food

New Non Fiction for 2013: Things to do, Things to eat and some things that are just plain weird.

Katie

The Kids’ Guide to Projects Four Your Pet.

Did you know that creating something for your pet is a great way to show how much you care about it. If you are stuck on ideas, then this book will give you a range of ideas with step by step instructions show how to make simple projects for pets from toys for your cats, clothes for your dogs, a fun house for your hamsters and  liver treats for your cat or dog. You are sure to find something for your fury, feathery or even scaly friend.

 

 

 

 

Poo! A History of the World from the Bottom Up.

How many toilets were there in the average Egyptian pyramid? Did lead pipes cause the fall of the Roman Empire? How did a knight over 20 kilograms of armour go to the loo? How do astronauts wee and poo in space?  Find out all the answers to these questions in this new and exciting read that the School Library Journal rates as the “number one book on number two”. This book provides  everything you have ever wanted to know about the history of poo, as well as hygiene and sanitation throughout history in times of Ancient Greece, Rome, Middle ages, renaissance and the Victorian Era. Also check out Poop Happened! A History of the world from the Bottom Up!

 

Tractors and trucks.

The ideal arts and crafts book for boys that allows them to get creative with fun tractor and track activities. Complete with brilliant step by step photographs and templates to make a digger picture with moving parts, a tanker, tire track pictures, a tractor cab and lots lots more, this is one book and activity idea that can keep boys busy throughout the school holidays.

 

 

 

 


Incredible Edibles.

Love food and science? Looking for a book on mad recipes, crazy experiments, kitchen science projects and weird food stories that will shock and perhaps gross you out? Look no further, here is the book for you. Stefan Gates’s book takes you on an adventure of the amazing, weird and perhaps gross facts about food.  You will also find out answers to questions like what is the most dangerous food on earth, how do you milk a cow and perhaps the mother of all food recipes: how to make your own cola.

 

 

The Garden Cook: Grow, Cook and Eat with Kids.

Move over, Annabel Langbein, there’s a new chef in town! Former Masterchef Australia contestant and teacher, Fiona Inglis has written this excellent book that draws on her real-life experience of working with primary school-aged children. You will find information that covers all aspects of cooking and gardening, including plenty of helpful advice and recipes. The book is written in simple, clear language, is beautifully illustrated and is guaranteed to appeal to all young cooks and gardeners (and to inspire their parents).

 

The World In Your Lunch Box

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Have you ever wondered about the everyday foods that you eat? Well believe it or not there are some extraordinary stories behind those very foods that might be sitting in your lunch box right now.

The world in your lunch box has all the wacky history and weird science of everyday foods that you are going to love reading about.

I found out that Pliny the Elder a Roman writer and naturalist who lived almost 2000 years ago wrote that onions are good for your eyes because the tears caused by the smell of the onion will cure poor vision. He even said that you should squeeze the juice from an onion and apply it directly to the eyes. Ouch – no thanks.

Also the sandwich was named after the fourth Earl of Sandwich who once gambled for 24 hours straight, eating slices of beef stuck between two pieces of bread to keep himself going. He is not the only one in history who used bread as a wrapper for other food, but his is the one whose name stuck.

This is a great book with lots of fun facts and stories about what you eat everyday.

 

How to Drink from a Frog!

debbie

Don’t know your onions? Unable to suss your sausages, fathom your fruit or get your head around hazelnuts? If so, this may be the book for you.

 

This fun book is absolutely stuffed full with scrumptious stories, flavoursome facts and toothsome tales about nosh to make you go GOSH and facts about chow to make you say WOW!

 

From calories to allergies, this title is packed with interesting food facts, stories, quizzes, recipes and timelines through the ages.

 

So if you’ve got the appetite to discover:

  • WHO ate an entire aeroplane
  • HOW many shepherds in a sherperd’s pie
  • HOW to drink from a frog
  • WHY some folk just love eating mud…

Then what are you waiting for? Get How to Drink from a Frog and tuck in!

Do you cook?

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Hey, do you like cooking? Are you a chef in waiting? If you are, and you’re on the lookout for some tasty new recipes to try then have a look at this site. Real Meals is a recipe book put together in the UK with kid chefs in mind, using healthy food to create really tasty meals like crispy potatoes, chicken tikka, roast chicken legs and apple crumble. You can download the recipes and give them a go and impress your family and friends!

 

Eat your veges,

Bridget

Who likes cooking?

admin

book coverWith it being winter its a nice time to try some cooking! Do you like cooking? What about trying to cook food from different countries? Around the world cookbook by Johnson Dodge has more than fifty international recipes. It tells you a little bit about the country that the recipe comes from also. There’s a recipe for a really yummy Swiss Hot Chocolate drink. The recipes look so yummy! I can’t wait to try some. Look out for the book next time you come to the library or reserve it on the library catalogue. Let me know how your recipes turn out!