When Alexander Graced the Table
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- $229.00
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- $229.00
Descripción editorial
Four starred reviews!
From James Beard Award–winning chef Alexander Smalls, New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner, and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison comes a “vibrant visual narrative” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of family, traditions, and the little moments shared at the dinner table that make all the difference.
There is nothing young Alexander looks forward to more than Sunday Dinner, the special time after church when the whole family gathers dressed in their Sunday best and ready to share in the best meal of the week.
For the first time, it’s up to Alexander to contribute a dish for the table, something warm and satisfying, with just the right amount of sweetness—something that the whole family will love and, most of all, will make his dad proud. It’s time for Alexander to spread that Sunday joy!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this culinary account from celebrated chef Smalls, with Millner, a boy's efforts to cook for his father result in a memorable outcome. Sundays are "the highlight of Alexander's whole life," kicking off with biscuits and—on particularly special mornings—"Dad's crab gravy, hot and sweet." Churchgoing is followed by a busy Sunday dinner with lots of relations. When Mom is too tired to make Alexander franks and beans one evening, and he cooks them himself, Mom praises his first effort while Dad turns down the meal, as usual preferring something sweet. Alexander, disappointed, is nevertheless prompted to try again for Sunday, an action whose success elicits a "memory Alexander kept in his heart." The texture of Morrison's vibrant oil on illustration board art shapes a vibrant visual narrative of food preparation, enjoyment, and familial support. A recipe concludes. Characters are portrayed with brown skin. Ages 4–8.
