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Cora loves being in the kitchen, but she always gets stuck doing the kid jobs like licking the spoon. One day, however, when her older sisters and brother head out, Cora finally gets the chance to be Mamas assistant chef. And of all the delicious Filipino dishes that dance through Coras head, she and Mama decide to make pancit, her favorite noodle dish.With Mamas help, Cora does the grown-up jobs like shredding the chicken and soaking the noodles perhaps Mama wont notice if she takes a nibble of chicken or sloshes a little water on the floor. Cora even gets to stir the noodles in the potcarefully-- while Mama supervises. When dinner is finally served, her siblings find out that Cora did all their grown-up tasks, and Cora waits anxiously to see what everyone thinks of her cooking.
About the Author
Dorina Lazo Gilmore grew up in a Filipino-Italian-Chinese-Hawaiian family in the kitchen with her mama, aunties and grandmas. Dorina loves to create healthy recipes and share stories in the kitchen with her friends and daughters. Dorina has a B.A. in English and Journalism and is completing an M.F.A. degree in Children's Literature at Hollins University. She is also the author of two other children's books, Children of the San Joaquin Valley and Stone Soup: A Hmong Girl's Journey to the United States. Dorina is originally from Chicago and lives with her husband and two daughters in Fresno, California. Dorina teaches journalism at Fresno Pacific University and participates in the occasional poetry reading. She and her family frequently travel to the mountains of Haiti where they do mission work with orphan children.
Get more details about Dorina's books & expanded biography at www.DorinaGilmore.com.
