Overcoming Obstacles in Cooking

by Matthew W. Miller

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 3/25/2013

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 8.5x11

Page Count : 90

ISBN : 9781452570679

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 90

ISBN : 9781452570686

About the Book

Think you cannot cook because you have never cooked before or are disabled? Think again! Some recipes included are: • chocolate butterscotch pudding cake • lady finger surprise • brown sugar buttered pork chops and more “Matthew definitely embodies a person with determination. He has overcome many obstacles in life, including getting his master’s degree despite having cerebral palsy.” —Jeremy Stewart “Matthew learned a one-handed keyboarding method. He was willing to practice the technique correctly. This resulted in him often typing faster than students using both hands. Keyboarding afforded him the opportunity to learn a lifelong skill for written communication and expression.” —Mrs. Diann M. Snellings, school librarian, A.G. Richardson Elementary School

About the Author

Matthew W. Miller has mild cerebral palsy. It took him longer to learn to cook. He currently works as a sales associate at Wal-Mart. Before that, he was a cashier. He has also worked as a special education teacher, teacher assistant, and substitute teacher. He is a graduate of Culpeper County High School and earned an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in education from Germanna Community College. He has a BS degree in special education and an MA degree in human relations. During college, he volunteered his time as a peer academic adviser, a student grader, and gave presentations on transition planning in special education and test-taking strategies. Like his mom did, he likes to bake desserts.

Customer Reviews

"Title: Overcoming Obstacles in Cooking
Author: Matthew W. Miller
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 978-1-4525-7067-9
?People with cerebral palsy may need more time to learn how to cook than those without this condition. It may take them ten minutes or ten years to learn something, so be patient with them,? Matthey W. Miller writes in his book, ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cooking.""

At ninety pages, this paperback targets readers who want to learn how to cook or teach those with disabilities the craft of cooking. With the author having mild cerebral palsy, its fifty recipes are easy to understand and make, sometimes perhaps without any assistance.

The first six chapters are divided into recipes of main dishes, breads, vegetables, soups and salads, and desserts. Color-coded by chapter, there is the name of the recipe at the top of the page, a highlighted-rectangle area that contains the ingredients needed, and instructions along with the person who submitted the recipe.

Although there are no photographs of the finished products, some of the examples include Kelli?s Favorite Oatmeal Waffles, Manicotti Miner?s Delight, Dough Knots, Yellow Squash Fritters, Cheryle?s Steak Salad, Venison Vegetable Soup, Fruit Pizza Cookies, Mother?s Frozen Lemon Pie, and Autumn?s Favorite Enchiladas.

After sixty pages dedicated to recipes, there are three pages of colored photographs depicting many of the unnamed chefs who have overcome obstacles and their helpers.

Some of the ten appendixes should be at the start of the book instead of the end as they are informative and interesting. There are important tips to learn how to cook by using crafts and hands-on cooking activities, how to use food in the classroom setting by subject, putting school supply lists together that work in the kitchen, tips overcoming obstacles, and a teaching people with disabilities how to cook questionnaire. Even a cooking shopping lis

connywithay
"Title: Overcoming Obstacles in Cooking
Author: Matthew W. Miller
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 978-1-4525-7067-9
?People with cerebral palsy may need more time to learn how to cook than those without this condition. It may take them ten minutes or ten years to learn something, so be patient with them,? Matthey W. Miller writes in his book, ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cooking.""

At ninety pages, this paperback targets readers who want to learn how to cook or teach those with disabilities the craft of cooking. With the author having mild cerebral palsy, its fifty recipes are easy to understand and make, sometimes perhaps without any assistance.

The first six chapters are divided into recipes of main dishes, breads, vegetables, soups and salads, and desserts. Color-coded by chapter, there is the name of the recipe at the top of the page, a highlighted-rectangle area that contains the ingredients needed, and instructions along with the person who submitted the recipe.

Although there are no photographs of the finished products, some of the examples include Kelli?s Favorite Oatmeal Waffles, Manicotti Miner?s Delight, Dough Knots, Yellow Squash Fritters, Cheryle?s Steak Salad, Venison Vegetable Soup, Fruit Pizza Cookies, Mother?s Frozen Lemon Pie, and Autumn?s Favorite Enchiladas.

After sixty pages dedicated to recipes, there are three pages of colored photographs depicting many of the unnamed chefs who have overcome obstacles and their helpers.

Some of the ten appendixes should be at the start of the book instead of the end as they are informative and interesting. There are important tips to learn how to cook by using crafts and hands-on cooking activities, how to use food in the classroom setting by subject, putting school supply lists together that work in the kitchen, tips overcoming obstacles, and a teaching people with disabilities how to cook questionnaire. Even a cooking shopping lis

connywithay

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