Cooking With Mickey Volume II

Cooking With Mickey: Volume II

For those of you who have had the pleasure of experiencing the world of Disney at one of their major parks around the world, you know that Disney excels at many things and they’re never afraid to pull out all the stops. They’re food is no exception. For a West Coaster like me, Disneyland is a common stop for me and I’m pretty sure I’ve tried all the food they have to offer at every restaurant. They have classic theme park food like churros, corn dogs, hot dogs, burgers, fries and the like. But they also have just about any food you can imagine whether it be fried chicken and turkey legs or po-boys and gumbo; chicken and beef skewers or prime rib and roasted turkey!

I love Disney cuisine and it’s always fun to look through the cookbook to bring a little Disney home.  There are a few more recipes I would try in the book, but overall, most of the recipes in this cookbook do not fit the general tastebuds of my household. 

There is a good variety of chapters, thirteen to be exact, and most of the recipes are from Disneyworld. This book certainly covers all the bases and the chapters are very specific, making it easy to find what you’re looking for. They have one chapter dedicated to all of the breads in Walt Disney World and Disneyland. They also have one chapter dedicated purely to sauces! They make sure each recipe fits on a single page so you don’t have to flip back and forth while cooking. This certainly helps to keep your cookbook clean!

Many of the recipes require a lot of ingredients and are not exactly simple to make. These are recipes that need to be planned in advance to ensure that you have all of the ingredients. The instructions are quite clear but there are no pictures of any kind throughout this book; so you have to envision for yourselves the presentation of the recipe. If you’re recreating a food that you’ve had before it might not be a problem but it may be difficult for someone to see the true light if never having been to a Disney Park. 

This cookbook features well over 400 recipes. It’s impossible to not like at least a few things in this cookbook! It’s hard to believe there can be such a variety of foods just between the two parks but they continue to reinvent themselves as they open new restaurants and invent new recipes. While I think the cookbook would obviously appeal more to someone who has a love for a Disney Park, a glance at the recipes is just enough to bring Mickey in the kitchen while cooking for your family on a dreary rainy day!