Okay, You made me want to proof this one, Jamie! May I? Valerie, who is going to feed Doug some potato chips right now... On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote: > Yes, today is national Potato Chip day! Eat some chips! And wait a week or so > and this book will be in the collection: > The Greatest Potatos by Penelope Stowell > Booklist Review > Gr. 1-3. Who knew that potato chips were invented in an attempt to cook the > worst-tasting potatoes on Earth? This dynamic picture book is based on the > true story of George Crum, an African American fry cook at a restaurant in > Saratoga, New York, who, in 1853, did exactly that. It all starts when > finicky millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt embarks on a mission to discover the > greatest potato dish ever. Mr. Vanderbilt arrives at Moon's Lake restaurant, > and George serves him French fries, and then hash browns, with no success: > Utterly inedible! Even the Congress Hall hash browns had more constitution. > Down to his last spud, the disgusted Crum decides to give the Commodore > something inedible, deliberately overcooking and oversalting. Well, > Vanderbilt can't eat just one, and the rest is history. Lively > ink-and--watercolor illustrations capture Crum's culinary attempts (French > fries stacked in an Eiffel Tower) with creativity. The jokes sometimes seem a > bit sophisticated, but the story is fun and animated, the subject appealing. > An author's note, a potato chip recipe, and a selected bibliography are > appended. --Karin Snelson Copyright 2005 Booklist From: Syndetics Solutions, > Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc. > > > -- > Jamie in Michigan > > Currently Reading: Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb > Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: > http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 > > See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html