About This Book:
An exploration of the history of kids’ favorite foods from around the world
From pizza to pasta and ice cream to French fries, some of our favorite foods have a surprising history, and many of them have traveled far from where they originated! Did you know many well-known dishes are food immigrants? The Al Pastor Taco traveled from Lebanon to Puebla, Mexico! French fries originated in Belgium! And pasta arrived in Italy long before Marco Polo visited China. This fascinating nonfiction book featuring rhyming text takes the reader on travels around the world to celebrate foods, their history, and surprising origins. Join Mia Wenjen for a fact-packed journey of discovery that will make your mouth water as you travel the unexpected road of some of our favorite foods.
*Review Contributed By Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer*
Food Facts
One can learn that Italians have created over 1,300 shapes of pasta, but pasta is not unique to Italy. Chinese chefs hand pull pasta into long, skinny strings. Readers also learn about ceviche, made from raw fish, cheesecake and how it was first tried by ancient Olympians, a fruit-topped meringue cake called pavlova that was named after a dancer, french fries, fish and chips, ice cream, jerk chicken, rice pudding, churros, and pizza, which has a long and storied history with different styles in many different places. It can be ordered by the pie, by the slice, and can be deep dish, flat crust, or so much more.
There is a neat map at the end of the book showing the world. All of the places where these foods come from are labeled on the map. With so many interesting facts to learn about food, readers will find themselves either wanting to try new items, and/or being fascinated by the new details they learn about the items they already know and love.
