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  • Published: 13 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9781582463056
  • Imprint: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $40.00

Honest Pretzels



And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 & Up

Get ready to help with dinner for real!

Are you a kid? Then this book was written especially for you. With it, you can become a fantastic cook and amaze your friends with PITA SPIRALS and CREAMY CORN SOUP or CINNAMON SWIRL STICKY BUNS and BEST HOT CHOCOLATE. Or you can fill your lunch bag with a wedge of SPAGHETTI PIE, a serving of MAPLE YOGURT FRUIT DIP, and a handful of HONEST PRETZELS that you made yourself.

Are you a grown-up? Then welcome to another very special cookbook by Mollie Katzen. In these pages she speaks directly to children through 65 fully kid-tested, illustrated recipes that require only a little adult assistance. It's not just a cookbook full of yummy recipes--it also gives young cooks, ages eight and up, a chance to practice reading, math, and logic skills. And think of the sense of accomplishment they will feel as they grow into creative, confident chefs.

  • Published: 13 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9781582463056
  • Imprint: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $40.00

About the author

Mollie Katzen

While best-selling author, public speaker, and food/nutrition/cultural history scholar MOLLIE KATZEN is best known as the creator of the vegetarian classic, Moosewood Cookbook, her children's cookbooks, Pretend Soup, Honest Pretzels, and Salad People have become standard fare in homes and classrooms across the country. Mollie teaches healthful cooking and eating to all age groups, from preschools in her home-base of Berkeley, California, to Harvard University, where she is a consultant and co-creator of their new, groundbreaking Food Literacy Initiative.

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Praise for Honest Pretzels

2000 ALA Notable Children's Book