David Cook

Advantages: Current American Idol winner, a musician
Disadvantages: None

...at the song credits on his album too you will find that he has been involved in writing more of the tracks than not which also tells me that he is a credible artist and one that will probably stand the test of time. It's funny because at the start of the American Idol show he was not one of my favourites and I didn't think he would win but as the weeks got further and further I really started to like his voice which is quite different from anything out there and also his artistry and he really did become my frontrunner. Cook's album, the self titled David Cook was released on 18th November 2008 and has since gone platinum. It has now sold over 1 million copies in the United States. It was released in England on April 5 2009. I like the start of the CD more than the end but that might be because I've listened to the beginning more. Highlights...

Spottydog11 05.05.2009 · Read review
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Get Cooking!

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...I've never been a good cook but after my friend let me have a go on her Cooking Mama game I had to buy it for myself! Basically, you have to make a dish and at the end you get a grade from cooking mama, depending on how well you make the dish. The grades are Gold, Silver & Bronze with Gold being the best, Bronze the Worst. Cooking Mama is similar to games such as Wario Ware because of the fact you will be given a short amount of time to complete simple actions which can be anything in Cooking Mama such as slicing, mixing, pressing food , grating & even pouring! All these actions are done with the Stylus by swiping, tapping, or scribbling on the DS screen. When finishing the action, if you finish it perfectly, Cooking Mama will tell you, you are Very Good with a small gold badge underneath it , If you did okay she'll tell you, you did...

Julia95x 15.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Cooking Mama (Nintendo DS)

A cooking journal

Advantages: Personalise it to you!
Disadvantages: heavy if you're posting!

...practical for in the kitchen. You can simply leave it open without worrying it flipping shut! It is also a great idea, having a recipe book which you make yourself. We have several cook books and find that we only stick to the same recipes or don't like several of them so now this is an ideal way for us to just have the one book but with recipes which we use constantly. This book is pretty heavy so if you were thinking of buying it for a present the postage would be quite dear so this is something to bare in mind! It is, however, a very valuable book. We now are able to keep all of our recipes in one place instead of scribbling them down on the back of an envelope and then throwing it away by mistake! The book is available on Amazon and RRPs at £14.98 but is available at the moment for just under £10. I think this is a good price to pay...

mrbing10 18.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Cook's Recipe Collection - Henrietta Heald

Be A Super Cook!

Advantages: Great fun to make with little ones.
Disadvantages: Not great if you don't like mess or chocolate!

...This is yet another pack I have used with my 4 - 5 year old nieces who enjoy making them and enjoy eating them even more! ~ Price and Packaging ~ This pack was £1.48, not bad for about an hour of chocolate 'messiness' and 12 chocolate lollies! It comes in a box with Super Cook on the front and a picture of immaculately decorated chocolate lollies, decorated by a goose!! Not as neatly done by young children! ~ Contents ~ I love packets like this as everything you need is supplied for you. * Lolly mould ~ 2 thick bits of plastic with 6 identical moulds. Great if you have two children to amuse as they can each use one 'tray'. The shapes are: chick, butterfly, bunny, 2 easter eggs and a bird. * Lolly sticks * A bag of milk chocolate flavoured buttons and a bag of white chocolate flavoured buttons. * Writing icing to...

neenn 03.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Super Cook Choco Lolly Kit

Be A Super Cook!

Advantages: Easy for children to use, great fun.
Disadvantages: Cap is quite tricky for little hands to manipulate

...Super Cook Writing Icing tubes are brilliant for decorating biscuits and cakes and guarantee great fun with baking, personalising your efforts in the kitchen. ~ Packaging ~ These come in a box with examples of some of the art work that can be achieved with the icing, just don't expect such neatness when doodling with them with young children! Inside the box there are four tubes: red, yellow, black and green. The tubes have a screw top lid which I have to admit is quite fiddly for little hands to replace without adult help. Each tube is approx 10cm long so quite easily controlled by little hands. ~ Price ~ I have seen these in a number of major supermarkets but I got these from Asda for £1.84. ~ How to use them ~ On the back of the box there are directions for use: They suggest that you knead the tube gently for one...

neenn 07.06.2007 · Read review
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What's cooking?

Advantages: great cookery show for kids
Disadvantages: none

...Although I do try to moderate the amount of television that my two young daughters watch, there are some programmes that I have to admit are really rather good and definitely worth switching on for. One such programme is Big Cook Little Cook which is shown most days at various times on the cbeebies channel. This really is an excellent programme that is sure to get children interested in cooking - which in these fast food times can only be a good thing! There are two cooks on this programme - unsurprisingly they are Big Cook and Little Cook - who run their own cafe. Big Cook Ben (played by Stephen Marsh) is a full sized person whereas Little Cook Small (Daniel Wright) is no bigger than a mixing spoon! They run a cafe which, if this was the real world, would probably be failing as they only ever seem to have one customer a day! However...

kingfisher111 16.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Big Cook Little Cook

cooking mama!!

Advantages: Cooks 120 diffrent recipes.
Disadvantages: there is a timer and you have to do it before the time runs out!

...Cooking mama on ds is kind of easy to play, just follow the rules really. This game has not been out for that long i thought i would buy it cause it looks quite good i always play it so be warned it addictive, u can get this game from any game store and tecso and adsa and stores like that, Gamestation,Eplay and game there really good store you can buy this game from. This game is round about £20-£30 now and is worth the price, the game age around to play it is 3+ it is easy like i have said but some parts are difficult to do. ~How to cook~ theres is many diffrrent ways to cook such as cutting and you have to move the knife one side and it cuts. ~other ways to prepare to cook~ tenderizing= you hate to move it from side to side as quick as you can but the meat is really tough to cut, slicing...

Paigeoleary 11.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Cooking Mama (Nintendo DS)

Cooking Mama Review

Advantages: Innovative use of the DS controls
Disadvantages: If you're not a fan of cooking, you probably won't like it

...Cooking Mama challenges players to use their stylus as a master kitchen tool to cook lots of real world dishes ranging from pepperoni pizza to cabbage meat rolls. The game makes good and inventive use of the DS stylus and microphone with players use the stylus to chop, slice, pan fry, knead, grate, mash and peel. You can even share recipes with your friends via the DS's WI-FI settings, this gives the game extra depth as you try to out-cook your friends! This a break from traditional games as there are no levels to complete, no boss to beat and no power ups to collect, instead you cook a wide variety of dishes hoping to get approval from Cooking Mama. Each stage is timed adding excitement and even frustration at times as you try to make the best dish possible. Some of the tasks you wonder why you have to do them as they're so simple...

Walter_Kovacs 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Cooking Mama (Nintendo DS)

I can cook well with Cooking Mama

Advantages: cute graphics
Disadvantages: repetitive

...you?ll be using. You can practice ?chopping? meat and vegetables, coating meat in flour, peeling potatoes, breaking eggs and more. This is also a good place to come and practice a skill if there?s one particular step that?s keeping you from successfully cooking a dish. The graphics are pretty good. The colors are bright and some foods do look quite real. The sound effects are pretty accurate for things like chopping, peeling, and boiling noises. However the music is annoying and repetitive. In this game, you use your stylus to perform various timed cooking tasks. The microphone is also used as a control feature of the game for cooling down food. When you blow into the microphone, the recognition works pretty well so you don't have to blow crazily. This game looks nice and is fun and easy to complete, but once completed becomes...

buttonthirteen 14.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Cooking Mama (Nintendo DS)

Big Cook Little Cock!

Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: Wierd presenters

...Big Cook Little Cook...... Big Cook Little Cook is a programme that is aired on the CBeebies channel and is aimed at pre-school age children. The show has two presenters one big cook names Ben and a small cook named Small. (Of course, he is not actually small in real life but they have got an average sized person but filmed him so he appears to be about 5 inches tall). These two cooks own a cafe where different characters come to eat different types of food. They have characters from al the major fairy tales and of course on their Christmas show Father Christmas came to eat in the cafe. The programme is a little like a cookery show for children but a lot of adult help is needed. Also a lot of the food that is made i should think is not overly nice as it is a bit of a mixture of things put together to make something suitable...

newby2 21.01.2009 · Read review
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