The Fun of Cooking: A Story for Girls and Boys

Caroline French BentonProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
233K words
Chapters
24

Tags

Children's Literature Food and DrinkEnglish Originals Kitchen JoyFamily TableCooking TechniquesGrowing UpLife WisdomIllustrated GuideAmusing TalesParent-Child ReadingBeginner FriendlyYouth Reading

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Fun of Cooking: A Story for Girls and Boys by Caroline French BentonAuthor: Benton, Caroline French,Language: English, Class: TX: Technology: Home economics, Release Date: Jul 21, 2010

Editor's review

This children's cooking story by Caroline French Benton turns the kitchen into a place of discovery: through narrative it weaves together ingredients, steps, and everyday know-how, teaching both method and principle in an easy, enjoyable read. A home-economics title, it emphasizes hands-on work and family teamwork, suiting shared parent-child reading or independent browsing followed by simple attempts. As a free Project Gutenberg eBook, its original English stays close to daily usage and works as extensive reading material for young learners. Readers might treat the recipes as a practice checklist, choosing feasible projects to try with adult supervision and turning reading into a life skill.

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Reading tips

  1. Before shared reading, discuss the kitchen safety and hygiene points in the story.
  2. Pick a simple project from the book and try it once with adult supervision.
  3. Make small cards of new ingredients and verbs to build English expressions while reading.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

Contents

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FAQ

Can the recipes in the book be followed directly? The content centers on story and basic methods; some steps are brief and involve stoves and other equipment. Read and work with adult supervision, and consult modern recipes for amounts and timing where needed.
What age is it suitable for? The original English suits upper-elementary reading level and above; younger children can have it read aloud by parents, with the focus on kitchen know-how and parent-child interaction.
Is this a novel or a cookbook? It sits between the two, teaching cooking through story and interspersing methods and everyday knowledge; the point is not precise formulas but sparking children's interest in the kitchen and hands-on work.

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About the author

Caroline French Benton Author · American · 1861–1923

Caroline French Benton was an American author born Caroline Frances Benedict in 1861 in Lake Forest, Illinois, and died in 1923. Under her pen name she wrote books on cooking and home management, mainly for young girls and newly married housewives, in plain and practical language that emphasized the everyday and the workable. Six of her works are held in this collection, including A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl, Living on a Little, The Complete Club Book for Women, and Gala-Day Luncheons, which cover children's first lessons in cooking, household economy, and women's club activities. Public information about her early education and personal life is limited; her influence rests chiefly on this practical writing for ordinary families.