Publisher Description

Anyone can make a great sandwich that's the beauty of America's favorite food. And thanks to this fully illustrated vegetarian cookbook, kids who don't eat meat can easily assemble and eat a variety of delicious sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert. With fun factoids and sandwich trivia, plus regional specialties, this truly is the ultimate guide to what takes place between the bread.

Author Biography

Originally from Michigan -- the Mitten State! -- Alison learned the value of a good book and an excellent sandwich early on. After earning a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, she started her career as a writer and editor. Alison currently lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she makes, eats, and talks about as many sandwiches as humanly possible.

Table of Contents

Intro -- PB and J -- Cucumber cream cheese -- Hummus -- Caprese -- Stuffed French toast -- Roasted veggie -- PB and B -- Grilled cheese -- Mac and cheese -- Ultimate grilled cheese -- Artichoke and cheese -- Egg and cheese -- Egg salad -- Fluffernutter -- Ice cream -- S'more -- Nutella and banana -- Apple pie -- About the creators and read more.

Review

Anyone can slap a piece of baloney and cheese between two slices of bread and call it lunch. But make a sandwich with Brie, salami, or hot mustard and you've got a standout meal. This is cooking without any of the intimidating parts--great for easing kids into the kitchen and familiarizing them with tools, techniques, vocabulary, and ingredients. These sandwiches make good use of leftovers and other refrigerator remnants, and many include instructions for making condiments and sauces such as pesto, tzatziki, and hummus. Recipes that encourage experimentation grant kids autonomy and agency in feeding themselves. Peppy cartoon illustrations, informal conversational language, and legitimately fascinating facts are a good match for the subject. Readers will learn a surprising amount of history, especially about immigration and the popularization of certain ingredients, while building their bread-based lunch. VERDICT Sandwiches are good stepping stones to "real" cooking, and these books make them fun. However, librarians may want to check out Deering and Lentz's Sandwiches!, which compiles many of the recipes featured here into a single volume.--Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library "School Library Journal, Series Made Simple"

Promotional "Headline"

Sandwiches anyone can make -- including kids!; bright, full-color illustrations make instructions and sandwich assembly easy and fun; focuses on sandwiches for kids who don't eat red meat; sandwich facts and interesting tidbits woven throughout cookbook; regional sandwiches offer extra challenges; sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, or dinner

Feature

Activities, Caption(s), Diagram(s), Directional Arrow(s), Fact box(es), Full color, Glossary, Heading(s)/Subheading(s), Illustration(s)/Drawing(s), Index, Label(s), More Resources/Suggestions for Further Reading, Recipe(s), Safe websites at FactHound.com, Sidebar(s), Table of Contents, Timeline(s)

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