EVERY NIGHT IS PIZZA NIGHT

A pizza-loving girl pits her favorite food against other multicultural offerings in her neighborhood to determine the best food ever!

At Pipo’s house, every night is pizza night. “Pizza. Is. The. BEST,” she says. “Peking duck?” her mother suggests, but: “Peking yuck,” Pipo avers. “French onion soup?” No! “French onion p….” Then her parents challenge her to try different foods, approaching the question scientifically. “I do not need to. I do not want to, but I will try other foods. I will do it for science,” she proclaims. Pipo visits her neighbors to gather “data.” First, she visits Eugene and tries Korean bibimbap. It smells stinky, and it tastes spicy! She loves it—but “is [it] better than pizza?” she wonders. Pipo goes on to sample Farah’s Moroccan tagine, red beans and rice in Dakota’s kitchen, and hot, juicy dumplings from Ronnie and Donnie’s food truck. All these foods are new to her and very tasty! Through this around-the-world culinary journey in her own neighborhood, Pipo discovers that while pizza is best, “it’s not the only best.” (Her recipe is appended.) Bold, bright colors, dynamic illustrations, repetitive refrains, and catchy, well-paced text make this book utterly rereadable. And while the theme is a little obvious, it may still help convince picky eaters to try new foods. Pipo has pale skin and straight black hair, and the cast is appropriately, robustly diverse.

A delightful culinary ode to the multicultural world we live in.