Chef Roy Choi and the street food remix

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

Main Authors: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs (Author), Lee, June Jo (Author)
Other Authors: Man One (Grafitti artist) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Bellevue, Washington : Readers to Eaters Books, [2017]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience: Elementary Grade
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Awards: Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee, 2018-2019.
Robert F. Sibert Award Honor for Most Distinguished Informational Book, 2018
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 0983661596
9780983661597
Author Notes: Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of the Caldecott Medal winner, Snowflake Bentley . Chef Roy Choi marks the third of her award-winning "Food Heroes" series, after Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious , on pioneers who changed what and how we eat. Her newest book is Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild , also co-written with June Jo Lee after Chef Roy Choi . She lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. jacquelinebriggsmartin.com

June Jo Lee is a food ethnographer, studying how America eats for companies such as Google and is a national speaker on food trends. She is also co-founder of publisher READERS to EATERS, promoting food literacy with stories about our diverse food cultures. Like Roy Choi, she was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States. She now lives in San Francisco. Her newest book is Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild , also co-written with Jacqueline Briggs Martin. foodethnographer.com.

Man One has been a pioneer in the graffiti art movement in Los Angeles since the 1980s. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. He is the co-founder of Crewest Studio, a creative communications company focusing on contemporary global culture. This is his first children's book. He also narrated the English audiobook, an Audiofile magazine Earphones Award winner, and will narrate the Spanish audiobook coming in late 2022. manone.com