When Grandma hears that her grandchildren are coming to visit, she decides to make chocolate chip cookies. Each time she puts an ingredient in the mixing bowl, her dog and cat make a special journey to find out how it got to Grandma’s kitchen.
Do you know where baking soda comes from? (Answer: a dried-up prehistoric lake that’s miles below a desert in Wyoming!)

• ALA Notable Children’s Book of 2007

“A marvelous book that combines…Author Susan E. Goodman goes through the ingredients—painstakingly, spryly—giving us a global, scientific, and historical perspective for each one in language crisp as a homemade cookie.”—The Boston Globe

“Readers will be handsomely rewarded by multiple readings of this delightful tale.”—Children’s Literature

“Turn even more young gourmands into globetrotters.”—Kirkus Reviews