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 enlarge | Authors: Ann Cooper, Lisa Holmes
Publisher: Collins
List Price: $22.95
Buy Used: $4.29
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 288
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2083
ASIN: B000U68QKK
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A great start to better nutrition December 3, 2007
April Welch (98826)
I bought this to help my kids & I have more creative solutions for school lunches. We are VERY excited about trying several ideas & I loved the information rich intro. I don't have much of a battle getting my kids to take lunch from home but it helped for them to know that "Mom" wasn't making up the lack of nutrition stats that surround school lunch menus. I highly recommend this for any Mom that is making an effort to keep her kids healthy during all meals!
 Finger-Wagging, Left Wing Sermon, November 24, 2007
FNU MNU LNU (Midwest, USA)
22 out of 49 found this review helpful
Chapter 1 was a well-written discussion of the nutritional crisis facing America's children. I also have no quarrel with the portions of the book which discuss school lunch programs and their deficiencies. What I cannot stand about this book and several others which discuss nutrition is that they inevitably stray off-topic. Left-wing political ideology inevitably creeps in (a comparison of how much money is spent on the war versus childhood nutrition, for example). And it isn't enough to change the way you feed your children. They want to challenge every aspect of your lifestyle. You should drive a hybrid car, avoid plastic containers, grow your own vegetables, start a compost pile, clean your entire house with vinegar, etc. etc. I'm suprised that the authors had the self-restraint to avoid preaching on the advantages of wiping from front to back. Overall, the recipes are time-consuming and require ingredients not typically kept on hand (cake flour, buttermilk, rolled oats, tahini, fresh tarragon, and panko bread crumbs, for example). And this observation comes from someone who loves to cook and who has a huge pantry (I do have shallots, nicoise olives, capers, cornmeal, and anchovies on hand at any given time, as required by other recipes). The recipes do not include any explanation about why they are more nutritious than other alternatives. Why are johnny cakes a better choice than pancakes? Why is macaroni and cheese a good choice, particularly if eight servings contain a half of pound of cheese and an entire stick of butter? Must I really make my own granola? Peeling and dicing a fresh pumpkin requires more time and patience than most working mothers have left at the end of the day. I about slung the book across the room when I encountered a recipe requiring two sheets of phyllo dough. Phyllo dough costs about four dollars a box and takes a few hours to thaw. Working with it takes a ton of practice. And after you use two sheets of phyllo dough, what on earth are you to do with the other 20 or so sheets in the box? (They will not re-freeze and thaw well at all). The suggestion that kids be sent to school with squash phyllo triangles or pumpkin curry is impractical and silly.
 no-nonsens November 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book goes beyond good ideas for kid's lunches' recipes. The author calls for parents to become active in the school system, to prevent waste, to educate children about food and proper nutrition. This is a no-hype, no-false-promises book. It educates and calls for action. I respect the author for doing that. Another no-nonsense book that I also highly recommend is Can We Live 150.
Lunch Lessons: Changing the way we feed our children November 14, 2007
Carolyn G. Morse
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book which I bought for my son for his son is excellent. So much so I am going to order one for my self. Many ideas for lunches and easy recipes which are delicious.
Great book November 12, 2007
S. Nugent (oregon)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a helpful book about the lunches we send our children off to school with. It really made me think of all the plastic baggies we use to put snacks in. The landfills are full of product packaging. The recipies were a little strange for my tastes. I don't think my kids would eat some of the recipies in this book. I did like all the options for lunch besides PB & J. I liked it so much I bought the laptop lunch boxes shown on the front cover.
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