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In the French Kitchen with Kids: Easy, Everyday Dishes for the Whole Family to Make and Enjoy: A Cookbook

✍️ Michels, Mardi
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🏛 Appetite by Random House 📅 2018 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780147530776
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📝 Description: In the French Kitchen with Kids: Easy, Everyday Dishes for the Whole Family to Make and Enjoy: A Cookbook

"In her first book, Mardi shows that French food doesn't have to be complicated. The result is an elegant, approachable cookbook featuring recipes tailored for young chefs and their families. From savory dishes like omelettes, croque-monsieurs or steak frites to sweet treats like profiteroles, madeleines or craeme braulaee, readers will find many French classics here. With helpful timetables to plan out baking projects, as well as tips on how to get kids involved in the cooking, this book breaks down any preconceived notion that French cuisine is too fancy or too difficult for kids to master. With Mardi's warm, empowering and encouraging instructions, kids of all ages will be begging to help out in the kitchen every day of the week."--Publisher's description.

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Mardi Michels delivers an encouraging and empowering guide that proves French cooking can be both accessible and fun for families. The inclusion of clear timetables and practical tips ensures that young chefs are set up for success rather than frustration in the kitchen. However, this book does not suit experienced home cooks or advanced culinary students seeking rigorous, highly technical French techniques or complex professional recipes. Those looking for deeply traditional, unadapted bistro classics might also find the family-friendly modifications too simplified. Yet, for households eager to introduce children to the kitchen through familiar yet classic French dishes, it serves as a warm and practical resource that successfully bridges the gap between everyday cooking and culinary tradition.
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Mardi Michels delivers an encouraging and empowering guide that proves French cooking can be both accessible and fun for families. The inclusion of clear timetables and practical tips ensures that young chefs are set up for success rather than frustration in the kitchen. However, this book does not suit experienced home cooks or advanced culinary students seeking rigorous, highly technical French techniques or complex professional recipes. Those looking for deeply traditional, unadapted bistro classics might also find the family-friendly modifications too simplified. Yet, for households eager to introduce children to the kitchen through familiar yet classic French dishes, it serves as a warm and practical resource that successfully bridges the gap between everyday cooking and culinary tradition.

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