Product Description

Families That Cook Together Stay Together! Chef Antonio knows about family fun in the kitchen. He grew up with family members who cooked, ate, and spent most of their time whipping up delicious dishes together. He fell in love with cooking during those formative years and grew up to become a fabulous chef and a five-star restaurant owner. Now, Chef Antonio shares his favorite family recipes with you and your family in Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen . He reveals the secret ingredient in Grandpa Joe's Jelly Cookies, inspires budding chefs with Spaghetti Pie, and entices the kid in every adult with Homemade Marshmallows. This unique Chicken Soup for the Soul cook book is filled with mouth-watering recipes that will have even the youngest family members clamoring to help. Packed inside are kid-friendly recipes, safety and cleanup tips, food-related activities, and charming stories of lessons learned while cooking with loved ones. Delight in other families' accounts of great times spent together in the kitchen, and enjoy the secret family recipes they've shared. The colorful design, fun games, mouthwatering photos, simple step-by-step instructions, and kid-tested, kid-prepared recipes will inspire you and your children to create your own family traditions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #601221 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-03
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .71" h x 6.54" w x 8.93" l, 1.34 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are co-creators of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Chef Antonio Frontera (Newburgh, NY) operates Chianti a four-star family-owned restaurant in New York. He fell in love with cooking at the age of six when he was given his very own oven. He learned how to cook from his family during his school years and then went on to graduate from the Culinary Institute of America. He became interested in cooking with children when he realized how meal preparation was lacking in today's families. Antonio now introduces the world of cooking to kids and families through his live cooking shows for television at his restaurant studio.

Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield are co-creators of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

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Ready Set GO! 'When you rise in the morning and smell the aroma coming from the kitchen, you know at that moment it will be a glorious day.' Chef Antonio Frontera You can't go too far when you are out of gas. You need fuel! Power! Nutrients! If an empty car sleeps all night long, how far can it go in the morning? If it doesn't fill up, it will be slow and sluggish, and it will finally shut down. If you sleep all night, and don't fill up in the morning, you'll be slow and sluggish, too! People are always telling me that I should eat a good breakfast! They're right! Eat something, but don't eat just sugar and fat, because sugar and fat won't help you get through your day. You will still run out of gas. Breakfast is about new beginnings, new hope, and the promise of a new day. No two days are ever the same, so enjoy and explore. Get fueled and get powered. Be a believer in breakfast because it does make a difference. That's the root of the expression 'Breakfast of Champions.' And everyone can be a champion! Breakfast is the first meal you eat when you wake up after a night of sleeping and fasting. In fact, 'breakfast' is a compound word: break-fast. You are breaking your fast and giving nourishment to an empty stomach so you can energize yourself. Worldwide, eating breakfast is considered the healthy way to begin a new day. It's a gift to your body. There are many kinds of breakfast you can try because breakfasts are different throughout the world in many families, regions, and countries. Learning about the breakfasts of different cultures might make you curious about other people and their traditions. Did you have cereal for breakfast today? Was it hot or cold? Did you know that it is called 'porridge' in some places in the world? Do you sometimes like peanut butter on toast? In Australia, some love Vegemite, not peanut butter. You can learn all about foreign foods. You might even try them one day! I will share breakfast foods that I know about, and you can find others to add to the list: rice, soup, fish, noodles, peas, chutney, cheese, bagels, croissants, yogurt, sandwiches, and more. Lots of people eat eggs for breakfast. Eggs can be made in many different ways, such as poached, scrambled, fried, over easy, over hard, or as an omelet. There are many breakfast alternatives: hot breakfast, cold breakfast, or something freshly made, from a package, or put together the night before to save time in the morning. You can eat breakfast in a chair or on the run, on a plate, in a cup, or in a bag. Count the number of foods you can eat for breakfast. There are so many possibilities. You can be creative, and you can look forward to breakfast. Now think about this: next time you can't sleep, don't count sheep count ways of making breakfasts! Chef Antonio Frontera Tokens of Love Whenever I bite into a warm chocolate-chip pancake, a feeling of comfort and love fills me as I remember my mom's special breakfasts. You see, my mom was not a m