Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
32Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
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Overview
Chef Roy Choi calls himself a “street cook.”
He wants outsiders, low-riders,
kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,
to have food cooked with care, with love,
with sohn maash.
"Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers and grandmothers mix into their handmade foods. For Chef Roy Choi, food means love. It also means culture, not only of Korea where he was born, but the many cultures that make up the streets of Los Angeles, where he was raised. So remixing food from the streets, just like good music—and serving it up from a truck—is true to L.A. food culture. People smiled and talked as they waited in line. Won't you join him as he makes good food smiles?
Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner, Snowflake Bentley as well as Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious continues her Food Heroes series with Chef Roy Choi on people who change what and how we eat. Together with food ethnographer June Jo Lee and internationally renowned graffiti artist Man One, they bring an exuberant celebration of street food and street art.
Chef Roy Choi is also available in audiobook, narrated by illustrator Man One, a Audiofile magazine Earphones Award winner. The Spanish edition of the book, El Chef Roy Choi y su Remix de la Comida Callejera, will be published in September 2022 with the audiobook, also narrated by Man One, coming in fall 2022.
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Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of the Caldecott Medal winner, Snowflake Bentley. Chef Roy Choi is part of her award-winning “Food Heroes” series, which she co-wrote with June Jo Lee. They also co-authored Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild. Jacqueline's other "Food Heroes" books include Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious, , and most recently Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life, picture book biographies on people who work to grow better communities through food. 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—as well as the Spanish audiobook. manone.com
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780998436654 |
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Publisher: | READERS TO EATERS |
Publication date: | 09/03/2024 |
Series: | Food Heroes , #3 |
Pages: | 32 |
Product dimensions: | 8.20(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.10(d) |
Age Range: | 5 - 12 Years |
About the Author
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—as well as the Spanish audiobook. manone.com
Read an Excerpt
Roy saw that Kogi food was like good music,
bringing people together and making smiles.
Strangers talked and laughed as they waited in line—
Koreans with Latinos, kids with elders,
taggers with geeks.
Roy found his place, back on the streets feeding hungry people, cooking up joy.
He was homeliving. He had found his best good time.
Kogi tacos made Roy famous.
Kogi trucks showed people that fresh food, full of flavor,
chopped, mixed, and seasoned by hand,
didn’t need fancy restaurants.
Roy wanted to feed more people in his city.
He built cheerful food spots in worn out neighborhoods places.
He taught kids to make and sell their own tasty treats.
But that wasn’t enough.
He called on his chef friends to start cooking for everyone,
“Let’s feed those we aren’t reaching.”