49. Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs by Rozanne Gold

Gold, Rozanne. Eat fresh food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2009. ISBN 9781599902821

Summary
Rozanne Gold's book is a healthy guide to cooking delicious food using fresh ingredients.
Chapters include:
1) Bread, Butter & Breakfast
2) Bowls: Soups & Pasta
3) Sandwiches, Burgers & Pizza
4) Salads, Big & Small
5) Dinner Specials with Vegetables
6) Side Dishes
7) Desserts & Drinks

Gold also includes a list of menus for special occasions such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day.

Critical Evaluation
This book is full of wonderful recipes that are easy for teens to create. Gold discusses nutrition, information about organic food, equipment, and safety. Her recipes are created with the aspiring teen chef in mind although adults will likely find them fun also. Highlights include a carrot-ginger-tomato soup and pasta primavera with jade zucchini sauce. This is a useful book to include in public and school libraries especially schools with health education and/or home economics classes.

Reader's Annotation
Learn to cook fun and healthy recipes using fresh ingredients with recipes by award-winning chef, Rozanne Gold.

About the Author
Rozanne Gold, renowned chef, author and international food and restaurant consultant, began her career at age 23 as first chef to New York Mayor Ed Koch. Considered one of the most prominent women in the food world, she is a four-time winner of the prestigious James Beard Award and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.

The author of 11 acclaimed cookbooks, Ms. Gold has been the entertaining columnist for Bon Appetit magazine. She has written and produced stories for The New York Times (her work can be found on the Op-Ed page, the Dining Section, and Sunday Magazine), and has written for Oprah, Gourmet, Cooking Light, More, FoodArts, Modern Maturity and The Montessori Magazine.

Genre
Contemporary Nonfiction

Curriculum Ties
Home economics
Health

Booktalking Ideas
1) How important is it to learn healthy eating habits at an early age?
2) Can you think of ways to incorporate these healthy meals into everyday family meals?
3) Would you consider a career as a chef after trying out these recipes?

Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 13+

Challenge Issues
None

Why Included in Titles Selected
Healthy eating alternatives for teenagers.