The greatest potatoes
Dublin Core
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
Picture Book Entry Item Type Metadata
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
Tags
accomplishment, african american, america, anger, assertiveness, author's note, conflict resolution, continent, cooking, critical thinking, decision making, determination, discovery, feelings, food, goal setting, happiness, history, inventions, multicultural, nutrition, onomatopoeia, persistence, perspective, recipe, refusal skills, restaurant, signs, travel, vegetables, verbal communication, wealth, worry
Citation
Stowell, Penelope, “The greatest potatoes,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed April 3, 2025, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13757.