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Keywords

accomplishment, anger, conflict resolution, cooking, critical thinking, decision making, determination, discovery, feelings, goal setting, happiness, history, restaurant, travel, worry

Title

The greatest potatoes

Description

Cornelius Vanderbilt sets out on a mission to find the best potato dish ever. He travels around and finds none that are good enough. Vanderbilt goes to Cary Moon's Restaurant, where George Crum is the head chef. Crum makes many dishes that Vanderbilt does not like. Crum decides to make the potatoes so crispy and salty, so he will not like them. Vanderbilt loves them and that is how the potato chip is invented.

Author

Stowell, Penelope

Publisher

Hyperion Books

Illustrator

Sharon Watts

ISBN

0-7868-5113-9

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2005

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Amanda Heinly, 2006

Citation

Stowell, Penelope, “The greatest potatoes,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed June 4, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13757.