Today is Father’s Day. I wanted to share a children’s cookbook I received called Priya’s Kitchen Adventures A Cookbook For Kids by Priya Krishna (Author) of Indian-Ish in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links if you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage off the items you purchase.
Charlie and I can use this new cookbook to prepare a new unique dish for David today. Charlie and I loved the cover of the book with the young girl standing on a suitcase. The yellow background makes the food on the cover pop. I like how the Author reminds us with these recipes that we can make them. I wish I had remembered this Cookbook when Charlie was still Homeschooling but it’s okay because no, matter what is happening in our lives Charlie still needs to know how to cook.
When you open the cookbook the Author reminds us we can travel the world from our kitchen and in the world we live in that would be much safer than traveling. Charlie loves how the Author reminds us we can slurp Ramen in Japan because this is one of Charlie and David’s favorite meals. Before you ask if I like Ramon I don’t. Do you?
Charlie thought it was neat to find out that before the Author was a food writer she was a kid traveler because her mom worked in Air Travel. The Author has brought us recipes from Greece, Mexico, France, China, Egypt, Italy, Moracco, England, India, Japan and Puru. If we cook meals from all these Countries we will be well traveled as well.
Each recipes come with fun illustrations and step-by-step photos with the recipes included. There is a map in the book so we can see the places the recipes come from. Charlie and I enjoyed the introduction and learning about the Author and her family. Here is a fun fact for you they live in The Dallas, Texas so we are neighbors.
I love how the Author gives us advice on how to get started cooking for children that haven’t been in a kitchen or even adults. Along with ways to cut the vegetables in the book which Charlie and David didn’t know a lot of the terms or how to do it. Before you ask yes, I even learned new ways to cut vegetables.
Now it’s time to get to cooking we began in Greece and on to Mexico and we learn to make Tostadas and Quesadillas which my family loves. How about you? Then we go to France and we can try to make Crepes which I will pass on for Mousse Au Chocolat. Would you like some? Then it’s off to China and we can make David Fried Rice. Would you like some?
Next stop is Egypt. Then it’s to Italy mine and Charlie’s favorite stop. Let’s make Ravioli. Next stop is Morocco. Then we head to England and we can host a Tea Party and make Tea Sandwiches and Scones. Next sop is India. Are you tired of traveling yet? Charlie and I aren’t and even David is coming with us this time.
Next stop is Japan all aboard. Anyone for Miso Ramen? If your don’t exploring Japan let’s head to Peru. Then it’s off to Trinidad &Tobago. Thats the end of our trip. But before you take off the Author aid we need to design our passports which would be a fun family arts project. Then in the back of the cookbook make sure you take time to color the page she left for us.
About the book:
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Indian-ish and Cooking at Home, an illustrated cookbook for kids and their parents that draws on Priya’s childhood experiences traveling the globe with her family. With delicious recipes and laugh-out-loud stories, Priya’s Kitchen Adventures will get kids cooking and expand their curiosity about the world.
Climbing the Great Wall of China, camping in the Amazon jungle, sliding down the dunes of the Sahara Desert—oh, and did she mention slurping ramen in Japan, sipping aguas frescas in Mexico, and enjoying British high tea? Before Priya Krishna was a celebrated food writer, she was a kid traveler. Thanks to her appetite for exploration (and a mom who worked in air travel), by the time she was a teenager she had done all this and more. Traveling unlocked Priya’s sense of discovery and inspired her to get cooking.
In this bright and kid-friendly cookbook, kids can travel the world with Priya—no passport required, just an open mind and a kitchen. Through her eyes, kids and their parents can see—and taste!—China, Greece, Peru, Mexico, Morocco, England, Italy, Japan, France, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, and India. The whole family will love making and tasting each kid-tested recipe—brought to life with vivid photos and colorful illustrations plus step-by-step how-to photos—and sharing Priya’s dynamic and often hilarious tales of adventure. They’ll come to discover what Priya was lucky to learn as a kid: that cooking is one of our greatest superpowers, allowing us to travel in our own kitchens and learn about incredible places and cultures—without the jet lag.
Recipes include:
- Pork and Chive Dumplings
- Spanakopita
- Tostadas with Refried Beans and Squash
- Miso Ramen
- Pesto Pasta
- Chocolate Mousse
- Artichokes with Butter
- Hummus Bi Tehina
- Vegetable Tagine
- Crepes
With Priya’s Kitchen Adventures, the whole world is open for discovery—right from your very own kitchen!
Meet the Author:
PRIYA KRISHNA is a food reporter for the New York Times, and the author of the bestselling cookbook, Indian-ish. In 2020, she was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, and she has also been nominated for an International Association of Culinary Professionals award for her journalism.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
