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In Norah Dooley\u2019s picture book Everybody Cooks Rice<\/i> (Carolrhoda Books, 1992), a little girl tours her neighborhood at dinnertime, discovering all the many ways in which persons of different ethnic backgrounds cook rice \u2013 among them Haitians, Indians, Puerto Ricans, and Chinese. For ages 6-8.<\/p>\n Also see Dooley\u2019s Everybody Bakes Bread<\/i> (1995), Everybody Serves Soup<\/i> (2004), and Everybody Brings Noodles<\/i> (2005).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Food-Like-Mine-236x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In the Children Just Like Me series, Food Like Mine<\/em> (DK, 2017) is a celebration of kids and food from around the world, with 27 easy-to-follow recipes. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Travel-the-world-cookbk-232x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Pamela Marx\u2019s Travel-The-World Cookbook <\/i>(Good Year Books, 1996) has sixty simple recipes from countries and regions around the globe, along with food facts, cultural information, and suggestions for related research projects and craft activities. (Try peanut soup, stuffed grape leaves, tostadas, and toad-in-a-hole.) Also included are lists of international harvest festival traditions and folk tales. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Kids-Around-the-World-Cook-The-Best-Foods-and-Recipes-from-Many-Lands-300x238.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Arlette N. Braman\u2019s illustrated Kids Around the World Cook<\/i> (Jossey-Bass, 2000) is a collection of recipes for drinks, breads, soups and starters, main dishes, and desserts from a wide range of different countries. For example, kids can make Indian sweet lassi, Israeli challah, Polish strawberry soup, Chinese stir-fried rice, and Norwegian nutmeg cookies. Included are historical and cultural information, notes on multicultural word origins, and a lot of catchy facts. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kids-multicult-cookbk-300x230.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n The Kids\u2019 Multicultural Cookbook <\/i>by Deanna F. Cook (Williamson books, 2008) includes 50 different recipes grouped by world region (Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific). Included along with the recipes are catchy cultural facts, games, activities, suggestions for themed parties, and cute little illustrations. Young cooks whip up such delectables as peanut butter soup (Ghana), ox-eye eggs (Indonesia), apple pancakes (Germany), and couscous (Tunisia). For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/United-States-Cookbk-243x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By Joan D\u2019Amico and Karen Eich Drummond, The United States Cookbook<\/i> (John Wiley & Sons, 2000) is a 128-page compendium of \u201cFabulous Foods and Fascinating Facts from All 50 States.\u201d States are grouped by region: for each, there\u2019s a map, basic background information, a short summary of state foods, and a traditional recipe. (From Massachusetts, Boston Baked Beans; from New York, Waldorf Salad; from Pennsylvania, Soft Pretzels.) Boxes of \u201cFun Food Facts\u201d provide a lot of unusual information, among them the distance record for spitting watermelon seeds. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coming-to-america-cookbk-243x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n By Joan D\u2019Amico and Karen Eich Drummond, The Coming to America Cookbook<\/i> (John Wiley & Sons, 2005) is a collection of kid-friendly recipes from multicultural immigrants. The book covers eighteen different countries \u2013 among them Mexico, China, Morocco, and Nigeria \u2013 with information about the country and its customs and representative recipes. For ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Intl-Cookbk-for-Kids-233x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n | | | | | | | | | | | | | |