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"Everything that's wrong with America"
You are not selling kids on healthy eating if you shill for Dunkin' Donuts at the same time. There are literally thousands of better food role models to have your children follow. Rachel Ray and her slimy, hyper-sanitized ilk are little better formers of youthful opinion than are the folks at McDonald's (and dear god I hope that we all are trying to aspire beyond McDonald's).

If you and your child go ahead and make Mark Bittman's simple Minimalist recipe from the NY Times, you will develop in both yourself and in the child the ability to eat with a varied palate and to try new things that don't come from cardboard boxes or wherever Ray gets her pre-packaged goodies. Bonus: If time is of the essence, Bittman can provide you with 101 meals in 10 minutes each (plus time to boil pasta).
How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food

"Great cookbook!"
My son, 9, is a budding chef and fan of Rachael Ray. He loves this cookbook because it is fun to read and the recipes are yummy! I love it because it is broken down into age oriented categories. The recipes spam from easy recognizable (with funny names at times) to ones a bit more discerning, perfect for a child chef who is a serious devotee of cooking shows!

The spiral binding makes this book very usable for small fingers.

"NOT WORTH THE MONEY, YUCK!"
I love Rachael Ray. I love her enthusiasm, her moxie, just her good 'ole zest for life. She is fun to watch and gets you really involved in the meal at the same time urging you to try new things.

She should not have published this cookbook.

The ideals in it are nice. Cook with your kids, teaching, learning etc. etc. Create some wholesome family time etc. etc. ABSOLUTELY.

Great ideas, great concepts.

HORRIBLE RECIPES.

Seriously, just plain bad.

I am an uneducated semi-gourmet cook. Meaning, I am an excellent cook, everyone has always loved my food and I can cook just about anything under the sun (with or without recipes), BUT, I have not been to culinary school.

Even so, these are terrible recipes!!!!!

They not only taste terrible, they don't make alot of culinary sense.

I am not bashing Rachael. Just this cookbook.

Don't waste your money folks, look elsewhere, but continue to cook with your kids, it is time well spent!


"This book should be called, How to Poison Your Kids by Rachel Ray"
This is just plan bad, take my word for it, your kids will not eat anything in this book, unless they are into eating out of your garbage, please stop giving your money to this muppet of a cook and peruse the book store for some better kid's cook books.

"Great kids cookbook"
This cookbook is lots of fun. Almost all of the items are meals a child will enjoy cooking and eating. My kids couldn't wait to eat the "Worms and Eyeballs." Some of the spices are a bit heavy for a younger child however but it is easy to tone down to your own tastes during preparation. Definately a worthwhile purchase.