#REVIEW: Mimi's Adventures in Baking by Alyssa Gangeri

Discover a whole new way of learning how to bake! Embark on a baking adventure with Mimi where she will measure, mix and bake her way to the perfect batch of chocolate chip cookies! This fun storybook cookbook enables adults and children alike to not only learn the fundamentals of baking, but to have fun at the same time. If Mimi can do it, so can you!        

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    Mimi's Adventures in Baking has received the Mom's Choice Award in the Picture Book category! MomsChoiceAwards.com      

RATING: 5 STARS (my daughters would actually like to give the book "one hundred thousand infinity" stars, but I told them it can only go up to 5)
MY REVIEW: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I was a little leery of reviewing any baking or cook books simply because I am (rightfully) banned from the kitchen for being a natural disaster in it. Stoves and ovens have a healthy respect of me, and it is mutual. Food tends to cry if I walk towards it with the intent of cooking or baking, knowing it will end up inedible in some way, shape or form.
My older daughter was in charge of reading, my younger daughter in charge of listening. I had to split the food duties between them equally, and then we started. Somehow, more through the amazing recipe of the author, and less from my legendary baking skills, we ended up with some edible, and actually, REALLY good chocolate chip cookies!
This was a great book to introduce kids to the world of baking, and gave them cute ways of doing things, like cracking an egg (without the shell going in too!), correctly measuring the dry ingredients, etc. We really enjoyed our time together in the kitchen that I normally would have avoided.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alyssa Gangeri is a Pastry Chef in New York City. She’s loved baking even from a young age. After graduating from The Culinary Institute of America she traveled north and south working for companies such as The Ritz Carlton to gain knowledge and experience of the ever-growing hospitality industry. She has also competed on The Food Network’s Sweet Genius. She developed Mimi’s Adventures in Baking as a new way of learning for the younger generation of bakers. Her love for baking shines through in this storybook cookbook. In her eyes baking should be a fun experience adults and children can share together. What better way to do that then with an interactive story that makes learning your way around the kitchen exciting and easy! When she is not making specialty cakes and pastries for her business AllyCakesNYC, you can find her in Central Park with her lively Jack Russell Terrier, Rudy and the love of her life, Jonathan.

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Reviewed by www.mikishope.com This is a perfect 1st cookbook for children to start learning the art of baking. There is only one recipe but it comes with a storyline. Mimi wants to bake cookies and Grandma is going to teach her the correct way!! What fun--you have to be real careful with the measurements and ingredients and you also have to know when to let a grown up take over! This little book has it all covered. Actually I might even be able to bake cookies after having read this!! This is only one in a series of books with recipes-one to a book that this chef author has written. I suggest you read about the author below-it is intriguing. Then go and pre order this book for your little chef/baker! Reviewed by Kirstin Pulioff at www.kirstinpulioff.com My Review - 5 Stars Since my daughter wants to be a chef when she grows up, I have read several cooking books and cookbooks with her, but nothing comparable to Mimi's Adventure in Baking Chocolate Cookies. What a fabulous book! Not only does this book describe the technique and recipe for baking cookies, but it also focuses on a story. There are many ways to read this story. You can simple read it as a wonderful book. You can focus on the bright illustrations. The ingredients and steps make for the perfect math focus... and it also reads as an activity book that you can read while you bake. In every way, this book earns my 5 star review... And now, I'm going to bake some cookies.