When it comes to learning about food, I am all about having fun doing it. Coming from the age of not-so-great cooks and not really knowing my way around the kitchen in those college years, it seems vitally important now to know what I am eating, how to make it, and where it is from.
That being said, I was super excited when this book arrived in my mailbox to peruse and review. Small Thyme Cooks (punny, right?!) is a culinary coloring and activity cookbook created by winemaker and all around foodie, Andre Hueston Mack. Andre started out as a sommelier and has now graduated to full on winemaker of Mouton Noir Wines- which I am absolutely dying to try! You may also recognize him as one of the guest judges on NBC's The Taste and brings quite a few chef friends into this book project with him.
Each page has culinary questions, coloring possibilities, and games for all those who, like me, like learning but love having fun doing it. A few more well known chefs in the book include Graham Elliot (Master Chef) and Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations).
All the games in it were super fun and, gasp, did teach me things! Example: do you know what animal brie is from? Yea, the cheese to animal pairing was one of my favorites and I, shamefully, needed this lesson. The crosswords, matching, and cuts of meat pages were pretty awesome as well!
I would recommend this book, for sure, for any culinary Dad's out there (cough, cough, Father's Day) or anyone you know who keeps a pulse on food and enjoys fun. And, it's Prime, so you can definitely get it from Amazon in time for Sunday! Just be sure to also get some crayons for this... I do not remember the last time I used crayons, but man was it fun to test them out again!
When was the last time you used a coloring book?