The Blue Bowl
Written and Illustrated by Flo Leung
Published by Owl Kids Books
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Max loves his family’s Cantonese meals, like steamed rice and gai lan greens with oyster sauce, homemade dumplings, and scallion bread. But sometimes he can’t help thinking about French fries, tacos, and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. For his birthday dinner, Max is really hoping for spaghetti and meatballs, but instead he and his family are headed to Maa Maa and Ye Ye’s house for a celebration dinner—and Max is pretty sure that spaghetti won’t be served in the familiar blue bowls that came all the way from Hong Kong with his grandparents. But Max is delighted to discover that his understanding family has discovered a way to bring two cultures together with delicious dishes that are a combination of all the foods he loves.
FLO LEUNG
FLO LEUNG is a food-loving illustrator and author of The Blue Bowl and The Tray of Togetherness. She has also been a pastry cook, a food stylist, a TV producer—and really wishes she had a green thumb. Flo believes that food has the power to tell us stories about who we are and hope to be. When she isn’t reading old cookbooks and listening to glam rock, Flo can probably be found enjoying mango cakes (with rainbow sprinkles) with her daughter and husband in their cozy home in Toronto, Ontario.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.floleung.com
Instagram: @flo.lee.leung
Email: flo.lee.leung@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Tray of Togetherness (2022)
