The Cooking Book: 50 Mouthwatering Meals and Sensational Snacks

Rating:
Summary: Great concept but TYPOS!
Review: I just wrote the following email to DK Books about this book:
We got this book for Christmas and have used it a lot. My kids (aged 7 & 5) are able to do everything themselves now except turn on the oven and the stove, which Mommy does. But still, there are some typos in the book that are frustrating my kids. There is a recipe in the book for "fruity tarts" which definitely has errors in it. It calls for only 2 TBL of butter, which is impossible! You can't make tart dough that way! But what is the correct amount? My kids have been increasing the amount every time they make it (we are now up to 8 TBL) but the tarts still don't turn out. Can you tell us what the right amount should be? And if there are any other typos in the recipes, we'd like to know aobut them too. Otherwise, we love the book! We've made just about every recipe except the soup one.
Peace and good
Regina Schmiedicke
Caleb, Rose, Marygrace, Joshua

Rating:
Summary: Great concept but TYPOS!
Review: I just wrote the following email to DK Books about this book:
We got this book for Christmas and have used it a lot. My kids (aged 7 & 5) are able to do everything themselves now except turn on the oven and the stove, which Mommy does. But still, there are some typos in the book that are frustrating my kids. There is a recipe in the book for "fruity tarts" which definitely has errors in it. It calls for only 2 TBL of butter, which is impossible! You can't make tart dough that way! But what is the correct amount? My kids have been increasing the amount every time they make it (we are now up to 8 TBL) but the tarts still don't turn out. Can you tell us what the right amount should be? And if there are any other typos in the recipes, we'd like to know aobut them too. Otherwise, we love the book! We've made just about every recipe except the soup one.
Peace and good
Regina Schmiedicke
Caleb, Rose, Marygrace, Joshua

Rating:
Summary: Confusing and frustrating
Review: My kids and I have tried 2 recipes from this book and the measurements of the ingredients seem way off. The bread recipe was so dry that I had to add almost one cup of additional liquid. The pictures are very cute and fun for kids to look at, but confusing when looking for details of the recipes.