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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #35
Cooking Camp Disaster
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew need to discover who’s tricking their taste buds!
Nancy, Bess, and George are excited to be spending some of their summer at Kid Kuisine, a cooking camp where they are going to learn how to make delicious treats from Chef Giorgio. At the end of the camp, they will be cooking for their families—and someone will win Best Chef!
But after a few days, it’s clear that one of their fellow campers is not as excited as they are. From salty brownies to super-spicy pizza, things are not as yummy as they should be: Someone is sabotaging the food. Could it be the stuck-up Jeremy, who is intent on winning Best Chef? Or the chef’s assistant, who might have hidden motives of her own? It’s up to the Clue Crew to figure out who’s ruining the recipes—and everyone’s appetite!
Nancy, Bess, and George are excited to be spending some of their summer at Kid Kuisine, a cooking camp where they are going to learn how to make delicious treats from Chef Giorgio. At the end of the camp, they will be cooking for their families—and someone will win Best Chef!
But after a few days, it’s clear that one of their fellow campers is not as excited as they are. From salty brownies to super-spicy pizza, things are not as yummy as they should be: Someone is sabotaging the food. Could it be the stuck-up Jeremy, who is intent on winning Best Chef? Or the chef’s assistant, who might have hidden motives of her own? It’s up to the Clue Crew to figure out who’s ruining the recipes—and everyone’s appetite!
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 9, 2013
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About the author
Carolyn Keene
948 books3,833 followersCarolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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December 31, 2015
Nancy Drew and her friends solve another mystery, this time at cooking camp when someone starts ruining recipes that they make. First is peppermint brownies with extra salt, next is pizza that is way too spicy, and who knows what will happen next?
July 19, 2013
Great books to introduce young girls to the Nancy Drew teenage books!
February 11, 2019
Talisha doesn't want to be at cooking camp, so she starts to make all sorts of disasters happen. She would rather be at soccer camp. Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew discover that Talisha was the one causing problems. I think that Talisha learned her lesson because her parents don't let her go back to cooking camp or to soccer camp. So she had to help around the house instead.
April 18, 2025
3.5 stars. We're still enjoying these books, especially when we just read one here and there. This one is about a summer cooking camp. Someone switches the salt and sugar, puts a ton of red pepper on pizzas, etc. and the clue crew has to figure out whodunnit. I liked the foodie element and the mystery was fine. The solution didn't make any sense, but so it goes!
June 10, 2018
Different ending than I expected
March 17, 2021
Cute as always!
May 7, 2021
Good book!!
January 16, 2022
Love the storytelling on this one!
August 24, 2022
So cute
April 27, 2024
This book was almost a 5! Nancy and her friends are going to a cooking camp where everyone's recipes turn out to be disasters! I liked this book because it was exciting and mysterious.
July 22, 2024
As the summer break begins, the Clue Crew is bubbling with excitement for the upcoming week of cooking camp!
The Crew, under the guidance of Chef Giorgio and his assistant Rosemary, will learn how to use kitchen appliances and utensils to create yummy food from recipes. There are several campers, and a few are mischievous. Everything starts excellent at camp, and then several disasters occur, leading the Clue Crew to find the culprit of the disaster. Is it the mischievous kids? The overconfident character? Or could it be someone else? Either way, the camp will be completely ruined if the Crew doesn't find the culprit. Overall, the story is cute, but there were a few writing errors, complicating a few events, and an illustration error. Despite some mistakes, I still recommend the book to young readers.
The Crew, under the guidance of Chef Giorgio and his assistant Rosemary, will learn how to use kitchen appliances and utensils to create yummy food from recipes. There are several campers, and a few are mischievous. Everything starts excellent at camp, and then several disasters occur, leading the Clue Crew to find the culprit of the disaster. Is it the mischievous kids? The overconfident character? Or could it be someone else? Either way, the camp will be completely ruined if the Crew doesn't find the culprit. Overall, the story is cute, but there were a few writing errors, complicating a few events, and an illustration error. Despite some mistakes, I still recommend the book to young readers.
July 20, 2024
Cute. Surprise ending for me.
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