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2) Potluck
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[unp.] : ill.
Language
English
Description
Alpha and Betty have a potluck and all their friends (Acton to Zelda) bring appropriate alphabetical food (asparagus to zucchini casserole).
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"--
A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles....
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Stella struggles with the separation of her renowned chef parents, writing a food column for the local paper even though she is a junk food addict, and having a boyfriend but being attracted to another.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and tries her best to get A.J. and the other students to eat healthy foods.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
431 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Angelina D'Angelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband. One night she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the her passion for cooking. With more food than she can possibly eat, Angelina delivers the results of her marathon to the neighbors in her South Philly community. Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his sister across the street, is positively delighted with Angelina's...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love -- and life -- she's been looking for"--
When Iris moves to New York City to restart her life, her friend Bobby drags her to an autumn street fair in Little Italy. Among the food stalls, a family-run gelateria catches her eye. She returns the next day and meets Gio, whose uncle is recuperating from a stroke and cannot remember the family's gelato recipe. Sampling the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English countryside in search of great food, Good Taste is the perfect historical novel for fans of Dear Mrs. Bird and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat... England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but not very successful biography,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tasked with bringing a potluck lunch to school, Kofi learns the significance of food in his Ghanaian heritage as his grandfather unravels tales of resilience in the face of hardship. Includes a Jollof rice recipe.
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