JORGE ARGUETA, a Pipil Nahua Indian from El Salvador and Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, is a prize-winning author of more than twenty children’s books. His book Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and was named to USBBY’s Outstanding International Books List, ALA Notable Children’s Books and the Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices. Jorge is the founder of the International Children's Poetry Festival Manyula and the Library of Dreams, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy in El Salvador. Jorge divides his time between San Francisco, California, and El Salvador.

Margarita Sada is a well-known Mexican artist. She lives in Mexico City.

ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.

A bilingual treat. - Kirkus Book Reviews

Sada’s digitally enhanced oil paintings create bold contrasts with their festive colors—readers will practically be able to taste the 'sour river of lime'. - Publishers Weekly

The illustrations are delightful, making each ingredient special and memorable. - Junior Library at SLJ

This vibrant and lively poem is perfect for encouraging children to engage with cooking and food preparation… - CM Magazine

Groundwood Books (Libros Tigrillo) never fails to deliver beautiful stories filled with culture and warmth. - Latin Baby Book Club

Argueta’s poetic imagination transforms big, beautiful avocados into 'green precious stones,' cilantro into 'little trees,' the mixing spoon into a tractor scoop… - Jama's Alphabet Soup

I love the way this book shows cooking as something we can do with our family, and also something we can do for our family, and regardless, is connected to togetherness. - Pickle Me This Blog

This fanciful, imaginative narrative is as much poetry as it is a recipe. - SLJ