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Pack lunch with this fun and creative cookbook of lunchbox ideas and healthy recipes to please even your pickiest eater—from Jenny Mollen, the Instagram personality behind @dictatorlunches! “Jenny makes all of us moms wanna be more creative! Her humor and inventiveness are such a winning combination. I love this amazing method of edible food art she has brought to life. It makes us all smile and cheer.” — Drew Barrymore Lighthearted cooking with a heavy dose of love Any parent will tell you that raising dictators… errr, children … can be challenging. Thankfully Jenny Mollen of @dictatorlunches takes the power struggle out of mealtime with this inspired collection of 40 recipes, from filling breakfasts to healthy snacks, dinners, and desserts—with a special emphasis on solving the age-old problem of school lunch. Dictator Lunches will soon become your secret weapon in the kitchen. Mollen shares her foolproof method for packing winning lunches along with easy-to-master techniques that will transform ordinary ingredients into adorable edible art, like Strawberry Actresses, Cucumber Penguins, and Rice Pandas. With her trademark playfulness and whimsy, Mollen turns meals into feasts fit for any autocrat, no matter how demanding, featuring: Insta-ready Avocado Toast Better Than Alphabet Cookies Logs. They Aren’t Just for Ants Anymore Fruit-juiced Gummy Worms in Granola soil Healthy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cups on a Stick Complete with international dishes for your jet-setting tyrant like Amateur Hour Japchae, Curry Chicken, and Coconut Rice and Beans, and holiday-themed boxes with Reindeer Celery Sticks, Baruch Atah Adon-Applesauce, and Spinach Frankenstein Quesadillas, Dictator Lunches has you covered for every meal, every holiday, and any dictator’s whim.
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ジェニー・モレンの『Dictator Lunches』は、育児という名の「政治劇」へのユーモラスな反旗です。著者は、わがままな独裁者である子供に振り回される日常を、鮮やかなエディブル・アートへと昇華させました。その創造性は、台所を愛とウィットに満ちた表現の場へ変貌させる、文学的な遊び心に溢れています。 本書の真髄は、完璧主義を笑い飛ばし、食を通じて対話を試みる切実な親心にあります。独裁者を満足させる奮闘は、読者に深い連帯感と、日常を彩るための確かな武器を授けます。ページをめくるたび、あなたの孤独な戦場は、愛すべき聖域へと変わるに違いありません。

































