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Tomatoes for Neela / by Padma Lakshmi ; illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593202708
  • 0593202708
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: As Neela and her mother cook together, they find a way for Neela's grandmother, who lives in India, to share in both the love and the flavors of the day. Includes tomato facts.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook LAKSHMI, PADMA Available 33111010594949
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook LAKSHMI, PADMA Available 33111010741664
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Padma Lakshmi, bestselling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation, and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal team up in this celebration of food and family.

"Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family. It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on." -Padma Lakshmi


Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel closer to her paati who lives far away in India. On Saturdays, Neela and Amma go to the green market and today they are buying tomatoes to make Paati's famous sauce. But first, Neela needs to learn about all the different kinds of tomatoes they can pick from. And as Neela and Amma cook together, they find a way for Paati to share in both the love and the flavors of the day.

Bestselling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation Padma Lakshmi takes young readers on an intergenerational journey full of delicious flavors and fun food facts that celebrates a family's treasured recipes. And Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal brings this circle of women to life with vivid detail and warmth. Tomatoes for Neela lovingly affirms how we can connect to other cultures, as well as to our own, through food.

Includes bibliographical references (page [38]).

Ages 3-7. Viking Children's Books.

Grades K-1. Viking Children's Books.

As Neela and her mother cook together, they find a way for Neela's grandmother, who lives in India, to share in both the love and the flavors of the day. Includes tomato facts.

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