"What makes ChopChop so great is not only Sampson's choice of subject, appealing and respectful design and language, bright colors and surprisingly sophisticated food photography; it's her (and her editors') choice of recipes. . . . Sampson [is] doing preventive medicine. Because cooking reduces obesity and reducing obesity reduces disease."--Mark Bittman "The New York Times"
"Plant the seeds of cooking enthusiasm in the young, and give them the gift of a lifetime. ChopChop imparts the joy of kitchen fluency to our next generation with a crisp, inviting design, an inspiring, encouraging voice, and broadly appealing recipes."--Mollie Katzen "author of Moosewood Cookbook and Pretend Soup"
"ChopChop has made my son love math (measuring ingredients); chemistry (that's cooking!) and good, nutritious food. Most of all, he loves the spirit that ChopChop embodies: Intelligent, healthy fun. It's wonderful."--Susan Orlean "author of Rin Tin Tin and Throw Me a Bone"
"ChopChop is introducing a generation of children (and their parents) to cooking, establishing a healthy lifestyle from the start. Keep a copy in your kitchen."--David Ludwig, MD, PhD "Director, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital"
"[ChopChop] is ideal. It has lively graphics, a bright (but not saccharine) tone, and modern, realistic recipes."--Julia Moskin "The New York Times"
"Sampson has solved a puzzle everyone talks about--how to make children and families cook--by being truly cross-cultural, practical, explicit, and never patronizing."--Corby Kummer "The Atlantic"
"A delicious standout title, sure to inspire the next generation of chefs."-- "School Library Journal"