A distinctly educational cooking primer for the whole family with more than 100 recipes that can be made by children. Written by a father of three and a mother of five who perfected the recipes with help from their kids and their kids' playmates. Ideal for passionate parents who want to instill in their children a love of healthy food handmade from fresh, natural ingredients.

The latest addition to the best-selling River Cottage cookbook series inspires the entire family to venture into the kitchen to prepare delicious, wholesome food together. Featuring a comprehensive repertoire of recipes that cooks of all ages will enjoy--plus special projects such as making butter, curing bacon, and building a kitchen garden--The River Cottage Family Cookbook teaches lessons for a lifetime of joyous cooking and eating.

"Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a brilliant, argumentative British cook and food writer. . . . [His] recipes happen to be terrific, for meat and other things: His chocolate-chip cookie recipe in The River Cottage Family Cookbook finally released my children from years of substandard attempts." --Cynthia Zarin, Gourmet

"A book that promises children a better start in the kitchen and at table by putting real food well within their grasp. . . . [It] sets the imagination alight, engages all the senses in a voyage of culinary discovery, encourages young cooks to think for themselves and to want to learn more." --Phillippa Davenport, Financial Times

"On my shelf of `genuinely useful cookbooks,' cross-referenced with my folder of `ways to entertain the kids at weekends.'" --Time Out