Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

In this picture book biography of the "Fermentation Revivalist," the award-winning authors of Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix combine the themes of ecology, community-building, and resilience. They explore the beginnings of his love of fermented food from New York City kid through adult life in a queer community in the mountains of Tennessee. Sandor believes that making fermented foods connects ALL of us on planet Earth-people, plants, and...

Come along with Chef Alice Waters on a wonderful trip to Delicious! She learned as a child, and wants all children to share with her, the joy of tasting real food that begins not in the kitchen, but in the fields with good soil and caring farmers. This lively presentation chronicles Alice's passion, from her childhood to her travels to France, and back home to establish the landmark restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard project. With an...

Jacqueline Briggs Martin has received a Caldecott Medal, ALA Notable honors, and Bulletin Blue Ribbons for her endearing children's books. Isabel and the Pig go with Grandfather when he is using his gift to find water. But one day, Grandfather believes he's lost his gift. When the Pig goes missing, Isabel is afraid he will never return. Without Grandfather's gift for finding what cannot be seen, how will they ever get the Pig back?