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Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know About Food and Cooking
96 pp.
| Owlkids |
March, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-926973-96-8$18.95
(3)
YA
Illustrated by
Jeff Kulak.
Although this book includes some recipes, it's not a cookbook. Elton explores why we cook, how our senses contribute to food preferences, how culture and history affect food choices, and more. The lively prose is accompanied by stylized illustrations, charts, activities, and other graphics. A "guide to flavor pairing" and a measurement conversion chart are appended. Ind.