Easy See, Easy Cook was created by the author for herself and others who are visually impaired (whether inherently, due to age, or whatever). That makes it an obvious choice as a gift for a visually-impaired friend! However, it’s also a great option for kids who are learning to cook. The larger print makes it easier for them to follow along with a recipe, read it accurately, and not lose their places.
The book itself is spiral-bound, so it will lie flat, or even fold back on itself. And I like that it’s in landscape format, rather than portrait. That helps keep it from flopping backward over the top of a cookbook stand. It’s illustrated with fun characters like these guys:
This first cookbook (hopefully there will be more to come!) contains 30 recipes, ranging from main dishes to candies and other desserts. They’re not “whole foods” recipes, but for the most part they’re traditional from-scratch recipes, so they use real ingredients. If you wanted to swap out ingredients, they’d be very simple swaps (like wheat flour or wheat noodles for white).
Each recipe begins with a description and a “history.” The next pages includes the ingredients list and certain other information. This other information is in a “key” at the bottom of the page. You see how many servings it makes, what type of dish it’s cooked in, what oven temperature is required (if applicable), how long it cooks, and the “Rick-ter Scale Rating.” (That’s a tastiness rating. It’s mostly for fun, and you can read all about it in the book.) Finally, the following page provides the cooking instructions and, often, some helpful tips.
One of the things I love about this book is that it’s personable – like listening to your mom or your grandma teach you how to cook.
Toss in a set of child-size utensils
, and this makes a fantastic gift for an older child!
$23.95
Disclosure: I was provided by the author with a copy of the book to facilitate my review. As always, all opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
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