“In Kids with Knives, Weinstock takes us into her kitchen, where for decades she has nurtured young people, teaching teens about the joys and rewards of cooking. With dozens of irresistible recipes, concise and appealing lessons about the history of culture and food, and engaging questions about how we understand and relate to what we eat, Weinstock offers an essential guide. Kids with Knives whets your appetite for bringing cooking and food to the heart of community and togetherness.” —John Pierce, editor and copublisher, Empty Bowl Press 

“A truly extraordinary book celebrating the author’s love of cooking. A deep dive into the historic origin of the world’s varied foods. Appealing recipes for the world’s most distinctive delicious cuisines. And an exposure of the corruption of the food system by global corporate monopolies. You want it? Judith Weinstock covers it in fascinating, historically accurate detail.” —David C. Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community 

“The instruction reads like standing next to her at a cutting board. . . . A five-star teaching manual.” —Seattle Book Review 

“It may be that Kids with Knives falls into the category of critical life skills, but the book adds up to much more. Here is a sacramental, playful universe between covers, created by a writer and regional culinary icon who pairs a deeply informed, lifelong passion for cooking with a companionable approach to learning. More than one hundred recipes—from breads to bouillabaisse, Moroccan lamb tagine to pesto, Caesar salad to mile-high apple pie—are garnished with fun facts and memorable quotes. Judith’s authorial presence is like having a trusted friend at your side as she guides you ‘to the food on your plate, and to the extraordinary web of life that makes it all possible.’ Leo Tolstoy posed the proverbial question, How shall we live? For teenagers and parents, meeting up in the kitchen with Kids with Knives open on the counter is a good place to start.” —Mike Dillon, author of Nocturne: New and Selected Poems 

“Kids with Knives is an inspiring cookbook that pairs useful kitchen knowledge with a call to foster community building at one’s table.” —Foreword Clarion Review