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Tasty
Travels
Authors and
international chefs
collaborate to create
a “compassionate
generation of kids”
BY MATIA BURNETTS
ommelier Sarah Thomas has
fond memories of her moth-
er’s home cooking: “I used
to hang out under the kitchen
table as a child, listening to my
mom as she cooked, and enjoy
being transported by the aromas
that filled our kitchen.” Thomas
grew up to become the cofounder
of Kalamata’s Kitchen—a multi-
platform brand that publishes
food- and travel-themed children’s
books.
Thomas says that her friend
Derek Wallace conceived of theidea for Kalamata’s Kitchen and
told her about it, and she was
immediately enthusiastic about
collaborating. Wallace envisioned
a publishing program that would
allow him to share his love for
discovering new foods and cul-
tures with his son. “He had theidea to do this through a char-
acter, and that’s how Kalamata
was born,” Thomas says.
So far, Kalamata’s Kitchen has
published three children’s picture
books, each of which explores a
different culture through its cui-
sine. The stories are told from