Cora and Mama work together to cook up Pancit for the family in this celebration of Filipino heritage and foods.
With bright and charming illustrations by Kristi Valiant, Cora\'s family comes alive as Cora herself becomes the family\'s newest little chef..
Dorina Lazo Gilmore\'s text delightfully captures the warmth between mother and daughter as they share a piece of their Filipino heritage.
When dinner is finally served, her siblings find out that Cora did all their grown-up tasks, and Cora waits anxiously to see what everyone thinks of her cooking.
Cora even gets to stir the noodles in the pot-carefully-- while Mama supervises.
With Mama\'s help, Cora does the grown-up jobs like shredding the chicken and soaking the noodles (perhaps Mama won\'t notice if she takes a nibble of chicken or sloshes a little water on the floor).
And of all the delicious Filipino dishes that dance through Cora\'s head, she and Mama decide to make pancit, her favorite noodle dish.
One day, however, when her older sisters and brother head out, Cora finally gets the chance to be Mama\'s assistant chef.
Cora loves being in the kitchen, but she always gets stuck doing the kid jobs like licking the spoon.
Cora and Mama work together to cook up Pancit for the family in this celebration of Filipino heritage and foods
