<B>A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told through a young girl’s experiences in the kitchen with her abuela.</B><BR><BR><i>Abuela says, “plátanos are love.”<BR> I thought they were food.<BR> But Abuela says they feed us in more ways than one.</i><BR><BR>With every <i>pop</i> of the tostones, <i>mash</i> of the mangú, and <i>sizzle</i> of the maduros, a little girl learns that plátanos are her history, they are her culture, and—most importantly—they are love.