I am proud to tell you about my latest project which is a great cookery book for children - The Silver Spoon For Children.  It really is a lovely book with an inspiring collection of recipes that will help to teach children the basics of cooking and Italian cuisine.  I have included some essential life skills like how to hold a knife properly and how to crack eggs. 

The recipes come from the renowned The Silver Spoon, a cookery book found in alomost every Italian home.  I have adapted, re-written and tested (with the help of many children) a selection of recipes from The Silver Spoon to make them suitable for children to cook.  These recipes are accompanied by brief, lively text providing young cooks with fascinating facts about the dish and its' ingredients.

The book features popular favourites such as Margherita pizza, lasagna and ice cream.  Each recipe has simple step-by-step instructions, and is illustrated with specially commissioned drawings by Harriet Russell. 

Based on an abundance of simple ingredients, such as meat, fish, pasta, cheese, vegetables, and of course olive oil, the Italian diet offers a cost effective, easy way of preparing healthy dishes as part of a balanced diet. It is therefore extremely relevant to today's children and parents.

 The launch of The Silver Spoon for Children also coincides with the cooking in schools campaign spearheaded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. With practical cookery lessons in schools to become compulsory from 2011, The Silver Spoon for Children will give many youngsters a head start.

Publication Information The Silver Spoon for Children Published by Phaidon Press Publication Date: October 2009 ISBN 9780714857466 £12.95 Hardcover 40+ Recipes 100 Colour Photographs For press enquiries please contact: Hannah Kent at Sauce Communications Tel: 020 8600 3617 E-mail: hannahk@saucecommunications.com