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.
And Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal brings this circle o.
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 as Neela and Amma cook together, they find a way for Paati to share in both the love and the flavors of the day.
But first, Neela needs to learn about all the different kinds of Tomatoes they can pick from.
On Saturdays, Neela and Amma go to the green market and today they are buying Tomatoes to make Paati\'s famous sauce.
It makes her feel closer to her paati who lives far away in India. -Padma Lakshmi Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook.
It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on.
Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family.
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.
Tomatoes for Neela lovingly affirms how we can connect to other cultures, as well as to our own, through food.
And Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal brings this circle of women to life with vivid detail and warmth.
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 as Neela and Amma cook together, they find a way for Paati to share in both the love and the flavors of the day.
But first, Neela needs to learn about all the different kinds of Tomatoes they can pick from.
On Saturdays, Neela and Amma go to the green market and today they are buying Tomatoes to make Paati\'s famous sauce.
It makes her feel closer to her paati who lives far away in India. -Padma Lakshmi Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook.
It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on.
Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family.
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
