It's never too early to teach your children to cook. And this little book by Vancouver chef Andrey Durbach (Pied-a-Terre, La Buca and Parkside) will not only nurture Junior's inner gourmand, it will help busy working parents slow down and smell the proverbial, well, chicken soup.
Written in simple, engaging Dr. Seuss-like rhymes, and filled with exquisite illustrations by Robert Chaplin, Delicious Chicken Soup includes recipes for matzah balls, primers on what it means to be a Michelin chef, the importance of an "old tin can" in the kitchen (a.k.a. a garbage can), and even why every good soup should start with cold water.
Do you know why? No? Then buy this book.
Delicious Chicken Soup, by Andrey Durbach, illustrated by Robert Chaplin ($20. Library Edition. 26 pages. ISBN 978-1-894897-90-7). $20 at Barbara Jo's Books to Cooks or www.robertchaplin.ca; visit www.bookstocooks.com for more information.
- Rebecca Tay