This Little Bunny Can Cook reviewed

Ambitions
		*This Little Bunny Can Bake* By Janet Stein ISBN: 0375843132 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Publication date: March 2009 Format: Hardcover List price: $15.99
Type: Children, ages 4 to 8
Sample recipe: Chef George's Berry Petit Cream Cheese Tarts
Intended audience:	novice	advanced beginner	good home cook	gourmet	professional
Apparent goal:	stocking stuffer	sampler	comprehensive	coffee-table	Biblical stature
Competition:	outclassed	follower	in the pack	strong challenger	likely champ
Content
Variety:	too little	too much	unusual	nice mix	just right
# of recipes:	<50	<100	<200	<300	≥300
Practical recipes:	<20%	<40%	<60%	<80%	≥80%
# of ingredients:	≤4	≤7	≤10	≤12	>12
Ingredient hunt:	7-Eleven	airfare required	online	pantry	supermarket
Recipe complexity:	too hard	simple	medium	challenging	professional
Instructions:	inadequate	verbose	bare-bones	full-figured	educational
Time conscious:	unconscious	outright lies	white lies	realistic	honorable
Cooking time:	weekend project	takes all day	takes time	≥30 minutes	<30 minutes
Added info:	zip	overwhelming	scant	balanced	generous
Photos/drawings:	none	distracting	decorative	instructive	charming
Recipe results:	≤dorm food	casual food	family meals	fancy food	fit for royalty
Diet/Nutrition/Health
Nutritional info:	none	overwhelming	hit or miss	adequate	comprehensive
Format/Ease of Use
Layout:	ugh	cluttered	fine	considerate	work of art
Legibility:	unpleasant	challenging	tolerable	clear	brilliant
Production quality:	cheesy	dubious	years of service	gift quality	stunning
Page numbers:	non-existent	hard-to-find	spotty	sufficient	every page
Table of contents:	AWOL	frustrating	passable	useful	excellent
Index quality:	none	tragic	adequate	good	a treasure
Page flipping:	upsetting	tedious	acceptable	rare	never
Author
Writer:	beginner	food writer	writing cook	personality	auteur
Cook:	unknown	self-taught	chef	teacher	celebrity
Summary
Fulfills ambitions:	falls short	almost there	satisfactory	exceeds	home run
Flavor delivered:	sad	inconsistent	tasty	delicious	exceptional
Overall tone:	sterile	trying too hard	straightforward	best friend	mom
Value:	ouch!	a little pricey	worth splurging	on the money	a deal
Overall rating:	skip it	good	very good	excellent	Ochef Top 100
Comments: Oh dear! What if you went to the cooking school of a very famous chef to learn how to bake, but none of the other students – the kitty, the mouse, the poodle, the spoonbill, etc. – followed the rules? The poodle weighs herself instead of the ingredients; the tiger uses karate to open the eggs; the dog is making Shoofly Pie with real shoes – only the pink bunny is working hard and learning. In the end, every student creates a dish, but only the bunny really learned how to bake, and her cake is a masterpiece! The story is sweet and clever. The drawings are charming, with plenty of depth to keep little ones finding new details. There are 8 recipes inside the front and back covers, all of which would be suitable for dessert. (We totally do not understand why the kitty and the mouse both make cheese dishes, but probably that's for the best....)

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