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Title details for Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin - Available

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Man One
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This third book in the Food Hero series features Chef Roy Choi, a "street cook" in Los Angeles whose "best good time" as a kid was family together, making food. Though he became an acclaimed chef, Roy Choi grew tired of working in fine restaurants and started up the Kogi food trucks in Los Angeles, where he could remix the tastes he loved on the streets where he lived—Korean BBQ in a taco. Once folks tasted the Kogi tacos, they lined up, all kinds of people talking and laughing together. Back on the streets, in the food trucks, opening cafes in old neighborhoods, Roy found his "best good time" remixing fast food, remixing neighborhoods, feeding hungry people, cooking up joy. This biography brims with passion and excitement and the happiness that comes from doing what you love while giving back.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Food Hero

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 20, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781430136736
      • File size: 6719 KB
      • Duration: 00:13:59

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 710
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 5, 2017
      With crackling energy and dramatic flair, Martin (Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious) and newcomer Lee pay tribute to Roy Choi, whose cooking melds the Korean flavors he grew up with those of his California home—“Los Angeles on a plate.” In clipped verse that draws on the rhythms of hip hop, the authors follow Choi from the launch of his Kogi food trucks to his efforts to “feed good food, create worthy jobs, and bring smiles” to “hungry” parts of the city. Man One’s layered, graffiti-style artwork mimics the narrative’s energy and Choi’s commitment to “cooking for everyone.” Ages 5–12.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Vibrant L.A. will leap into the minds of listeners in this audio homage to Korean-American chef Roy Choi's path to street food stardom. The accompanying picture book's illustrations are eye-popping, and Los Angeles-based graffiti artist Man One's narration has a style all his own, especially his rap delivery of the book's short cooking poems. Co-author and co-narrator June Jo Lee's bright voice delivers definitions for young listeners to bring helpful context to the story. Combine all these elements with various rhythmic beats, sounds of the city, and the hustle and bustle of the kitchen, and you could say this audiobook shares a certain awesomeness with Roy's Awesome Sauce. Listeners are guaranteed to finish with a hankering for some spicy food cooked with love, and sohn maash. E.E.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:710
  • Text Difficulty:3

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