Grapefruit, Anyone? Every Night Is Pizza Night by Kenji Lopez-Alt

"TONIGHT IS PIZZA NIGHT. SO WAS LAST NIGHT. WE'RE MAKING PIZZA TOMORROW, TOO," THIS SCIENTIST SAYS.

"BECAUSE I'VE DONE THE TESTS! IT'S THE PIZZAGOREAN THEOREM!"

Pipo is a picky eater. She only eats pizza! Mr. Gonzalez at the grocery agrees pizza is tops. Pipo's papa pays him for the pizza ingredients and moans...

"I LONG FOR GRAPEFRUIT!"

Mom suggests other famous, fabulous foods:

Chicken pot pie? Chicken NOT pie.

Peking Duck? Peking--Yuck!

But finally Pipo agrees to do a neighborhood favorites taste test. She tries a bite of Eugene's mom's babimbap, fried egg on top and all!

Wow! It's plenty spicy and crispy, and pretty sensational. But better?

"I NEED MORE DATA!"

Pipo checks out Dakota's mama's red beans and rice. Uggh, they look like mud with beetles in it. But... Holy Pepparoni! Yumsome!

Then there's Farah's family's tagine. Who'd think apricots and chicken could be so good together! Dumplings from Ronny and Donny's food truck are like little purses of deliciousness. But better? Pipo has her emergency pizza slice in her pocket and does a comparison tast test! Hmmmm! It's close, but pizza is is still tops.

Pipo consults the food expert, Mr. Gonzales, who makes a Solomonic judgment:

"PIZZA IS THE BEST, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY BEST!"

Any way you slice it and dice it, there's a difference in favorite food for every time, place, and taste, in Kenji Lopez-Alt's hilarious battle of the tastebuds, Every Night Is Pizza Night (Norton, 2020). Author Kenji Lopez-Alt's lively language creates a intrepid and inimitable young taster who knows what she likes, but admits, as Pete the Cat would say, "It's all good." It's all in good fun, too, in Lopez-Alt's testy taster's scientific study of foodstuffs, illustrated zestfully in artist Gianna Rogierro's busy pages, full of fun. And for holdouts in the favorite food department, the author has her protagonist provide a simple recipe for a family pizza, in which Pipo prefers a topping of oregano and Parmesan cheese, Mom comes down for Hawaiian, and Dad perhaps wonders how grapefruit would go as a topping!

"Bold, bright colors, dynamic illustrations, repetitive refrains, and catchy, well-paced text make this book utterly rereadable." Kirkus raves.