Member Reviews
Charming, magical deliciousness for the whole family. My only critique is I wish the recipes included conversions for the ingredients. |
Cute ideas! Print was too jumbled to read clearly in the reader, but cool ideas for unicorn goodies! |
Always be you...unless you can be a unicorn...be a unicorn 🦄🌈 Super cute, fun and definitely a lot of things I want to try!!! Thank you for my copy! #Everything Unicorns |
Unicorn Food is a cute little recipe book that contains a number of recipes that use natural plant based colours to brighten up the food. I was expecting to just see sweet recipes, so was surprised to discover 8 savoury ones available, though some are simple such as a veggie rainbow sandwich. There are 24 recipes in the sweet section including one that made me smile - unicorn poop! With that in mind this would make a great book to use for a children's party. Each recipe comes with easy to follow instructions and a colour photograph. The measurements are in metric terms. I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review. |
The food and the pictures in this cookbook are amazing! My young children were extremely excited to be my guinea pigs for the testing of these recipes. If I had any issues with the recipes it would be how many of them call for the use of dyes. Even using natural dyes I felt was a little overused, I would have liked to see more recipes using food to create the colouring. |
I requested two different books with the same title of Unicorn Food at the same time. The first was a vegan cookbook. This is a cookbook of confectionaries/desserts/drinks made with colorful plant-based food colorings. There are beautiful photos that go with each recipe, which is a definite must for me! I really dislike a cookbook when I can't see what every recipe supposed to look like. That said, I have to deliver a couple of caveats: 1. All of the measurements are in metric, and the names of some items may be unfamiliar to American readers (such as caster sugar) so US bakers will need to adjust accordingly. Knowing this going in is crucial, as nothing is more annoying than thinking you've got the right amount of time to make something in the kitchen only to discover you need to take time to adjust measurements. Give yourself a few extra minutes and you'll be just fine. 2. In the introduction the author is clear that no artificial food colorings are used in any of the recipes. However, items like colored baking melts and grenadine are usually made with artificial food colorings. For the baker who is adamant to not use artificial food colorings, you're going to have to get creative. 3. There's no lead-in to any of the recipes. Some cookbooks go overboard with explaining why and how they developed each recipe, but having no context was also a little bit jarring. These lead-ins will also offer substitutes for ingredients or lack of a certain type of cooking instrument, which can be a necessity. It's just a personal preference of mine, but it's worth noting in case it's also a personal preference of yours. Overall the recipes in this book were pretty straightforward and appeared relatively easy to make. Just be sure you know going in what you're going to get and you should be able to whip up these adorable and colorful unicorn foods with ease! |
Definitely a trend driven book. Cute but underwhelming recipes and pretty limited. Excellent photography though! |
Ashley R, Reviewer
Very creative unicorn inspired recipes. I would have loved to have had this book before hosting two unicorn parties. |
Hillary J, Librarian
Cute, sweet, and relatively short! This book's only major fault is that is could be longer. Full of both a combo of basic lunch recipes and mostly treats, this book focuses on color and fun! If you're looking to throw a unicorn themed bash, this would be a great place to start. A note to all those considering purchase, this book uses UK measurements, you will need a scale. |
Sabrina A, Bookseller
A beautiful book of recipes. Natural ways of creating pretty, colourful and appetising looking food. There is a mixture of simple and more complicated recipes so anyone can find something to make. |
The introduction to Unicorn Food describes the colorful world which they are attempting to create with the recipes from this cookbook. A balanced, colorful rainbow of food which will delight the eye while providing healthy eating, is the aim. All of the recipes in the book recommend natural food coloring. Specialty cake shops carry natural food colorings. To make your own, use the provided list of the various foods which can create natural colors. The recipes in this book are divided into two categories, Savory and Sweet. Each recipe includes the Prep time and Servings along with the ingredients and instructions. With only 32 recipes in the book, it is short but sweet. It does cover a variety of different types of recipes giving an excellent selection. Whimsical But Practical Recipes The recipes throughout are whimsical but practical, there seems to be a rainbow-infused recipe for every occasion. I like the idea of using the natural food colorings or actual food to create the color rather than artificial dyes. While not a children’s recipe book, I believe many of these recipes would be a huge hit at a unicorn themed kids party. That being said, Husband is insisting we make the Croque-Unicorn for Sunday brunch. All of the ingredients seem to be very straightforward and easily sourced. I think this book has an excellent collection of imaginative recipes that everyone will enjoy. See the full review and the recipe for Croque-Unicorn at The RecipesNow! Reviews And Recipes Magazine. This review is written in response to a complimentary copy of the book provided by the publisher in hopes of an honest review. |
This is a lovely little cookbook filled with lots of really colourful recipes. What I really enjoyed was that not all the recipes are sweet. The rainbow cheese toastie is particularly interesting and definitely one that must be tried! The unicorn ice cream has been a real hit in our household easy to make and really delicious! Enjoyed this eBook so much that I ordered a physical copy to add to my collection Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest review. |
Barb P, Bookseller
What a cute idea. Unicorns are all the rage right now. What child wouldn't like a full blown unicorn party? Not only are there cakes and milkshakes but there are also ideas for a healthier fare. |
🦄 Happy Unicorn Day! 🦄 Despite its promising title, Unicorn Food is not a book of recipes to help you feed your unicorn a nutritionally balanced diet, nor does it contain recipes that include unicorns as an ingredient. It’s okay! You don’t need to retrieve your pitchfork! There’s not a single unicorn listed in the ingredients of this book! 😜 Instead you will get to marvel at some of the most beautiful food you’ve ever seen. Using natural food colourings like juices, spices or natural powdered food colourings that you can purchase from speciality cake decorating stores or our good friend, the Internet, you won’t find preservatives in any of the sweet or savoury delights in this book. You’ll find such yummies as unicorn poop (pretty little rainbow meringues), unicorn maki rolls, unicorn noodle bowls with the most extraordinary purple and blue noodles, crogue-unicorn (toasted cheese sandwiches with 4 colours in the cheese), and blueberry galaxy cupcakes. I already thought donuts were out of this world but there’s even a recipe for cosmic donuts, which include edible silver glitter and bright blue icing! I’m fairly certain that I’ll be indulging in swirly pastel unicorn cheesecake in the near future. I can also guarantee that I will never attempt the unicorn cake with a starring role on the cover of this book. I can only imagine the epic fail that would be the result of me attempting to replicate this one. However if someone would like to volunteer to make one for me I won’t object. The photography in this book is sufficiently droolworthy and if you’re my kind of chef it will show you the hilarious difference between what the food was supposed to look like and what your talent for disaster has actually whipped up. I expect the recipes in this book will wind up featuring at many parties in the near future. Thank you very much to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry for the opportunity to be one of the first to drool over this book. |
Rather a colourful book, the cakes and party food would delight any child - The savoury samples did not inspire me, especially rainbow melted cheese sandwich, but maybe the kids would love it. The food colouring can be home made from natural ingredients (instructions given) but store bought can also we used. Nice ideas, such as the unicorn cake and the colourful swiss roll, the young girls would particularly love them. The recipes are easy to make and easy to follow, a fun book. |
Kristin M, Librarian
The colors and photography in this book are fabulous. Gorgeous visuals. The recipes are creative, but I don't necessarily see myself putting out the effort to recreate any of them. Definitely not for the kitchen beginner!! Neat concept, though. |
With all the unicorn craze this book is sure to satisfy many readers. We have several instagram worthy recipes. Some popular recipes such as Croque- Unicorn (rainbow grilled cheese sandwich) and Mermaid Toast. Each recipe has a full color image to go along with it including great detailed instructions and a separate ingredients list. Most the recipes look relatively healthy as well! |
I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- No unicorns were harmed in the making of this food! But unicorns have magically inspired all the recipes in this book adding technicolor sparkle to your sushi and fairytale magic to your mocktails. Why eat boring when you can enjoy a rainbow-coloured noodle bowl for dinner? And it’s all deliciously natural - no nasty e-numbers or preservatives, just beautiful food colorings made from berry juices and vegetables. From the show-stopping Unicorn Cake and Cosmic Donuts to Rainbow Veggie Sandwiches and Celestial Swirl Soup, these brightly colored edibles can be naughty and nice. Create the most unbelievably Instagram-able dishes ever seen. Cook, post and enjoy and the likes will multiple. Move over mug cakes. This is internet explosion unites the zeitgeist for all things magical, pastel, and unicorn-esque. Brightly colored, and not too serious, Unicorn Food is shared experience - how could you not want to share such amazing and magical delights created in your own kitchen - and all natural and vegetarian. I am late on the Unicorn craze – but now that I know I can say I am a unicorn instead of an outlier/oddity I am wearing my horn with pride! I had problems with the digital copy at first, but with downloading a different “e-book-reader-thingy” I was able to see the photos at last – and they are gorgeous! I loved that the recipes were not for the ubiquitous cakes and included many different ways to get your unicorn on! Great recipes and so nice to not have to worry about food dyes: five sparkly, shiny, glowy, galaxy unicorn stars (horns?)! |
Information: Genre: Cooking Target Audience: All ages Warnings: None Rating: 4 out of 5 Summary: A cookbook based on colorful 'unicorn' food. Review: I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley. This has in no way affected my opinion or this review. I'll be honest in saying this is my first time reviewing a cookbook so hopefully, if there is an issue with the review you'll leave a comment. This cookbook obviously came about due to the unicorn trend. It seems to be catered for pinterest and instagram. It is filled with recipes for vegans and vegetarians. Which I thought was a nice touch as it promotes a more healthy style of cooking even teaching you how to make the food dye. I tried a few of the recipes and they turned out great. I made the mocktail (which I added some rum to). It was colorful and tasty. I also made the unicorns though mine had the horns coming off. I'm not the best at making cookies. There is something in here for everyone. They've got sweets, drinks, pasta, and so much more. So if you can't find at least two recipes in this book then you are just being picky. The only real criticism I have for this book is the pictures. The cover is great which I find funny considering the cover uses a picture for one of the recipes yet the picture inside the book is poor quality. Some of the pictures are such poor quality it's hard to tell what some of the objects in the photos are. For a cookbook especially one that is trying to target pinterest and instagram users that is a big drawback. I want to be able to see clearly what the food is supposed to look like when it is done. I will state that the copy of the cookbook was an ebook. So it is possible that the pictures are better in the physical copy but since I have no way of knowing that I'm docking a star. Still, I'd recommend this cookbook to anyone who loves unicorns, color, vegetarian/vegan dishes, and those who have kids. It's a fun little find. |




