SynopsisĬooking for teens, like finding the perfect gift for teen boys and girls, is almost impossible. For teens (and tweens) who are tired of eating what their parents decide to fix, TEENS COOK offers foolproof advice for whipping up some tasty home-cooked meals of their own. In TEENS COOK, the Carle sisters also share their kitchen know-how on averting and fixing disasters, dealing with cookbook math (fractions and metricsugh!), deciphering culinary vocabulary (all those terms we kind of know, but not really), explaining chemistry (why and how stuff goes right and wrong in the kitchen), and avoiding accidents (can you say grease fire? oops!). Together, theyre a dynamic duo who have created and mastered more than 75 recipes for breakfasts, snacks, sides, family meals, dinners for one, and desserts. One is a vegetarian whos drawn to ethnic food the other prefers all-American comfort food. One buys ingredients she likes and figures out what to make when she gets home the other follows every recipe to the letter. Authors Megan and Jill Carle are teenage sisters with nothing much in common when it comes to foodexcept that they both know how to cook really well. That said, there is enough variety in flavor and cultural influence for most beginners, and it's all preferable to the likely alternative: fast food.Written by two teens who know what teens do and dont know about cooking, TEENS COOK is an instructional cookbook that teaches young adults how to make great mealsand be confident and independent in the kitchen. Their common-sense approach will no doubt sit well with novies, though their advocacy of bouillon cubes (""it's cheaper and a lot lighter to carry home from the store"") and reliance on canned soup for sauces could kickstart some bad habits.
In addition, the authors offer tips on stocking a pantry and outfitting a kitchen, as well as a handful of themed menus (Toga Party, Cinco de Mayo). While dishes like Barbecue Chicken Pita Pizza, in which poached chicken is placed atop pita bread with barbecue sauce, shredded cheese and cilantro, aren't going to win any culinary awards, they're user-friendly and likely to become staples for the book's target audience. Prospective cooks are encouraged to prepare everything from Oven-Fried Chicken to Tres Leches Cake in this compilation of over 60 quick recipes. The authors of Teens Cook and Teens Cook Dessert are off to college in their third collection of easy-to-prepare dishes for those still finding their way around the kitchen.
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