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11 Local Warehouse Children's- Cooking and Food Fiction
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by Tanita S. Davis

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Publisher Comments:

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and secret crush—suddenly leaves town, Lainey finds herself alone in the kitchen. With a little help from Saint Julia (Child, of course), Lainey finds solace in her cooking as she comes to terms with the past and begins a new recipe for the future.

Peppered with recipes from Lainey’s notebooks, this delicious debut novel finishes the same way one feels finishing a good meal—satiated, content, and hopeful.

Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Lainey dreams of becoming a world-famous chef. But when her best friend--and secret crush--suddenly leaves town, Lainey finds solace in her cooking as she comes to terms with the past and begins a new recipe for the future. This delicious debut novel is peppered with recipes from Lainey's notebooks.

About the Author

This is Tanita S. Davis’s first novel. She made her first pâte à choux in high school, discovered that Mae Ploy sauce goes with almost everything, and that there’s nothing on earth like good Thai food. She lives in Northern California with two finches, a snake named Willful, and the world’s best baker.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780375848155
Author:
Davis, Tanita S.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Author:
Tanita S. Davis
Subject:
People & Places - United States - African-American
Subject:
Cooks
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Cooking/Food
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
High school students
Publication Date:
June 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
281
Dimensions:
8.22x5.98x1.03 in. .88 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17

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