What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street?: Recipes for Kids from Around the World
by Felicita Sala (Author)
This delightfully illustrated children's cookbook offers a global menu of dishes to share with friends, family, and neighbors.
Something delicious is cooking in the old apartment building on Garden Street! Pilar is mixing gazpacho, Monsieur Ping is stir-frying broccoli, Señora Flores is preparing a pot of beans, and Josef and Rafik are rolling meatballs. Other neighbors are making mini-quiches, baba ganoush, dhal, and peanut butter cookies. When they're all finished cooking everyone gathers in the garden to enjoy a delicious meal and each other's company.
Each inviting spread in this storybook offers a recipe from a different culinary tradition. Dishes that kids love, like guacamole, spaghetti, and banana bread are interspersed with others that include less familiar ingredients, such as mirin, tahini, and turmeric. The recipes explain how each dish is made and come with fun and detailed illustrations. Combining simple, fresh flavors with recipes from around the world, this book will nourish and inspire budding cooks while whetting the appetites of their more experienced helpers.
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Publishers Weekly
Sala opens with a portrait of a stately building with wrought-iron balconies and plumes of kitchen odor wafting from the windows. "Something smells good at n. 10, Garden Street. Delicious, actually!" Hand-lettered text introduces the building's inhabitants, each one at work cooking, while opposing pages hold the recipes they're making alongside vignettes of the ingredients. In one kitchen, Pilar makes salmorejo; in another, Mister Ping stir-fries small pieces of broccoli ("His nephew Benjamin calls them little trees"). Sixteen recipes, some vegetarian, are included in all. Sala's portraits glow with domestic affection (decor adheres closely to the characters' backgrounds), and kitchen utensils, plants, and wall art create a quilt of comfort and reassurance. At the end, Sala reveals what all the cooking is for: a communal dinner in the back garden. Though the recipes aren't really suited to young chefs, Sala's illustrations are filled with wonderful objects to notice and a message that nothing draws people into fellowship like breaking bread together. Ages 6-9. (Sept.)
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.School Library Journal
Gr 1-4 The neighbors at Number 10 Garden Street are cooking up something delicious. In their own apartments, the neighbors each prepare a homemade dish. From salmorejo to spaghetti al pomodoro, from coconut dahl to guacamole, and peanut butter &chocolate chip cookies and strawberry crumble, delightful dishes come from each household. Although the foods are different and hail from all over the globe, they all come together for a gorgeous garden party feast and time of fun and fellowship. This is a splendidly diverse picture book that also serves as a multicultural cookbook and culinary guide. Each spread focuses on a different apartment and its inhabitants cooking up a dish that feels like home. The verso shares a line about the characters and what they are doing and recto displays pictures of labeled ingredients and a recipe. The love that goes into the food preparation is evident in the way the characters are portrayed in the skillfully painted illustrations. There is much to be learned about each character by studying the rich details in each full-page picture. The highlighted foods are easily accessible and the recipes are family-friendly for eating and preparing. VERDICT A first purchase, this picture book and cookbook mashup celebrates community, food, and culture.--Amy Shepherd, St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middleton, DE
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"Head over to 10 Garden Street to see what's cooking and meet the diverse neighbors who come together like a family to not only share heartwarming food, but each other's stories and lives as well. Felicita Sala's gorgeous and lush illustrations are part of what made this one of our most anticipated books this fall." -Avery & Augustine
