The Montessori Kitchen: A Parent’s Guide to Nurturing Your Child’s Curiosity, Confidence, and Connection to Food
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Children can do more than most of us give them credit for, and The Montessori Kitchen shows parents how to let them. Kristen Miglore and Junnifa Uzodike treat cooking and eating as a way for young children to become excited about food, and about learning itself. The recipes appeal to the rest of the family, too.
Lamb with sweet potatoes and yogurt is dinner for the grown-ups, yet every element is tender enough for a baby just starting to wean. Arepas do double duty. Children shape the dough and learn by feel when it has been properly kneaded, and then each person fills or tops their own.
There is abundant advice, whether the challenge is coaxing a child to try something new, teaching basic kitchen skills, or making dinner rewarding instead of a standoff.
The book starts before birth, with nourishing food for pregnant and postpartum parents. Readers who know Montessori only by reputation will find its fundamentals explained clearly and put to work at the stove, at the table, and in other activities as well.
Junnifa Uzodike is the co-author of international bestsellers on Montessori method that have been translated into more than 25 languages. Kristen Miglore is the author of three Food52 Genius books, and was the longtime author of the column on that website.
Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.
Published on October 13, 2026
