Get Hold Of Cooking With Bear: A Story And Recipes From The Forest Fashioned By Deborah Hodge Shared As Booklet

is a great cook, Fox is his taste tester, Starting with watercress soup, Fox gobbles up everything Bear cooks for him, When it's time for Bear to hibernate, he sits down and writes out all his

recipes so Fox will have a lot of choices to make for himself, Fun idea but half of the food recipe choices were not appealing to cook with small children, Very complex to make and many kids might not find the foods appealing, As an adult I wanted all of it of course, Love all the yummy recipes to try! A great read to encourage beginning chefs! Cooking with Bear is part story and part recipe book, At the beginning of spring, Bear, the chef, cooks up all kinds of delicious food for his animal friends, He teaches his friend fox how to forage and prepare different meals based on the diets of the different animals they meet on their walk in the forest,
The back matter contains an index to all the recipes, I'm torn between cooking up the nut burgers or the hazelnutchocolate chip cookies first!
If you have a young person who enjoys cooking, this is a must purchase kind of book! Cute introduction to a cookbook! You may remember that my winter book list included a book called Bear's Winter Party written by Deborah Hodge and illustrated by Lisa Cinar.
I'm thrilled to tell all of you all that this duo has a sequel releasing next week! In Cooking with Bear: A Story and Recipes from the Forest, Bear is back, and once again, he's still as kind and generous as can be.


The book starts when Bear wakes from hibernation to notice that spring is late, He then worries about if his friends are warm enough and if they have enough to eat, So, he starts to cook, . .

Throughout the story, Hodge subtly emphasizes eating seasonal, local, and healthful food, Bear begins the story by using what he had to make a watercress soup, which he shares with Fox, Bear and Fox then go to search for more ingredients in the forest while they check on their friends, Each friend contributes something fresh that Bear then uses in a recipe he shares with friends, The story concludes with Bear deciding to make a recipe book and the second half of the book is this recipe book! All in all, Hodge provides readers withnew, tasty recipes to try!

And, I love Cinars style of illustration! Her mostly watercolor illustrations are brightly colored and slightly freeform, very eyecatching to readers young and old.
Her animals are drawn with large, kind eyes and smiles on their faces, And, Cinar even makes her illustrations of the food appealing!

Of course my,yearold just had to try out one of the recipes herself! It was a touch choice, but Bears chocolate chip hazelnut cookies won out, . . Swipe to see my youngest dutifully keeping track of the ingredient list at the grocery store and mixing up the batter with intense concentration! And, the cookies were indeed delicious!.


If you liked this, check out:
Tacos!, by Nieminen, and the rest of the Cook in a Book series
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes by Katzen and Henderson other books in this series include Salad People and Honest Pretzels
Bear's Winter Party, by Hodge and Cinar Nice story, great art and simple yet tempting recipes! Cooking with Bear: A Story and Recipes from the Forest by Deborah Hodge, illustrated by Lisa Cinar.
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Bear has woken from his hibernation and is ready to see his friends, But first, he needs to prepare some delicious food to share, His friend Fox stops by and together they search the forest for the freshest spring ingredients,

Hodge includesvegetarian recipes using fresh herbs and spring vegetables, The frame of Bear and Foxs friendship is sweet, As a cookbook its helpful for budding vegetarians, but its range is limited as cookbook,

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
sitelink blogspot. com/ Such a cute book, The recipes sound tasty. Fun intro for kids to cooking! I love that there are recipes in the book, This story made me hungry with the yummy recipes interspersed throughout, I love the illustrations and colors, Am I looking too far ahead to spring with this story A novel combination of story and recipes When Bear wakes up after a long, cold winter, hes happy to see the signs of spring.
To celebrate, he makes a special meal of fresh watercress soup and crusty seed bread, Fox follows his nose to Bears den and joins him for lunch, The food is delicious, and Fox, who is tired of eating the same old thing, asks Bear to teach him how to cook,

Together, they walk through the forest and gather ingredients, Along the way, they greet Squirrel, Chickadee, Beaver, Deer and Hare, asking their friends how they fared over the winter and what their favorite foods are, Bear and Fox are inspired by what they hear and find, and they return to Bears kitchen to cook a feast of forest foods to share with their neighbors,

At the end of the day, Bear writes a cookbook for Fox called Best of Bear full of recipes that young readers can enjoy cooking, too! These fifteen delicious, kidfriendly recipes celebrate the foods of spring with dishes like watercress soup, nut burgers, wild greens pita pizza, hazelnutchocolate chip cookies and a wild strawberry smoothie.


Readers will be happy to see how the animal friends from Bears Winter Party are doing in this joyful story, with recipes from awardwinning author Deborah Hodge and exuberant art by illustrator Lisa Cinar.
This picture book features a fun story about Bear and his friends in the forest, Simple recipes are interspersed throughout the story and at the end of the main story,

Colorful, cheerful illustrations make this book a winner!


I borrowed this book from the local public library,

Cute! I definitely want to try some of the recipes in this book, Not my style, but a nice book, A satisfying sequel to by Hodge and Lisa Cinar,

Bear and Fox walk through the forest together, for the first time in spring, All of the animals they meet are hungry for something different from the winter fare they have been enjoying, Bear cooks something that satisfies each animal,

Intermingling recipes with the story, this will be a fun event for a parent/child or teacher/class to do with their children, Each vegetarian recipe takes up apage spread and stops the reading, Additional recipes are available in the back of the book, There is an index of all recipes in the back,

Recommended for PreSchoolgrade, I liked the story of two friends going through the forest, finding out what their friends are eating, But be prepared you might end up cooking and baking, I didn't like the addition of the recipes in the book, Deborah Hodge is the award winning author ofbooks for children, She specializes in writing engaging nonfiction for primary aged children, Her most recent title is Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm, a book on sustainable farming and where our food comes from, Her other work includes, The Kids Book of Canadas Railway, winner of the Information Book Award of Canada, and Lily and the Mixed up Letters, named an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities.
Deborah is a former primary teacher and curriculum writer for the BC Ministry of Education, She lives in Vancouver, Canada, Deborah Hodge is the award winning author ofbooks for children, She specializes in writing engaging nonfiction for primary aged children, Her most recent title is Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm, a book on sustainable farming and where our food comes from, Her other work includes, The Kids Book of Canada's Railway, winner of the Information Book Award of Canada, and Lily and the Mixed up Letters, named an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities.
Deborah is a former primary teacher and curriculum writer for the BC Ministry of Education, She lives in Vancouver, Canada, sitelink.