The Around the World Cookbook, 2008, DK Publishing by Abigail Johnson Dodge is a really fun book to inspire cooking programs in the library. With easy recipes and great colorful pictures this cookbook is wonderful for all ages. Pair up a recipe from a region with a book from your collection. Read the book aloud and work with the group to cook an appropriate recipe. For example read the Russian folktale "The Turnip" then cook the recipe for Roasted Beets (close enough!) You could even go one step further and incorporate a little food/garden lesson on how root vegetables are grown.
I am planning on a potluck family dinner this summer as part of the summer reading theme "One World, Many Stories." This cookbook could be used by patrons to help choose a dish to make and bring to the dinner.
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