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32 pp.
| Pelican |
March, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-1-58980-701-3$16.99
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Illustrated by
Deborah Ousley Kadair.
Downing adapts a traditional song and runs through the days of the week to introduce the diverse culinary heritage of Texas--pan de campo (recipe included), chicken-fried steak, chili, sweet onions, grapefruit, barbecue, and strudel. Textured collages with oddly blank-faced people accompany the writing. The refrain "All you lucky children, come and eat it up" is better as a song lyric than text.