JUDI CARLE has served as chef/author, project coordinator, and general editor on more than 20 cookbooks, including the best-selling Charlie Trotter series and, most recently, Shakespeare'¬?s Kitchen. The Carles all live in Phoenix, Arizona.