Monthly Archives: December 2020

Food for Thought

My obsession with food in children’s books is no secret to anybody who’s read this blog. Here’s a piece I wrote in the November 8, 2020 issue of the NYT Book Review about four books for kids where food plays a central role: MEASURING UP by Lily LaMotte, Illustrated by Ann Xu; A PLACE AT THE TABLE by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan; AMERICAN AS PANEER PIE by Supriya Kelkar; THE SURPRISING POWER OF A GOOD DUMPLING by Wai Chim