The Reader Travels

So every traveler must face foods he has never eaten before. It’s part of the adventure to experience new things. These foods may seem unpalatable at first, but then we find that if we open our minds, they actually come out tasting quite delicious. As in the case of “Green Eggs and Ham,” by Dr. Seuss. Sam displays his wares to his friend who insists he doesn’t like this green food, until he realizes he has spent an entire book saying something that just wasn’t true.

Following the same path that took me through Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes, I also discovered Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan. Georgeanne masterfully converts the poetry of Suess into simple and tasty recipes for kids and parents.

Some of the recipes are a little bit of a stretch to connect them to the Suess stanza, like “Yot in the Pot,” which is not at all like eating Yot, and she knows it. She just twisted it around and pretended like Suess meant to say “lot” and gave a monster sausage stew recipe. But honestly, no one really wants to eat a Yot. They’re rubbery, even if you cook them for a really long time, and the flavor is a bit like seawood and skunk combined. Even the most adventurous should steer away.

Regardless, I would recommend this book to parents and children alike. It’s imaginative and colorful, and there are several recipes children can make all by themselves. For instance, there’s “Gertrude’s McFuzz-y Berries” which only require some berries, sugar, tin foil and a freezer.

Not only that, but the book itself is obviously meant to be used in the kitchen. Out of the five children’s cook books I checked out at the library, this one is the only one built on a ring binder, so you can lay it flat to reference while you cook.

Oh, and Frankie Frankeny’s photos are phenomenal. Kinda creepy, though, in that live action Grinch movie kinda way.

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