[bksvol-discuss] Re: National Potato Chip Day

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:25:58 -0500

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.
> 
> 
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