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<\/p>\nChef Anthony Thomas, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, shows up in random spots to cook. He wants to instill a sense of adventure in kids who read his book.<\/p>\n
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Chef Anthony Thomas is out with a kids\u2019 book \u201cPassport to Flavor.\u201d
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Thomas, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, wants to instill a sense of adventure in kids who read his new book.
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Chef Anthony Thomas is never where you\u2019d most suspect him to be. The social media star from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, could be Downtown or on Capitol Hill, cooking food to hand out to anyone passing by.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll also do it in parts of the D.C. region that don\u2019t have much in the way of finer dining.<\/p>\n
A lot of the time, that\u2019s the reason Thomas will show up somewhere and start cooking octopus, short rib, or all kinds of other things that translate well on video. Now, he\u2019s out with a kids\u2019 book \u201cPassport to Flavor\u201d that aims to create the same adventure inside the mind of a child.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a personal chef, I like to explore different options, create new recipes and introduce people to different foods that they probably have never had before,\u201d Thomas said, as he thumbed through the book.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of parents tell me, \u2018Yeah, my child only eats chicken tenders, French fries and a lot of different fast food,\u2019\u201d Thomas noted. \u201cMy kids don\u2019t eat like that, and your kids don\u2019t have to eat like that if you introduce them to something more fun and something that they see you eat and are willing to try.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the story, a child named Leo goes to places like Jamaica, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Mexico, and learns to cook different dishes native to those cultures. Thomas, who will speak and engage with students at different schools around the region, said some of those experiences helped convince him to write this story.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I go into these different schools, I see that a lot of kids don\u2019t really have the palette that I was introduced to and that I study,\u201d he said. \u201cSo why can\u2019t I just share the knowledge and the things that I\u2019ve learned over the years with other children and they can share with their household?\u201d<\/p>\n