REVIEW - THE PERFECT HAMBURGER AND OTHER DELICIOUS STORIES

This book is for 3 of my reading challenges.
Outdo Yourself Challenge(80/200)
Foodies Challenge
Young Readers Challenge

"The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories" by Alexander McCall Smith
Product Description(Amazon.com)
The Appetizer: The Perfect Hamburger
When a snazzy fast-food chain moves into town, business at Joe's favorite hamburger restaurant begins to suffer. He gets an idea that's sure to bring back the diners, but there's just one problem. The secret recipe for the burgers is missing! Can Joe figure out the ingredients to recreate the perfect hamburger before it's too late?
The Entrée: The Spaghetti Tangle
John and Nicky, forced to live with their vegetable-loving Aunt Rebecca, dream of eating spaghetti for every meal. So when they enter a recipe contest and win a trip to Mr. Pipelli's spaghetti factory, they couldn't be happier! But are they prepared for an encounter with the spaghetti spinner?
The Dessert: The Doughnut Ring
Jim thinks a doughnut sale is the perfect fund-raiser to help his friend, Mr. Pride. And it is--at first. But when an e-mail chain asking for donations gets out of control, Jim finds himself up to his ears in doughnuts! Will he ever be able to sell all the stock, and stop the doughnut ring for good?
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books; First Edition edition (August 21, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159990134X
ISBN-13: 978-1599901343

MY THOUGHTS: This book has 3 stories. Hamburger, Spaghetti and Doughnuts. The Perfect Hamburger story is all about finding a mysterious spice to make the perfect hamburger. They are trying to save a little restaurant from being pushed out of business by a big chain. The Spaghetti Tangle is about 2 kids who don't get to eat regular food. Their aunt is a health food nut. They win a trip to a spaghetti factory and the machine goes haywire and tangles them all up in spaghetti. The Doughnut Ring is about kids trying to raise the money for their school janitor to get a new car after his was stolen. They send an e-mail chain out asking for help with doughnuts and then they so many they don't know what to do with them. And do they find the spice for the perfect hamburger? Do the kids get untangled from the spaghetti? Do the kids find a place for all those doughnuts and get a new car for the school janitor? You'll have to read the book to find out.

MY RATING: 5