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Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta

Aimee Lucido - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

A family dinner gets out of hand as guest after guest arrives with a different pasta request in this "delectable" (Kirkus Reviews) and rambunctious rhyming picture book. How much pasta is too much pasta?. Ring-a-ding, the doorbell rings, and oh! What did my Nonna bring? Nonna...
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I Want to Be Spaghetti!

Kiera Wright-Ruiz - Kokila
Format: Hardcover

A funny debut picture book about how one little ramen packet finds self-love and belonging in a spaghetti-obsessed world.. Even from Ramen's small shelf in the supermarket, they see spaghetti propaganda everywhere. They want to be celebrated, too. Maybe, Ramen misguidedly thinks, I have...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett - ‎Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a favorite of grown-ups and children everywhere.The...
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Paletero Man

Lucky Diaz - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the tastes of summer from Latin Grammy-winning musician Lucky Diaz and celebrated artist Micah Player.Ring! Ring! Ring! Can you hear his call Paletas for one! Paletas for all!What's the best way to cool off on a hot summer...
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Everybody Bakes Bread

Norah Dooley - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Print book

A rainy-day errand introduces Carrie to many different kinds of bread, including chapatis, challah, and papusaa. Includes recipes.
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Growing Vegetable Soup

Lois Ehlert - HMH Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup. So begins Lois Ehlerts bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tools are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot. Then the real gardening happens...
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Bread and Jam for Frances

Russell Hoban - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets. Unless Mother can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating...
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Gazpacho for Nacho

Tracey Kyle - Two Lions/Amazon Children's Publishing
Format: Print book

Nacho likes to eat only one thing - gazpacho! Gazpacho for breakfast, gazpacho for lunch, gazpacho for dinner, for snacks, and for brunch. Nacho won't even try other dishes - until he discovers miles and piles of mouthwatering vegetables at the market. This lively rhyming story, sprinkled...
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Thank You, Omu!

Oge Mora - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn as well as for the Thanksgiving season, a generous woman is rewarded by her community.Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one,...
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Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant

April Pulley Sayre - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

Rah, rah, radishes, red and white! Carrots are calling. Take a bite! Oh boy, bok choy, Brussels sprout. Broccoli! Cauliflower! Shout it out! Know any kids who don't like veggies? Here is a book that's sure to change their hungry minds! With a raucous rhyming text, Rah, Rah Radishes...
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The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round

Wendy Wan-Long Shang - Orchard Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

The rice in the pot goes round and round,Round and round, round and round,The rice in the pot goes round and roundAt the table where my family gathers round...At the table where this family gathers, they share food, laughter, and, most of all, love. Readers of all ages are sure to delight...
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Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum

Natasha Yim
Format: Hardcover

On Luna's birthday, the whole family goes out for dim sum--but Luna and her brothers can't agree on how to share their pork buns fairly. How can three people divide up five buns? Should some siblings get more than others? Or should they cut the buns into smaller and smaller pieces...
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Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Andrea Wang - little bee books
Format: Hardcover

Inspiration struck when Momofuku Ando spotted the long lines for a simple bowl of ramen following World War II. Magic Ramen tells the true story behind the creation of one of the world's most popular foods.Every day, Momofuku Ando would retire to his lab--a little shed in his backyard....
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Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

Mara Rockliff - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1956, Frieda Caplan started working at the Seventh Street Produce Market in Los Angeles. Instead of competing with the men in the business with their apples, potatoes, and tomatoes, Frieda thought, why not try something new? Staring with mushrooms, Frieda began introducing fresh and unusual...
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Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

JACQUELINE BRIGGS MARTIN - Readers to Eaters
Format: Hardcover

Chef Roy Choi calls himself a "street cook."He wants outsiders, low-riders,kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,to have food cooked with care, with love,with sohn maash."Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers...
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Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dee Romito

This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the civil rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal.Georgia decided to help the best way
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Mountain chef : how one man lost his groceries, changed his plans, and helped cook up the National Park Service

Annette Bay Pimentel - Charlesbridge
Format: Print book

The true story of a Chinese American mountain man who fed thirty people for ten days in the wilderness--and helped inspire the creation of the National Park Service. Tie Sing was born in the mountains. The mountains were in his blood. But because he was of Chinese descent at a time in America...
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Old Clothes for Dinner?!

Nathalie Alonso - Barefoot Books
Format: Hardcover

Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her Abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly's sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family...
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Home in a Lunchbox

Cherry Mo - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an unexpected place.. When Jun moves from Hong Kong to America, the only words she knows are hello, thank you, I don't know, and toilet. Her new school feels foreign and terrifying.. But when...
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