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I Hate Borsch!
by Yevgenia Nayberg (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: All Ukrainians are supposed to love borsch–but what if you hate the red stuff? A young girl despises Eastern Europe’s most beloved soup, and not even the grandmothers of Kiev can persuade her to change her mind. But when she immigrates to the United States, American food leaves her feeling empty. One day she discovers borsch recipes in an old suitcase. Maybe that disgusting beet soup deserves another chance…

A recipe and author’s note provide further ways to interact with the story.

Snippet:
And suddenly, I am transported back home.
I am sailing a borsch river on a carrot boat.
The sun is setting like a large beet.
Dill is blooming everywhere.

A Persian Passover
by Etan Basseri (Author) and Rashin Kheiriyeh (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Ezra and Roza are helping to prepare for their Passover celebration. Ezra is proud to be in charge of bringing his family’s flour to the synagogue to be baked into matzah in a traditional wood-burning oven. But when Ezra makes a mistake and the matzah is ruined, what will he and his sister Roza, do? Join the siblings as they experience the sights, smells, sounds, and unique traditions of a seder in Iran of the 1950s.

Snippet: Their kitchen was buzzing with activity: chopping, stirring, and simmering. As Roza passed by, she saw piles of dates, golden raisins, pistachios, almonds, and other ingredients that Mama would mix together later that day for hallaq, the Persian charoset used during the Passover seder.