Top Ten Gift Ideas for the Littlest Chef

Have a little person in your life who loves to cook? Follows you around the kitchen and loves to ‘help.’ Take a look at some of the adorable pint-sized gifts that will encourage your little Emeril Legasse or Paula Deen to culinary greatness.

1) Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan, Frankie Frankeny (Photographer), Georgeanne Brennan – We’ve all read and enjoyed this book as children. And have you ever wonder what green eggs and ham really taste like? You can actually try them! Let your child whip up a batch for themselves (and you) using this cool cookbook. Since kids tend to like gross and weird sounding things anyway, this book is filled with easy and wacky recipes for such foods as Cat in the Hat Pudding, Oobleck, and Moose Juice and Schlopp. You can reminisce while cooking - each recipe is accompanied by the original verse that inspired it, and the pages are laminated to protect splatters. It’s recommended for children ages 8 – 12, and is typically priced at most bookstores for $16.95.

2) Junior Cookbook: 1955 Classic Edition by Better Homes & Gardens, Jan Miller (Editor) – I remember my mother having the ‘grown-up’ version of the Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook. Now your children can enjoy a brand-new copy of this timeless classic. It’s an exact reprint of the red plaid 1955 cookbook for kids, with original vintage illustrations, full-color '50s-style images, and pages that appear gently aged. The book includes easy-to-use tabbed chapters including beverages, breads and sandwiches, candy and cookies, desserts, main dishes, and vegetables and sides. It’s recommended for infants and children in preschool, and is typically priced at most bookstores for $16.95.