 Max's award winning first book was well received coast to coast with wonderful reviews and features from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Television, Jack and Jill Magazine, National KIND NEWS, News papers across America, COBB LIFE MAGAZINE and many more. See what folks are saying...
Reviews
Move over Emeril
8-year-old Kennesaw resident Max Nania is on his way to foodie fame.
Cobb Life
Stacey L Evans
Photography by Mike Jacoby
7-year-old not afraid to max out in kitchen
The recipes are easy to follow and perfect for children 6 and
younger who are beginning to show an interest in cooking. Max's cookbook has it all, from snacks to desserts -- including Tarzan Wraps, Cool Stuff with Cocoa, Breakfast Sundaes and Crunchy Bugs and Cheese. Max's mom gives tips with each recipe, as well as a recommendation for further reading.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
By Arlene Burnett, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
From the article by AP Food Writer J.M. HIRSCH... 
It's hard not to admire the sort of pluck involved in a 8-year-old boy publishing a cookbook. A vegetarian cookbook at that. And Max Nania, author of "Cooking with Max: 45 Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make,'' demonstrates plenty of pluck.
Max's book (assembled with help from Mom, Sienna Nania) feels one part family scrapbook, one part kid-friendly cookbook. It's a formula children will relate to and enjoy - and that's reason enough for parents to embrace it.
Max has the potential to be a great role model for children. He demonstrates not only that food and cooking can be fun, but also that boys as much as girls can and should get in on that fun.
The recipes are simple and most can be completed with just a bit of adult help (the Tarzan Wraps, for example, are whole-wheat tortillas slathered with peanut butter and covered with sunflower seeds and banana slices).
An especially nice touch - each recipe includes suggested reading, a children's book loosely tied to the theme of the recipe...
By AP Food Writer J.M. HIRSCH
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This article appeared coast to coast in magazines and news papers.
Sometimes you may find yourself wondering why you wasted so much time getting to where you wanted to be in life. Meet a young man who found success so soon, that one has to wonder what he'll be able to do for an encore.
Wes Sarginson
WXIA-TV Atlanta
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You Are What You Read
...the sustenance of words: Cooking with Max
Not many chefs can say that four years is a long time to spend in their profession, but for Max Nania that's a little more than half his life. This budding seven year old has grown up in the kitchen and has acquired a special talent when it comes to creating kid-friendly treats and recipes that will be featured in his new book, Cooking With Max, scheduled to release this April/May.
 Cooking with Max: 45 Really Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make is a collection of Max?s favorite recipes from the years he has spent learning to cook and create with his mom, Sienna, who encourages his creativity as long as he cleans up. From Inside-Out Ice Cream Sandwiches to Disappearing Veggies, this cookbook offers an array of specialties so creative and fun that they could only come from a child?s imagination.
Jill Epstein
Publisher
Where to Eat and Drink Magazine
April issue
wheretoeatboston.com
Max appeared in the American Red Cross' Donor Recruitment Newsletter in July 2007. Click here to read the full story.
Book Review:
Cooking With Max by Max Nania
Do you enjoy spending time with your kids? Do you like to encourage them to find beneficial activities? Do you like to cook? Well, if so, you'll enjoy Cooking With Max , a cookbook designed by a kid for kids. There are forty-five recipes within its pages along with other activities.
Written by Gray Hunter
Blogcritics.org
Published July 21, 2007
Culinary clips: Cookbook author on tour at age 8
Max Nania is a Cub Scout who likes the funky chicken and the Atlanta Braves. We won't hold that against him. The Georgia boy has done a lot of living in his first eight years. He began using his mom's kitchen as a cooking lab at age 3. He practiced his handwriting by recording his recipes. Now he's an author on a nationwide book tour. Poof! Just like that. Stops this month included Lake Geneva, ...
The Capital Times
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 6:58 AM PDT
Kid-friendly recipes
If you're looking for recipes that are kid-friendly, why not take the advice of a kid? "Cooking With Max: 45 Really Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make" features simple but appealing recipes developed by author Max Nania, age 7. Here's one to try, called "Chipping Dip Stars."
Chipping Dip Stars
4 to 5 (10-inch) flour tortillas
10- to 16-ounce bag blue-corn chips
Olive oil
Salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place flour tortillas on a cutting board and cut out star-shaped pieces using a cookie cutter.
Place stars on a cookie sheet. Spray stars with olive oil. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on stars. Bake for 5 minutes (edges will start to brown). Let cool. Mix them up in a basket with blue-corn chips, and serve with red salsa.
CATHERINE MALLETTE
MCCLATCHY Newspapers
This story appeared in
The Daily Herald on page B2
"Cooking With Max: 45 Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make," by Max Nania is a vegetarian cookbook by an 8-year old. Assembled with help from his mom, Sienna Nania, it feels like one part family scrapbook, one part kid-friendly cookbook. It's a formula children will relate to and enjoy. Max has the potential to be a great role model for children.
Los Angeles Daily News
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 8:37 PM PDT
Get Cooking
Cooking with Max: 45 Really Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make, Written by Max Nania. 7 year-old chef Max Nania (who hails from Marietta, Georgia) has been cooking since he could walk. This glossy, hardcover book is his first culinary effort, features recipes like "Crunchy Bugs and Cheese." Get your kids cooking this summer!
The South magazine
Sun-sational Summer Reads
By Carrie Johnson and Andrew Odom
June/July 2007
The heart of any home is the kitchen, and Cooking with Max shows young readers and their parents how to make the most of it. From learning shapes and colors for younger readers, to fun lessons in literature and geography for older children, Sienna Nania (Max's mom) offers parents and teachers helpful tips for turning the kitchen into a fun classroom.
Atlanta and Company
Max Nania is an 8 year-old second grader who has written an excellent cookbook...
Eagle Eye Book Shop
Decatur, Georgia
'Cooking with Max' is kid-friendly in the kitchen
...A vegetarian cookbook at that. And Max Nania, author of "Cooking with Max: 45 Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make"..
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - May 30, 2007
On the bookshelf
...Max has the potential to be a great role model for children. He demonstrates not only that food and cooking can be fun, but also that boys, as much as girls, can and should get in on that fun...
Columbia Daily Tribune, May 9, 2007
You Can Make Breakfast for Mom on Mother's Day
"...Max Nania knows a lot about cooking. He began cooking before he was three years old, and now he's written a book with all his favorite recipes. In Cooking with Max , you'll find 45 great recipes that kids can make themselves (some need a grownup helper)..."
Island Family Magazine
May 2007 Issue, page 15
The real joy of cooking for 8-year-old Max Nania of Kennesaw is the mess he gets to make in the kitchen.
Take his dish, Max's Favorite Dessert. He pours a mountain of brown sugar inside a wide ring of strawberries and forms a little crater to plop in sour cream.
Then there are his Inside Out Ice Cream Sandwiches. The young chef mushes ice cream on top of a fresh baked brownie, then tops it with another brownie. On top of that, he mushes more ice cream, then freezes the whole thing...
His book is subtitled "45 Fun and Kind of Messy Recipes Kids Can Make" and includes tips on getting a grown-up assistant to chop foods and do other prep work.
Adrianne M. Murchison
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Thank you for performing at Eggstravaganza. You did a great job and I love your lemonade!!!
Your band also did a great job- please thank them for me!!
I wish you great sucess with your book."
Sincerely,
Trasey Welton
Legacy Park Activities Director
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
"Cooking With Max is one of the most fun, funny, educational family books I've come across in a long time. It manages to use the kitchen as a classroom for the entire family. It's educational, it's well-thought out, it's a great resource for parents and children, and best of all - the recipes are great! We LOVE the peanut butter - it IS the best! Amazing that it came from the mind of a 7-year-old. Parents, do yourselves a favor and buy this book for your home. You and your family will create some great new experiences, some great memories, and some great food. Thanks Max!"
Allan Qui
BarnesandNoble.com Reviewer
"What a creative and fun resource to use to get kids into the kitchen! The visuals are inviting and my kids went crazy for the recipes. Appealing in every way! The literature tie-in is an added bonus. I'm always looking for a good book. Fun for family time and educational to boot!"
Anne Wender
Teacher and mother of 4
Max,
I enjoyed looking at your recipes and I can't wait until my grandchildren visit, so we can try them out! I know that we will have lots of fun and we will be eating healthy foods. You are so talented and creative!
Your princi "pal,"
Dr. Kathie Elliott
Principal
Kennesaw Elementary School
Kennesaw, Georgia
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