In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy
recipe for a yummy salsa.
A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a
molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all
the while.
The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an
orchestra -- the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a
maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor.
They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with
red chili peppers for the "hotness" that is so delicious, finally adding
a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of salt. When they are finished, their
mother warms tortillas and their father lays out plates, as the whole
family, including the cat and dog, dance salsa in mouth-watering
anticipation.
Winner of the International Latino Book Award for Guacamole, Jorge
Argueta has once again written a recipe-poem that families will delight
in.
Each book in the cooking poem series features a talented illustrator
from the Latino world. In Salsa the text is complemented by the rich,
earthy illustrations of multiple award-winning illustrator Duncan
Tonatiuh. His interest in honoring the art of the past in contemporary
contexts is evident in these wonderful illustrations, which evoke the
pre-Columbian Mixtec codex.
Key Text Features
recipe
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or
appeal to the senses.
