Customer Reviews
For younger readers - By: Lion, 29 Oct 2008 
Too self consciously teen orientated for anyone over 13. The recipes are actually quite good, but for kids who are still cooking for fun, with parents paying the food bills.
I was after something for the reluctant cook, & this isn't it. However for a young Jamie Oliver wannabe, probably a good buy.
More food - less family please - By: M. Radford, 28 Jun 2008 
There is something annoying about this young man, his relatives & his friends - just a bit too perfect like the Waltons - but you can't fault the recipes. We have used them constantly.
WHAT BOOK ARE THEY WRITING ABOUT? - By: Cy Nick., 04 Apr 2008 
I bought this book for my adult son after reading the reviews, it arrived this morning & I am left wondering just which books the other reviews are describing. The book has dozens of coloured photos, not of meals but of youngsters? The receipes are not set out clearly but with ingredients squashed into a column on the left side of the book. Clear they are not!
Sorry just can't find anything good to say about it, very disappointed & certainly not what I was expecting which was a book of plain simple straighforward recipes.
in my daughter's words "absolutely brilliant" - By: Ms. J. E. Smith, 19 Jul 2007 
I bought this for my 10 year old daughter who has always been interestedin cooking but wanted to get a book that was just hers & not a "kids book". This book was right up her street- & because of the lay out & large type the print was really easy for her to understand (she is dyslexic & finds small print difficult to follow!). She has found lots of recipes to try & thinks it brilliant that there is a load of veggie stuff - so she can cook for me (being the only veggiein the house!!)- I also like that it encourages her just to try different things & to make her own dressings etc. The fact that it is split into time sections is great & shows just what can be donein very little time. Now to get my 7 year old son cooking...
Another decent cookbook for teenagers - By: Jaybird, 02 Jul 2007 I bought this cookbook for my 14 year old twin sons, who have always enjoyed cooking alongside me, but never attempted anything on their own before.
They both instantly loved this book, saw lots of things that they fancied cooking, but, unlike many other cookbooks, felt confident enough to give them a go.
My sons are very dyslexic, but they found the layout easy to follow & the pictures useful. The recipes are clearly writtenin a large, unadorned font, without being patronising. Personally, I found some of the chatty comments a little cheesy & wondered if they would put my sons off as being uncool, but they did not mind at all.
The book is divided into time estimates for cooking, which I found less helpful. However, it did not seem to bother my boys, who were quite keen to know how long between starting to cook & food on the table.
These are not groundbreaking recipes, or even the best renditions of well-known dishes, but they work fine, are well illustrated & introduce young cooks to a range of techniquesin a very straightforward, jargon free way.
There are also helpful comments on diet & nutrition, deliveredin a very matter of fact way.
Impressive allin all
