Salt, Pepper, Season, Spice: All the Flavors of the World
About this ebook
- A comprehensive look at the past and present of herbs, spices, condiments and confections, including salt, pepper, sugar, chocolate, vanilla, mustard, coffee, tea and more.
- This STEAM book examines where these spices, condiments and confections come from and how they're grown, harvested and processed before ending up on our kitchen shelves.
- Young readers will explore concepts such as photosynthesis, pollination, the "spice race" and fair trade.
- Jacques Pasquet has written nearly 20 books for children in French, and his books have been translated into many languages, including English and German.
- Claire Anghinolfi’s vibrant gouache and pencil illustrations perfectly accompany the text.
About the author
Passionate about memories, Jacques Pasquet is a writer and storyteller. Now that his busy career as a professor is behind him, he splits his time between writing and visiting schools. Jacques is the author of nearly twenty books for children in Quebec and France. He lives in Montreal.
Claire Anghinolfi is a Franco-Swiss and Canadian illustrator. Her illustrations for youth, mainly done in gouache and pencil on paper, combine full shapes and meticulous details inspired by the ancient arts that she particularly cherishes. She lives in Quebec.
Ann Marie Boulanger is a certified translator and owner of Traduction Proteus Inc. When she’s not translating commercial texts, she’s an accomplished translator of adult and children’s literature. Her translation The Woman in Valencia, by Annie Perreault, was named a World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2021. She’s also a part-time lecturer at McGill University and co-founder of LION Translation Academy, which offers business, tech and language training workshops for translators.
