Webb Lois Sinaiko. Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations

Greenwood, 2000. — 473 p. — ISBN10: 1573562904, ISBN13: 978-1573562904.While the literary world is filled with international cookbooks, as well as cookbooks for children, none combine both features as does Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations. Webb covers the celebrations and the recipes that take a person from cradle to grave. Arranged by region and country, the latest multicultural cookbook is an ideal resource for all classes that use culinary customs to bolster curriculums, presenting more than 250 authentic recipes, it includes interesting introductions about each celebration.Review
"This cookbook contains a valuable blend of multicultural recipies and short history narratives illustrating that food is a primary way of sustaining human relationships...This comprehensive cookbook is recommended for beginning or intermediate cooks, or anyone interested in experimenting with ethnic foods."- Today's Librarian"This amazing book features over 500 recipes from 145 different countries, giving you the opportunity to tour the world from your kitchen."- Skipping Stones"One of the best multicultural cookbooks for schools or home use that I have seen to date...This is a huge resource for bringing food into the curriculum."- Portals/Montana State Reading"Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations is a highly recommended addition to the adventurous kitchen cook and a super reference for ethnic "theme" dinners and dining clubs."- Midwest Book Review"This amazing book features over 500 recipes from 145 different countries, giving you the opportunity to tour the world from your kitchen."-S kipping Stones"One of the best multicultural cookbooks for schools or home use that I have seen to date... This is a huge resource for bringing food into the curriculum."- Portals/Montana State Reading"Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations is a highly recommended addition to the adventurous kitchen cook and a super reference for ethnic "theme" dinners and dining clubs." - Midwest Book Review"This cookbook contains a valuable blend of multicultural recipies and short history narratives illustrating that food is a primary way of sustaining human relationships... This comprehensive cookbook is recommended for beginning or intermediate cooks, or anyone interested in experimenting with ethnic foods." - Today's LibrarianAbout the Author
LOIS SINAIKO WEBB is a restaurant consultant and caterer in Seabrook, Texas. She owned and operated a seafood restaurant for 15 years which she closed in 1986 in order to travel and write for many food service publications. In 1988, while in the People's Republic of China, Ms. Webb taught American cooking to 54 chefs in the Jilin Province.