Breakfast 101

Published September 8, 2016 | By Mary Kelly

How to have fun cooking breakfast
Creative Educational Society, Inc.
1974

Doesn’t breakfast look groovy? Evidently kids back then need to understand how to make a bowl of cereal. As a teen in 1974, I don’t remember this being a particular problem, even for younger kids. I think a cookbook for kids and teens is a wonderful topic for a book, but this doesn’t do the job now or in 1974. Despite the groovy clothes, I also don’t see a lot of “fun” happening.

Mary

More Kids Cooking:

Boys in the Kitchen

Young America Cooks

A Magical Microwave!

Posted in For the Kids, You Ate What? | Tagged breakfast, cookbooks, cooking

9 Responses to Breakfast 101

Mel M on September 8, 2016 at 10:50 am

I disagree it didn’t do the job back then but no, it doesn’t work now.
Lora on September 8, 2016 at 3:40 pm

Maybe balancing food on your head and juggling whole plates of pizza is the “fun” part. Until your make you clean the huge mess afterwards while taking the cost of the groceries out of your allowance money.
pghbekka on September 8, 2016 at 4:38 pm

Those are the most seventies illustrations ever!
- Lirazel on September 8, 2016 at 10:57 pm
  
  I even had the medallion and headband! (Never knew anyone with striped pants like that, though.)
- Alex on September 9, 2016 at 8:06 am
  
  I had flashbacks of my high school wardrobe when looking at those illustrations.
FlowCoef on September 8, 2016 at 5:16 pm

I knew I saw this art somewhere before: a macrame book previously featured on this site.
Wendy on September 9, 2016 at 4:57 pm

Why is the mom modeling her bicentennial dress?
- Mary Sampson on September 22, 2016 at 11:23 am
  
  Well, in 1974 the bicentennial was just 2 years away. Say, we’re closer NOW to our 250th anniversary, whatever the word for that is
Penguin on October 22, 2016 at 8:31 pm

it’s easier when you have a bunch of arms.