<div>A dad&rsquo;s &ldquo;charming, funny&rdquo; memoir of trying to pass along his refined culinary tastes, with some kid-friendly recipes included (Neal Pollack). Armed with the belief that kids don&rsquo;t need puree in a jar or special menus when eating out, restaurant critic and food writer Matthew Amster-Burton was determined to share his love of all things culinary with his daughter, Iris. From the high of rediscovering tastes through a child&rsquo;s unedited reaction to the low of realizing his precocious vegetable fiend was just going through a phase, Matthew discovered that raising an adventurous eater is about exposure, invention, and patience. Sharing in Matthew&rsquo;s culinary capers is little Iris, a budding gourmand and a zippy critic herself&mdash;who makes huge sandwiches, gobbles up hot chilies, and even helps around the kitchen. This account, with dozens of delicious recipes and notes on which dishes can be prepared by &ldquo;little fingers,&rdquo; reminds us: &ldquo;Food is fun, and you get to enjoy it three times a day, plus snacks.&rdquo; &ldquo;A very timely and excellent book.&rdquo; &mdash;Anthony Bourdain &ldquo;A fast, funny memoir punctuated with sensible advice and recipes . . . Encourages adults to chill the heck out and have fun cooking with their kids.&rdquo; &mdash;Seattle Weekly &ldquo;An antidote to the ubiquitous advice that bland food is best for little ones.&rdquo; &mdash;Associated Press &ldquo;Full of great ideas for family meals. In a world of culinary pandering to kids . . . Amster-Burton gets the recipe right.&rdquo; &mdash;Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad &ldquo;Amster-Burton is equal parts Mario Batali, Ray Romano, Dr. Spock of toddler cuisine, and Mr. Spock of child logic.&rdquo; &mdash;Steven Shaw, author of Turning the Tables</div>

Buy From US

Kobo

Google

Barnes & Noble

Apple

Amazon

Hungry Monkey

<div>Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page. Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother&rsquo;s absence. The quirky tenants&mdash;a hilarious mix of misfits and rabble-rousers from days gone by&mdash;rely on Alexis all the more when they discover a plot to sell the Hotel. Can Alexis save their home? Find her real father? Deal with her surrogate dad&rsquo;s dicey past? Find true love? Perhaps only their feisty pet crow, Habib, truly knows. Provoking interesting questions about the creative process, this novel is by turns funny, scary, witty, suspenseful, beautiful, thrilling, and unexpected. </div>

Matthew Amster-Burton
Follow this author

Books By Matthew Amster-Burton (1 Book)

Hungry Monkey

Get weekly updates and deals from Early Bird Books

More from

Corporate

© 2024 OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA

Matthew Amster-BurtonFollow this author

Books By Matthew Amster-Burton (1 Book)

Hungry Monkey

Get weekly updates and deals from Early Bird Books

More from

Corporate

© 2024 OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA

Matthew Amster-Burton
Follow this author