Customer Reviews
A cookbook that my sons use - 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.
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 (from my point of view) helpful comments on diet & nutrition, deliveredin a very matter of fact way.
Impressive allin all
My son cooks from this - By: Nina, 03 Mar 2007 I gave this to my 13-year-old son for Christmas & he has cooked various recipes from it. He is quite enthusiastic about it. The 'cool' factor of the book makes, I think, all the difference, & the fact that it's explicitly addressed to boys. The recipes are fairly traditional -- which is fine for those boys who are less adventurous. Highly recommended.
Some good ideas, but.... - By: Dave Tomlinson, 29 Dec 2006 
Okay, this book has great recipes & great results. It is easy to compehend & understand & it is doing very well for itself. [...] Some of his vocabulary is appalling eg. "Plate it".It isn't cool. The style of the book is supposed to appeal to people of my age - 14 but I just found it annoying. [...] Basically, the recipes are great - tasty & simple (If some not a bit too simple - bread & olive oil...score) but the style is annoying to people of my age, perhaps it is better for pre-teens. Oh & another thing - the pictures are cheesey [...]. [...]. Caps were so four years ago....
Buy it! - By: Purdy, 03 Sep 2006 
Having seen this book reviewedin the newspapers & on TV I decided that I would buy it for my kids (aged 9 & 14) for the summer holidays. And boy am I glad I did! They have spent the last few weeks trying out loads of recipes from the book, from full-on family meals to cakes, biscuits & smoothies. Not only has it kept them entertained for hours, but they are now confidentin the kitchen. And most of the recipes are healthy as well (with the odd nice treat) so it's guilt-free. I heard that Sam Stern is bringing out another book this year - I'll definitely be buying it!
Excellent book - but this is the US version - By: Mr. E. Smith, 17 Aug 2006 When we first purchased the UK version of this book it inspired my teenage son to start cooking. The book was so well used that I ordered a replacement last week & unfortunately Amazon only now supply the US version, which gives everythingin cup sizes rather than metric & has translated many food items which confuse UK kids (eg Zuchini rather than Courgettes). Buy the book - it's excellent, but search for the UK version if you livein the UK, don't take this (cheaper) US substitute
