Picked by Meagan Albright
Think outside the (bread) box and bring math, science, literacy, history and culture to your kitchen!

Math!

Count the number of chocolate chips. Explain how many 1/4 cups are in a cup.

  • Eat your math homework

    This collection of yummy recipes and fun math facts is sure to tempt taste buds and make you hungry for more. Explore patterns in nature while you chomp on Fibonacci Stack Sticks. Amaze your friends with delicious Variable Pizza Pi! Wash down your geometry assignment with some Milk and Tangram Cookies.

  • Kitchen math

    Math is everywhere in the kitchen! See what's cooking inside this book—and how we need math to finish the job! You'll need your math smarts to help measure ingredients, calculate cooking times, add and subtract fractions, double and halve recipes, convert cups to ounces and back again, and more. It all adds up to a lot of fun!

  • The math chef

    Relates math and cookery by presenting math concepts and reinforcing them with recipes. Provides practice in converting from English to metric system, multiplying quantities, measuring area, estimating, and more. Over 60 math activities and recipes for kids

 

Science!

You’re the scientist, the kitchen is your laboratory and the recipes are your delicious experiments!

  • The science chef travels around the world

    Introduces fourteen countries, including Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, describes an experiment related to some basic food ingredient typical for each country, and provides a recipe for a complete meal based on each food.

  • Science experiments you can eat

    Science never tasted so good! Dig into a feast of fun. Discover what it takes to make sugar crystallize into rock candy, what moisture has to do with popping popcorn, and how proteins are essential in making cakes and muffins rise. And after you’ve tested your theories and made some amazing discoveries, you can actually eat your results!

  • The science chef

    Why do onions make you cry? How does yeast make bread rise? What makes popcorn pop, whipped cream frothy, and angel food cake fluffy? You'll discover the scientific answers to these and dozens of other tasty mysteries when you prepare kid-tested recipes for everything from Cinnamon Toast and Basic Baked Potatoes to Stromboli Pizzoli and Monkey Bread.

 

Literacy!

Select books that have simple, clear instructions with photographs of the ingredients and final product; connect the written word with the ingredient: “The recipe says here that we need to add two eggs. Here they are – let’s count them: 1, 2. I’m going to crack the eggs into the bowl, and you can help me stir them.”

  • Kids in the kitchen cookbook

    Filled with full-color photos and some illustrations, this book features step-by-step, easy-to-follow recipes. Kids will practice measuring ingredients, reading nutritional labels, and learn the basics of cooking.

  • Complete children's cookbook

    With easy to follow step-by-step instructions alongside pictures for each stage of cooking your child will be able to whip up soups and salads, main meals and tasty puddings in no time.

  • The toddler cookbook

    A collection of simple recipes, such as chicken satay skewers, cutout cookies, and homemade lemonade, that toddlers can make themselves or assist in preparing.

 

A Love of Books!

Choose cookbooks with a connection to your child’s favorite literary characters.

  • Cook me a story

    A treasury of stories and recipes inspired by classic fairy tales. Welcome to the enchanted world of Cook Me a Story, where the most beloved fairy tales are retold with recipes for families to create and enjoy together.

  • The official DC super hero cookbook

    Presents more than fifty recipes for snacks, meals, drinks, and desserts inspired by the superheroes of DC Comics, including Kryptonite Krunch granola, Green Arrow kebobs, and Plastic Man pudding.

  • The Redwall cookbook

    Ever read a Redwall novel and wonder exactly what Abbot’s Special Abbey Trifle is? Or how to make Shrimp ’N Hotroot Soup, that delicacy of otters everywhere? Or Mole’s Favourite Turnip and Tater Deeper ’N Ever Pie? From the simple refreshment of Strawberry Fizz to Great Hall Gooseberry Fool, they’re all here, along with dozens of other favorites sure to turn young hands into seasoned chefs, illustrated in full color with all the charm and magic that is Redwall.

  • Let's Cook!

    A new collection of 50 healthful, fun recipes for parents and children ages 2 to 5 from celebrity chefs Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, and the beloved Sesame Street gang. On TV and in popular children's books, Sesame Street has been entertaining and educating young children and their parents for 45 years with its irresistible, brightly colored monsters.

  • The Disney princess cookbook

    Collects kid-friendly recipes inspired by the adventures of favorite Disney princesses and provides step-by-step instructions and helpful cooking tips for preparing such options as Rapunzel's frying p an eggs and Ariel's sea turtle cupcakes. Disney Princess movies and books can be found at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library!

Culture!

Explore the world and make your plate your passport to delicious food from countries and cultures around the globe.

History!

What did we eat in the past…and how did we cook it?

  • Pioneer recipes

    Discusses everyday life, cooking methods, foods, and celebrations of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Includes recipes.

  • Loaves of fun, a history of bread with activities and recipes from around the world

    A collection of recipes for various kinds of breads arranged in a timeline format that charts the history of this staple food from the earliest civilization to the present day.

  • Civil War cooking

    Describes the cooking techniques, ingredients, kitchen equipment, and common meals of American pioneers, and includes such early American recipes as shepard's pie, parsnip soup, and German baked apples.