The Official Harry Potter Cookbook: 40+ Recipes Inspired by the Films is a tasty book by author Joanna Farrow that will treat readers 10 years of age and up. In fact, readers will be able to eat their way through 10 snacks, 16 meals, 10 desserts and 5 drinks! At the same time the young reader will learn about safety in the kitchen, how to boil an egg and how to enjoy creating something appetizing for every family member.
Part of the fun is the name attached to each snack, meal, dessert, or drink. For instance, who wouldn’t want to make Dumbledore’s Mystical Lemon Drop Pudding, Hagrid’s Huge and Hearty Stew, Great Hall Shepherd’s Pie, or Hogwarts’ Express Gingerbread Cookies? And cookbook readers won’t want to miss Cornelius Fudge’s Fudge. The Minister of Magic uses only three ingredients!
The visual artistry of each well-designed page captures the excitement of the Harry Potter films----full of action, rules, problems and finally triumph!
Writer Joanna Farrow has also included useful lists and charts on Kitchen Safety, Essential Tools, Liquid Conversions as well as a complete Index. The watercolors throughout the book are visually sweet. The Official Harry Potter Cookbook inspired by the Harry Potter films is designed for readers 10 years of age and up. The whole family can open this book and enjoy the feast! (Scholastic) 2023.
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Activity Questions for The Official Harry Potter Cookbook
Before you begin cooking, gather 12 of the essential tools listed in this book from your own kitchen including: a cutting board, oven mitts, measuring spoons, a measuring cup, a baking dish, a colander, a peeler, a scale, a saucepan, and tongs. Just for fun now draw your own picture of each of these items!
The end pages are full of drawings that speak to the fun in this book. Seek and find a pie, a cat, a pumpkin, a heart, an owl in flight, a kitchen mitt, a strawberry, pancakes, glasses, a double decker bus, a crown, a bat, teacups, an alarm clock, and a train. Read through the book again and make a list of details you would include in the back pages?
Kitchen mitts are an important item in all kitchens. How many kitchen mitts do you have? Next, design your own kitchen mitt. Have fun.
