[bksvol-discuss] Re: National Potato Chip Day
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:06:56 -0700 (PDT)
Sounds like an interesting book
Cindy
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--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Jamie Yates, CPhT <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jamie Yates, CPhT <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] National Potato Chip Day
To: "Bookshare Volunteers" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 11:20 AM
Yes, today is national Potato Chip day! Eat some chips! And wait a week or so
and this book will be in the collection:
The Greatest Potatos by Penelope Stowell
Booklist Review
Gr. 1-3. Who knew that potato chips were invented in an attempt to cook the
worst-tasting potatoes on Earth? This dynamic picture book is based on the true
story of George Crum, an African American fry cook at a restaurant in Saratoga,
New York, who, in 1853, did exactly that. It all starts when finicky
millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt embarks on a mission to discover the greatest
potato dish ever. Mr. Vanderbilt arrives at Moon's Lake restaurant, and George
serves him French fries, and then hash browns, with no success: Utterly
inedible! Even the Congress Hall hash browns had more constitution. Down to his
last spud, the disgusted Crum decides to give the Commodore something inedible,
deliberately overcooking and oversalting. Well, Vanderbilt can't eat just one,
and the rest is history. Lively ink-and--watercolor illustrations capture
Crum's culinary attempts (French fries stacked in an Eiffel Tower) with
creativity. The jokes sometimes seem a bit
sophisticated, but the story is fun and animated, the subject appealing. An
author's note, a potato chip recipe, and a selected bibliography are appended.
--Karin Snelson Copyright 2005 Booklist From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc.
Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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