Food for Thought: Celebrating Family & Culture Through Food Stories
ADULT FOOD FOR THOUGHT Celebrating Family & Culture Through Food Stories
Heirloom Kitchen Like Water for Chocolate by Anna Francese Gass by Laura Esquivel Available as an eBook on Hoopla. Fic Esquivel CD Esquivel A beautiful illustrated cookbook with personal cultural history, A down-to-earth, magical, and filled with 100 tasty recipes from absolutely charming tale with around the world, that celebrates recipes of family life in new age the culinary traditions of strong, Mexico. empowering immigrant women.
The Kitchen Daughter Jubilee by Jael McHenry by Toni Tipton-Martin Fic McHenry 641.59296 Tipton-Martin 2019
An insightful and engaging debut A recipe book that presents novel about painfully shy and techniques, ingredients, and sheltered young woman who dishes that show the roots of seeks comfort in cooking from African American cooking— family recipes and gets deeply beautiful, culturally unexpected visit from the ghost diverse, fit for celebration. of her Nonna.
A World Of Cake Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Krystina Castella by Eli Brown Available as an eBook on Hoopla. Available as an audiobook on Hoopla. Take your sweet tooth on a global tour in this delicious cookbook An exciting gourmet adventure that offers irresistible cake reci- simmered over a surprisingly pes from around the world, ac- touching love story with some of companied by photographs and the best food ever served aboard insights into unique cultural a pirate’s ship. traditions.
Additional Reads: Delicious by Ruth Reichl, Red Truck Bakery Cookbook by Brian Noyes, Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran, Indian-ish by Priya Krishna, John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk, South by Sean Brock YOUNG ADULT FOOD FOR THOUGHT Celebrating Family & Culture Through Food Stories
Brave Chef Brianna The Healthy Teen Cookbook by Sam Sykes by Remmi Smith Available as an eBook on Hoopla. Available as an eBook on Hoopla.
A graphic novel about one A fantastic book that brings woman’s incredible journey as healthy food options and easy-to- she sets up a restaurant as the cook scrumptious recipes to a sole human in a city full of busy and heavily scheduled monsters to prove herself as a generation of teens. . great chef.
A La Carte by Tanita S. Davis Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff YA Davis That Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams A delightful debut novel about a YA Williams young lady who dreams of becoming a world famous chef as A fun romance novel about a she comes to terms with the past teenage girl raised in the kitchen and begins a new recipe for the of her family’s Italian-Greek future. restaurant who’s convinced to audition for a new reality show.
The Unofficial Harry Potter The Music of What Happens College Cookbook by Bill Konigsberg by Aurélia Beaupommier YA Konigsberg Available as an eBook on Hoopla. A story of two boys who come A magical book filled with easy, together to fix a mess of a food step-by-step recipes for any truck in the middle of a smoking young witch or wizard that will hot summer as they find comfort have you prepping feasts worthy and release with each other after of the Hogwarts Great Hall. they've both been through some traumatic events.
Additional Reads: The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler, North of Happy by Adi Alsaid, Clueless in the Kitchen by Evelyn Raab , Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw, The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding EASY AND EASY READER Food for Thought Celebrating Family & Culture Through Food Stories
What’s Cooking, Jamela? By The Gift of Ramadan by Niki Daly Rabiah York Lumbard E DAL E Lumbard Rabiah When Mrs. Zibi arrives to prepare the Christmas meal, Jamela decides Sophia wants to fast for Ramadan to save Christmas, her chicken, from this year. She tries to keep busy going into the cooking pot. She sets throughout the day so she won’t off with the chicken in her arms and think about food. But when the a trail of chaos follows. Suddenly it's smell of cookies is too much, she Jamela who is in hot water. But, as breaks her fast early. How can she Jamela proclaims on Christmas's be part of the festivities now? behalf, "You can't eat friends!" Messy Bessey’s Holidays by Christmas Cookie Day! By Patricia C. McKissack Tara Knudson, ER McKissack Available on Hoopla
Bessey and her mother bake cookies Celebrates the beloved tradition of for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and making Christmas treats and even Hanukkah, and after cleaning up the features a special Christmas cookie kitchen, they distribute the treats to recipe for you and your child to cre- their neighbors. ate. Perfect for building new memo- ries
Strega Nona’s gift by Tomie Amy Wu and the perfect DePaola bao by Kat Zhang E DEP E Zhang Kat In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations-and Amy loves to make bao with her nothing says celebration like a feast. family. But it takes skill to make the All the kitchens are bustling from the bao taste and look delicious. And her Feast of San Nicola, when the bao keep coming out all wrong. children choose the food, to the Then she has an idea that may give Feast of Epiphany, when someone her a second chance…Will Amy ever gets to be king or queen for the day. make the perfect bao?
Additional Reads: Way too many latkes: a Hanukkah in Chelm by Linda Glaser, Fry bread: a Native American family story by Kevin Noble Maillard, Salma the Syrian chef by Danny Ramadan, Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
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The Pokemon Cookbook: A Place at the Table by Easy and Fun Recipes by Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan Maki Kudo JUV Faruqi, Saadia JUV 641.5 Kudo A timely, accessible, and beautifully Create yummy recipes that look written story exploring themes of food, friendship, family and what it means to like your favorite Pokemon char- belong, featuring sixth graders Sara, a acters. Includes over 35 Pokemon Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a inspired recipes. white, Jewish girl taking a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara’s mom.
Kitchen Science Lab for Kids: Kids Cook by Tamia Sheldon Edible Edition by Liz Lee Available on Hoopla Heinecke Delicious Dishes from Around the World JUV 641.52 Heinecke Kids get cooking in this interactive cook- Kitchen Science Lab for Kids: EDIBLE book. Step-by-step photos guide begin- EDITION gives you 52 delicious ways ning chefs to make international snacks, to explore food science in your own meals and treats. Children of all ethnici- kitchen by making everything from ties show off their creations and encour- healthy homemade snacks to age readers to join them in getting crea- scrumptious main dishes and mind- tive in the kitchen. boggling desserts.
Pancakes to Parathas by Cherry Pie with Daisy Bates Alice McGinty (Time Hop Sweet Shop JUV 641.52 McGinty Series) by Kyla Steinkraus, Katie Wood Breakfast varies from country to Available on Hoopla country, but it's how all children The charming illustrations and begin their day. Explore the meals adventure-filled text of the Time Hop of twelve countries in this playful Sweets Shop books work together to approach to the world! support young readers. Includes comprehension questions, biographical information, and websites for further discovery.
Additional Reads: A Dash of Magic (A Bliss Novel) by Kathryn Littlewood, The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass, The Ultimate Kids’ Cookbook by Tiffany Dahle, The Berenstain Bears’ Holiday Cookbook by Mike Berenstain