We love it!
Let’s eat it!
It came from where?
Did you know that French fries didn’t originate in France, and cheesecake began in ancient Greece?
Find out about the roots of a dozen favorite foods and how cooks adapted them to new places using the ingredients and methods available there.
Learn the fascinating histories of fish and chips, jerk chicken, pizza, pasta, and more.
Each favorite food’s double-page spread includes what it is, where it came from, a “did you know?” fact, a rhyme, and how it changed in its new place.
“Recipes are crafted to delight and to nourish.
When a recipe travels, new minds help it flourish.
Popular foods can evolve over time.
Cooks add small changes that make them sublime.” (preface)
Kids of all ages will learn something new about a popular food in this yummy book (I did)!
What’s your favorite food?
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Book info: The Traveling Taco: the Amazing & Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods / Mia Wenjen; illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorpe-Wong. Red Comet Press, 2025. [author site https://miawenjen.com/the-traveling-taco/] [illustrator site https://www.kimberliewong.com/] [publisher site https://www.redcometpress.com/nonfiction/taco] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.
