If You Like...Adventurous Cooking

Are you feeling adventurous? Try cooking a new recipe using one of these adventurous cookbooks. You will find step-by-step recipes showing you how to take ordinary food and combine it with unusual ingredients to create a surprisingly delicious masterpiece. Begin your cooking adventure by checking out one of these unusual cookbooks and see what creations you can make.

Adventurous Eats

By Katrina Jorgensen

Capstone Press, 2021. Informational. 32 pgs.

Throw ordinary and plain snacks out the door and create something new with flavor combinations that may surprise you. These recipes are appetizing and easy enough for young aspiring chefs to follow. Head to the kitchen and get creative!

Twisted Treats: Desserts With Unexpected Ingredients

By Heather Kim

Compass Point Books, 2019. Informational. 48 pgs.

Learn how to make traditional desserts that are household favorites and then experience an explosion of flavors by adding unusual ingredients to create fun textures and mouth watering creations. If you are a chef who likes to experiment in the kitchen this is the cookbook for you. Head to the pantry and look for some surprising ingredients that will make your creation something to remember.

Sweet and Sour: Far From Ordinary Fruity Desserts

By Heather Kim

Compass Point, 2019. Informational. 48 pgs.

If you love fruity desserts you won't want to miss a serving of these delicious concoctions. In this cookbook you will find step-by-step instructions on how to create a masterpiece that will explode with delicious fruity flavors. It doesn't matter if you like sweet or sour desserts or crave the unusual you will love the ooey-gooey fruity goodness of these treats.

Campfire Cooking: Wild Eats for Outdoor Adventures

By Blake Hoena

Capstone Press, 2020. Informational. 48 pgs.

If you have never cooked anything but a marshmallow over a fire but want to learn how to make delicious outdoor creations then this is the book for you. Cooking outside can be a lot of fun if you know what to bring and you plan ahead. This book will help you make a meal plan and gather the utensils you need so you can cook like a pro out in the wild. With simple easy to follow recipes you will be an outdoor cooking chef in no time.

Edible Crafts Kid's Cookbook

By Charity Mathews

Rockridge Press, 2021. Informational. 112 pgs.

Cooking and making food is an art form that can spark curiosity and creativity in young kids who love trying new foods. If you don't mind a little mess in the kitchen, your kids will have a blast creating new craft projects that are not limited to scissors, crayons, and paper. Young foodies can make art that is as much fun to eat as it is to make with simple steps and plenty of pictures to follow.

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Review: Fowl Play

Fowl Play By Kristin O'Donnell Tubb New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2024. Fiction 277 pages. Still reeling from her beloved uncle's death, Chloe Alvarez is comforted and confused when at his last will and testament reading, Uncle Will gifts her his African Grey parrot, Charlie. Charlie has a robust vocabulary and loves to make Alexa requests for her favorite songs, but when she starts saying things like, "homicide," and "cyanide," Chloe becomes convinced that Uncle Will may have met his demise by murder instead of a genetic disease, as was previously thought. Ultimately, bringing in her brother, Grammy, and Uncle Frank (and of course Charlie,) Chloe's ragtag and adoring family support her search for answers ---going on stakeouts, engaging in fast pursuits, and searching for clues. But as the suspects stack up and the mystery grows, Chole will learn that the process of death and grieving is complicated, and in the end her Uncle Will's words that, ...

Review: The Factory

The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...

Review: A Game of Noctis

A Game of Noctis By Deva Fagan New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. Fiction. 310 pages. On the island of Dantessa, social standings and wealth are determined by your place in the Great Game. If you keep on winning, you can reap treasures, power, and security for yourself and your family; but if you lose too many games, you'll be exiled to Pawn Island and a life of servitude. That's what happens to 12-year-old Pia's grandfather. Due to poor vision, he struggles to see the games, but also can't afford new eyeglasses without winning. When his score falls to zero, he is sent away. Desperate to bring him back, Pia joins a ragtag group of misfits to form a team for the annual game of Noctis. The game requires contestants to perform dangerous challenges in front of a live audience, and no one outside the wealthy Diamond District has ever won. Each member of Pia's team, the Seafoxes, has their own reason to compete, but if they're going to win they'll h...

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