pickIf you want to cook classic French dishes, this is a good cookbook. However, it requires access to a good butcher and ordered specialty supplies for many recipes. It‘s not one I‘ll be referring to often, but I enjoyed Tony‘s asides and advice. I think Appetites, his later home cookbook with recipes from his travels, is the more visually interesting, easier to cook from book…except when he recommends buying $200 cans of tuna…
“Growing up, Roy loved his mom's food made the Korean way- by hand.“
The illustrations feel like they are tying together different cultures/ art styles/ ideas etc. It reminds me of graffiti almost and then adding in the speech bubbles and headings makes you excited to flip the page and see whats coming next.
pickA junior Library guild Selection Winner, Written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee illustrated by Man One is about a man born in South Korea who moves to LA and brings Korean food and different flavors to the area. He is a chef and everyone loves it. the story has speech bubbles sharing different vocabulary words of Korean dishes/words and describes them
pickThis book follows Roy Choi as he tries to incorporate his South Korean cooking skills and styles with the streets of L.A. The underlying message is the importance of learning and incorporating all cultures because there can be something new to learn and admire. The pictures have a graffiti-like feel to them to feel like your in the streets of L.A. It has simple wording so it is easy to follow. Favorite quote, “...we can all cook with love.“
“Food is love. Food is culture. Food is a connection”
The only reason I could see for using this book in my classroom, is to talk about what food the students would make in their own restaurant
