This book is notable because it has REAL WORLD gross food (like cheese that has maggots in it -- on purpose) and recipes for FAKE gross foods. The recipes and their pictures are disgusting, but in a good way -- perfect for Halloween parties or fun for kids. My students would enjoy both the real facts and the gross recipes!

This cookbook was so much fun! My kids and I had a great time testing the recipes. Much laughter and good memories.

Super perfect cookbook for kids who love to cook and also love gross. Who doesn't love a kitty litter cake? I'm hoping to use some of these in programming.

Kids seem to really enjoy cookbooks at my school, so I thought why not try this deceptive cookbook and get some kid feedback. Some of these recipes were just nasty to look at but oh so delicious!

Interesting and fact filled, this book is perfect for any kid planning a slumber party or mom planning a fear factor or halloween party. Recipes are easy to follow and straight forward. I found it entertaining and informational.

One of the most unusual cookbooks I have ever reviewed is “The Gross Cookbook – Awesome Recipes For (Deceptively) Disgusting Treats Kids Can Make” by Susanna Tee. Full of disgusting, revolting, generally plain old gross food, this is one of the most fun and unique cookbooks ever.

Before you dive into the gruesome ghoulishness, they do prepare you for what is going to come. Fair warning is offered in “Prepare To Be Disgusted”. The four “Revolting Rules” provide fair usage rules, there is an etiquette to this stuff too you know.

After that brief introduction, you are thrown into the deep end of the loathsome lusciousness. “Squiggly Jelly Worms” is the first recipe and comes with completely awful and yet awesome drawings and photographs of what your end result could look like. The well laid out recipes are very easy to follow with step-by-step instructions. You even get handy tips and warnings for when your child will need an adult.

The recipes aren’t the only thing in the book however, it also gives you a bit of an education with information about some of the exotic and unusual foods that are consumed around the world. Who knew that kids could gross themselves out and learn something new at the same time?

Many of the recipes in the cookbook are designed for maximum shock value. One of my favorites is the “Cat Poop In The Litter Box”. This recipe alone has many uses for shockingly disturbing gags, excellent holiday treats at Hallowe’en, and just plain old tasty snacks if you have a bit of a sick bent.

The graphics throughout the book mesh very well with the integrated full-color pictures consequently setting the atmosphere for a hilariously funny book. I don’t really think it could’ve been the same without such wonderful illustrations.

Care clearly went into the placement of the recipes throughout the book. The “Roasted Mice” recipe directly preceded the “Roasted Rat” Gross Planet information about the delicacy from Vietnam. Such attention to detail truly makes this a spectacular book.

The “Rules Of The Kitchen” finish up the book, along with “Cooking Lingo”. Both are essential go-to pages for a young cook.

A Completely MUST Have Book

This book is an absolute must-have for anybody who’s got a kid or is ever going to plan a Hallowe’en party. But truly it is not just I once a year book. Wet spaghetti in a bowl, for brains, and skinned grapes, for eye balls, was the best I did as a child in our summer Carnival “Mystery Body Part” tent. I can see that I probably would’ve used it often had I owned this book as a child. As an adult, I am unwilling to admit it how many, many times I will be referencing it.

Seems like everybody who looked at this book enjoyed it thoroughly, yet was grossed out at the same time. Exactly, I think, the type of reaction one hopes/expects to get from this book. Can I really can gush enough about this book? I doubt it. It’s probably the most awesome book I’ve ever reviewed, certainly in a class by itself. I love it to death. Hopefully, that won’t result from some of these recipes. ;o)

The full review can be viewed at The RecipesNow! Reviews and Recipes Magazine.

The review is in response to a hard copy of the book sent to me by the publisher in return for an honest review.

This is the type of cookbook I can see my nephew loving!! It is full of fun and tasting, but disgusting to look at food that kids can make. It also includes after each recipe some world eating habits that may be strange to some. Examples include live wiggling octopus, bowls of grubs in broth, and even bats. Not good for my appetite, but great for kids cooking skills.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

This was a delightfully disgusting book. At times (especially those real life things) the grossness was factor 9001, but this was mostly a really fun book that I enjoyed and I can't wait to try out some of the recipes myself. :P

Confession time: This book is perfect for me. Back in my Neopets days I used to have a Gross Food gallery. With hundreds and hundreds of food that were disgusting. I had binders full of information on what stuff I still needed, what stuff I had, how much everything costs. Yep, I really managed my gallery with love. It was also fun to find a new gross food to add, and sometimes I even had my friends there select if a food was really disgusting or not.
So as you can see, this book is right in my lane. Gee, thanks to this book I miss those days.

The book is split up in recipes parts and real life gross food parts. My favourite was the recipes, but I was happy that they added the real life things as well. It gave a bit of an insight in true disgusting stuff (and not fake-made/only looking disgusting made stuff as the recipes were). The real disgusting food section didn't really yield any surprises for me, but I can imagine for kids it would be a gruesome delight to read about it.

As I said, my favourite part was the recipes. They were at times quite realistically disgusting. It didn't help that there were also illustrations to enhance the yuckiness. Some stuff was obvious not real, but for instance the frogspawn and the brownies with "worms" were properly ewww. I loved it! I would love to see the reactions of people to those foods, see if they will be disgusted by it.

We have a mix of illustrations and photographs, which is a nice mix, it really made the book even more fun to read.

What more? Ah yes, the instructions to the recipe were easy and simple to follow. Most recipes are quite small, but there are a few bigger ones. But each one had their instructions set up in various parts. From starting, to building, to showing it off. With tips here and there on how to make it better/how to present it.

So all in all, I really liked this book and I would highly recommend it to everyone. Disgusting food banzai!

So many GREAT and FUN recipes. Super easy to do with kids! I loved this book and can't wait for school to start back up so we can make a few things!

I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I will leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.

This will be great for adults are teens looking for that carnival or Halloween attraction that makes people do delicious but yuck

Yuck! Yep that is the first thing I thought as I screwed my nose up at this book, which I oddly couldn't wait to read, yep with my yuck came an oddly intrigued yet hesitant look. This cookbook really is gross, with severed fingers, cat pooh in litter trays and snotty popcorn my stomach was positively curdling, but when you look past the visual vomit fest (aka the pictures) it is quite the interesting book.

With a book that hopes you have a strong stomach you know you’re in a for a real treat shriek. The warning at the front of the book is quite funny, sharing with the reader not getting the two very different parts of the book confused. The two parts include recipes to gross you out that are totally edible and Gross Out Planet features where some of the most strange and weird food are eaten throughout the world.

The revolting rules have been well constructed and talk about asking permission, being careful not to scare or be mean with the items and not to scratch your butt while you think no one is looking. There are serving suggestions, tasty tips, cook’s tips and reminders throughout, the author has done this in a way that is fun and funny but also tackling other issues such as not going out into the garden and eating real worms.

With real indigenous and native foods such as chewy caterpillars from Australia, stinking fruit from Indonesia and maggoty cheese from Italy, this book is also a cultural and geographic experience for your child (or yourself if you like rotten, stinky, gross looking food). I had not heard of some of these customs, and I was particularly grossed out by some of them, this is the great thing about diversity though what seems yuck to one person is a lot of yummy for another.

The recipes have been well written, with lots of explanation and warning if an adult is needed to help with hot things, or not rubbing your eyes when cutting chilis. I like that the warning is in bright yellow and prominently placed on the page. At the rear of the book there are suggested party ideas so that you can share these disgusting wonderful delights with your family and friends.

This is a fantastically disgusting and visually gross cook book that children and teens will love. Whether it be for a birthday party, or a holiday such as Halloween these treats are not for the faint hearted and very much for the joker. I wholeheartedly recommend this cookbook.