Eat It! Food Adventures©
Stay tuned for the first volume in this series of adventure stories woven into cookbooks for kids written by RfS founder, Gracie Cavnar. Eat it! Food Adventures with Marco Polo, Volume One - Leaving Home will be on shelves in 2012.
The tale in the first series follows a pint-sized member of Marco Polo's expedition--Ottavio Fornero, who discovers wondrous foods in his travels. the first volume--Leaving Home features 29 kid-friendly recipes inspired by the food traditions of medieval Venice and Greece. Future volumes in this series will explore foods of the time in Persia, China, Southeast Asia, India and Turkey. Pre-order your book now.
As a perfect complement to the book series, a children's television program and interactive website, also named Eat It! Food Adventures© will follow five young hosts who range in age from 7 to 11 as they explore the world of food along with it's history and culture.
The Story Behind the TV Series: In 2012, ten-year-old Tommy Fornero (the great, great, great, great. great, great, great-grandson of Ottavio) lives in Houston among a large extended family in a robust neighborhood filled with people from all over the world. His best friends all live on the street and go to the same school, even though they range in age from seven to eleven. After school they all hang out together at Tommy's house, under the watchful eye of his retired grandfather, who likes to putter in the garden and cook. One day, while poking around in the attic, Tommy finds Ottavio's journal of his trip with Marco Polo and the tales of all the fabulous foods they discovered along the silk road and spice route.
Tommy shares this awesome discovery with his friends and they decide to go on their own adventure to visit farms, markets and kitchens all over Houston to find the ingredients the need to recreate the dishes in Ottavio's journal.
Each episode in the series will feature a unique culture and their food traditions; start at a source--like the farm, a garden, a spice market, the grocery store--like a treasure hunt for ingredients; and end up in the kitchen making the dish with Grandpa or a special guest the kids met along the way. A companion website is planned to feature podcasts, recipes, kid blogs, interactive forums and games to complement the series.
Stay tuned for the first volume in this series of adventure stories woven into cookbooks for kids written by RfS founder, Gracie Cavnar. Eat it! Food Adventures with Marco Polo, Volume One - Leaving Home will be on shelves in 2012.The tale in the first series follows a pint-sized member of Marco Polo's expedition--Ottavio Fornero, who discovers wondrous foods in his travels. the first volume--Leaving Home features 29 kid-friendly recipes inspired by the food traditions of medieval Venice and Greece. Future volumes in this series will explore foods of the time in Persia, China, Southeast Asia, India and Turkey. Pre-order your book now.
As a perfect complement to the book series, a children's television program and interactive website, also named Eat It! Food Adventures© will follow five young hosts who range in age from 7 to 11 as they explore the world of food along with it's history and culture.
The Story Behind the TV Series: In 2012, ten-year-old Tommy Fornero (the great, great, great, great. great, great, great-grandson of Ottavio) lives in Houston among a large extended family in a robust neighborhood filled with people from all over the world. His best friends all live on the street and go to the same school, even though they range in age from seven to eleven. After school they all hang out together at Tommy's house, under the watchful eye of his retired grandfather, who likes to putter in the garden and cook. One day, while poking around in the attic, Tommy finds Ottavio's journal of his trip with Marco Polo and the tales of all the fabulous foods they discovered along the silk road and spice route.
Tommy shares this awesome discovery with his friends and they decide to go on their own adventure to visit farms, markets and kitchens all over Houston to find the ingredients the need to recreate the dishes in Ottavio's journal.
Each episode in the series will feature a unique culture and their food traditions; start at a source--like the farm, a garden, a spice market, the grocery store--like a treasure hunt for ingredients; and end up in the kitchen making the dish with Grandpa or a special guest the kids met along the way. A companion website is planned to feature podcasts, recipes, kid blogs, interactive forums and games to complement the series.
