300 Step-by-Step Cooking & Gardening Projects for Kids: The Ultimate Book for Budding Gardeners and Super Chefs With Amazing Things to Grow and Cook Yourself, Shown in over 2300 Photographs - Couverture rigide

This is the ultimate book for budding gardeners and superchefs with amazing things to grow and cook yourself, all shown in 2300 brilliant photos. Grow and cook! This is a fabulous practical guide to cooking and gardening for children, packed with a range of fun and tasty recipes and exciting, educational projects and activities inside and out. It contains more than 300 activities and recipes, from growing your own fruit and vegetables, to cooking them for yummy results. It covers all the basics, from safety, equipment, essential techniques, and cooking and gardening terms, and features handy directories of ingredients and plants. Make a wormery, grow square veg, create a monster pumpkin pet, rustle up a Margherita Pizza, mix a Tropical Fruit Shake or bake some Mini Chocolate Marylands. Children love to get their hands dirty and this book is packed with exciting and educational projects that will keep them entertained in both the kitchen and garden. The first half of the book will teach any young chef all they need to know to create delicious food, with recipes ranging from a simple Chunky Vegetable Salad, through to tasty Lamb and Potato pies. The second half of the book features practical gardening and outdoor projects that will be sure to delight any green-fingered child. Beautifully illustrated and bursting with ideas, this is an ideal hands-on guide and is sure to provide hours of entertainment for the entire family.

Nancy McDougall is an experienced and enthusiastic food writer with a keen interest in children's cooking. In addition to holding the position of Cookery Editor for several leading consumer magazines, Nancy has run cooking classes for 2-4-year olds and an after-school club for 9-10-year olds. Jenny Hendy is the author of many gardening books on a wide range of subjects, from topiary to container gardening and wildlife. In addition to writing and presenting, Jenny also works with nursery and primary school children helping to run creative gardening and nature workshops and after-school clubs.