Curious young minds will enjoy experimenting with food to answer questions like "How do temperature and time affect the growth of microbes in milk?"

With sturdy, colorful pages and simple experiments such as mixing oil and water to understand density, this will whet students' appetites for science by encouraging them to play with their food.

In this tour of 41 countries, readers get a quick dose of culture from each one. There are one or two recipes for each place and an introduction to a child who lives there.

How Americans have lived and dined over the centuries. Includes food timelines, kid-friendly recipes and fun food facts.

The simple recipes in this book are ideal for young children.

Facts about America's culinary heritage covering such topics as manners, food preservation, and culinary staples such as corn. Ichord also includes a section on regional diversity and one she calls "Soul Cooking," which focuses on the unique cuisine created by slaves. Recipes for popular dishes, updated for modern kitchens and accompanied by clear directions and discussion of how the same dish would have been prepared by colonial cooks, conclude each chapter. Children will need adult help when they prepare the food, but they'll have fun learning the history and making such dishes as johnnycakes, pumpkin soup, and, of course, hasty pudding.

Recipe cards with colorfully illustrated ideas to get children excited about packing their own simple, healthy lunches.

Many fun and easy recipes for school-age children, with good reading and math practice. Safety tips are included.

Fun and healthy recipes that kids can make themselves. Shows 6-10 year olds that making nutritious food can be just as much fun as eating it. Contains 90 kid-tested recipes fully approved by parents and nutritionists alike.

More than 35 recipes from Ghana in West Africa, from palmnut soup and African doughnuts to kelewele (fried plantain cubes) and peanut butter stew. Introduction stresses the connection between the food of the West African coast and that of the American South, including the use of such ingredients as okra, peanuts, sesame and black-eyed peas.

Discusses cooking techniques and presents recipes for soups, breads, meat and fish dishes, vegetables, pastas and grains, salads and desserts. Aspiring cooks are given tips on how to cook good food for the entire family.

With plenty of pictures, step-by-step instructions and a glossary, this book makes baking look both exciting and accessible to young cooks.

Teenage British cook Sam Stern aims this book at his "mates," with simple recipes like chicken parmigiana and cheese and potato pizza.

A rooster and his eager assistants set out to make strawberry shortcake. Teaches basic cooking skills and builds vocabulary.

Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions take readers from dough to sauce to toppings to completed pizza. An overview of necessary cooking tools is included, as is an index and glossary.

A collection of 388 recipes from more than 136 countries. Also described arre the local holidays, customs and foods that are part of the holiday traditions in each country.

Hundreds of recipes representing every country and every culture around the globe, the book is organized on a regional basis and offers one to three recipes each drawn from 150 countries. Commentary on food safety and sanitary kitchen practices are included.

Easy-to-use recipes often require little or no cooking. Includes handy hints, tips for preparing vegetables, basic kitchen equipment and an excellent glossary.