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Tomatoes for Neela

By: Padma Lakshmi
Narrated by: Padma Lakshmi
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Publisher's Summary

Padma Lakshmi, best-selling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation, presents a celebration of food and family.

“Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family. It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on.” (Padma Lakshmi)

Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel closer to her paati who lives far away in India. On Saturdays, Neela and Amma go to the green market, and today they are buying tomatoes to make Paati's famous sauce. But first, Neela needs to learn about all the different kinds of tomatoes they can pick from. 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.

Best-selling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation Padma Lakshmi takes young listeners on an intergenerational journey full of delicious flavors and fun food facts that celebrates a family's treasured recipes. Tomatoes for Neela lovingly affirms how we can connect to other cultures, as well as to our own, through food.

©2021 Padma Lakshmi (P)2021 Listening Library

Critic Reviews

“The sweet, lushly illustrated tale succeeds in showing the importance of food as connection within one Indian American family.” (Publishers Weekly)

"The intergenerational warmth and pleasure in cooking together are palpable. Part informational, part family story, this attractive book will speak to young kitchen helpers and those with loved ones in far-off places.” (School Library Journal)

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