One Bite Won't Kill You: More Than 200 Hundred Recipes to Tempt Even the Pickiest Kids on Earth: And Therest of the Family Too

by Ann Hodgman

Book Overview

The toughest challenge many cooks face each day is feeding their own children. By her own admission, the writer and humorist Ann Hodgman's kids are the worst eaters in the world, and if she finds... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395901464
• ISBN13: 9780395901465
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A cookbook with an attitude

I would really like to recommend One Bite Won't Kill You by Ann Hodgman. It is a GREAT cookbook for picky eaters. It is not so much that the recipes are great (though they are) as her attitude when writing it. It really perks up your day to know that someone is writing a cookbook and really seems to GET kids.She has fun recipes with real kid friendly ingredients such as Tater Tot Surprise and Nonthreating Cheese Fondue, but she also writes in a way that will get most parents smiling even with the food battle getting ready to come:Nonthreating Cheese Fondue "...The fondue concept is so perfect for children -- it's so nice and violent, stabbing something with a fork and drowning it in a vat--that poisoning the cheese with wine is lunacy. But this recipe wouldn't dream of doing anything silly like this. This recipe LIKES children."It is not a fancy cookbook. But it is a cookbook that has food with ingredients that you can find, are likely in your house anyway and isn't all preachy and nasty about the foods your kid SHOULD be eating. And the foods taste good. And my kids eat them. Also her essay in the back "Why None of This Matters" is really great too.

maine

This book is not just for kids! I have made several recipes and they were great! The cloud fruit dip was recent party hit--with adults! The caramel apple bread pudding ,eggnog and fudgies were all excellent. It is also very funny and the illustrations are a riot.

I hope my sister isn't reding this....

I originally purchased this book for my sister - the mother of two pickey eaters. This book goes beyond the simple presentation of recipes for children. It is a wonderful and inspiring guide to feeding children, the family and yes, the human spirit. All with wonderful humor, grace and practical information. A cook book to be read from cover to cover.

This book got me back into the kitchen, humming...

I am responsible for feeding four males daily (one of whom is my husband), all of whom are such picky eaters that I come close to pounding my head with the cast-iron Le Creuset cookware I bought before I had children. However, these are mighty fine recipes, most of which will get eaten around these parts if I'm not hiding chopped broccoli in them. In addition, Ann reminds us in the nicest possible way that in this world, being a picky eater is sheer luxury, and then rolls up her sleeves and gets to it. As in her previous (and also highly recommended, by me) cookbooks, Beat This! and Beat That!, Ann admits freely that there is a time and a place in the kitchen for time-saving convenience foods, cleverly disguised. And if that argument goes over with me--when I lived in Berkeley, I used to grind my own flour, for God's sake--it should to you, too. The Roz Chast illustrations are a treat. The holidays are coming, so buy this book for anyone who can boil water. I'll be watching.

Pure delight!

I don't have kids but I read the fabulous reviews of this book and couldn't resist taking a look. I'm glad I did. Not only does it contain some fun and delicious recipes, it's hilarious. I guarantee you will love it.