Recipe Road Trip, Cooking Your Way Across the USA

120+ Delicious Recipes and Fun and Surprising Facts from Every State

Take kids on a road trip around America without leaving your kitchen. Did you know that Baked Alaska is not from Alaska? This recipe was created in Louisiana. North Dakota is the number- one producer of honey and sunflowers in the United States, and the first known ketchup recipe comes from an 1824 Virginia cookbook. Explore the geography, history, and regional charm of the United States as you help children prepare different dishes with this entertaining book.

Fun facts and laugh-out-loud jokes are sprinkled throughout, along with over 150 informative, colorful, and lively illustrations highlighting state products and inventions.

Easier recipes encourage the beginner who is learning to cook, while more difficult recipes expand the kitchen skills of the more experienced learner. Each recipe has a number showing its level of difficulty: 1 for “easy,” 2 for “a bit more challenging,” and 3 for “more challenging, with multiple steps.”

Recipes include Philly Cheesesteak, Chicago-Style Pizza, Watermelon Sorbet, Ozark Sloppy Joes, Key Lime Pie, Texas Pulled Pork, Huckleberry Pop Tarts, Beef Pasties, Southern Fried Chicken, and Mini Whoopie Pies.

Did You Know?

The only state name you can type on one line of the keyboard: Alaska

The birthplace of the tow truck: Tennessee

Its nickname is Tornado Alley, with an average of 61 tornados each year: Kansas

Food Humor

Did you hear about the cheeseburger patty who told funny jokes? He was on a roll.

Why did the lemon go out with a prune? Because she couldn’t find a date.

The recipes offer a wonderful opportunity for kids to learn cooking along with US geography. Includes more than one hundred and twenty recipes—with easy-to-find ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. Fun food facts and jokes are sprinkled throughout the book, along with colorful, engaging illustrations to highlight state products and inventions. Informative and delicious for kids and their families!

Nanette Lavin: No suitcase is required for Nanette Lavin’s debut, Recipe Road Trip. This book was created out of her love of travel, cooking, and children. As a social worker in a preschool for the past 25 years, she knows how children connect with food. Nanette lives in New York with her daughter, Emma, and their three-year-old Wheaten terrier, Maddie.