Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 11/28/2015 11:11 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 11/28/2015 8:51 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > Now I know what to get him for Christmas. A cookbook. I'm not
> > > sure I want to give him a big cookbook, maybe something geared to
> > > kids. Any thoughts on that?
> > >
> > Not specifically for kids, but clearly written with loads of
> > illustrations -
> >
> > <http://www.amazon.com/How-Cook-Every...--/dp/04705280
> > 60/
> > ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448726878&sr=8-2&keywords=mark+bittman+how+
> > to+cook+everything>
> >
> >
> > Bittman has a number of 'How to Cook' books, but I think this one
> > would be good for any beginning cook. It's not dumbed-down for
> > kids, but an intelligent kid who reads well should be able to learn
> > a lot from it.
>
> Excellent. I feel like most kids would be starting out making cake
> or something, cooking mushroom for a crowd. I was impressed.
>
> nancy

Ah it varies. The first time Charlotte cooked for us, it was a rather
well made miso udon dashi. It wasn't like the ones I make and since, I
have adapted to her versions (grin).

She's been brought up in a house of 'try it, might work' cookery with
no blame if we waste a bit (though we are careful on stuff that costs a
lot to use smaller amounts for testing).

She likes to make blender fruity things sometimes and got curious. She
added a cup of frozen blueberries, a cup of deseeded watermelon, a
pinky sized bit of miso (pale tan), 1/2 a banana and some V8 fruity
splash.

Sounds AWFUL but actually, it was very good! The sweet fruit balanced
the salty miso rather well. We brought out the wine glasses and
enjoyed it with crushed ice.

Charlotte took to Miso early on (not suprising, she was 7 when we moved
to Japan) and it remains a theme in her cookery when it matches.

Carol

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