{"id":15093,"date":"2026-04-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15093"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:12:10","slug":"t-is-the-traveling-taco-origins-of-our-favorite-foods-by-mia-wenjen-kimberlie-clinthorne-wong-kids-nonfiction-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15093","title":{"rendered":"T is THE TRAVELING TACO & origins of our favorite foods! by Mia Wenjen & Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong (kids nonfiction) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We love it!
Let’s eat it!
It came from where?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that French fries didn’t originate in France, and cheesecake began in ancient Greece?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn the fascinating histories of fish and chips, jerk chicken, pizza, pasta, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids of all ages will learn something new about a popular food in this yummy book (I did)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite food?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: 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\/<\/a>] [illustrator site https:\/\/www.kimberliewong.com\/<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.redcometpress.com\/nonfiction\/taco<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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