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													<h1 class="entry-title">Hungry Monkey</h1>
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			<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright" alt="Hungry Monkey" src="https://rootsandgrubs.com/wp-content/uploads/images/HM-cover-medium.jpg" width="199" height="294" /><strong>Hungry Monkey:Â </strong><em>A Food-Loving Father&#8217;s Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater</em></p>
<p>byÂ Matthew Amster-Burton</p>
<p>A memoir on the wild joys of food and parenting and the marvelous mÃ©lange of the two,Â <em>Hungry Monkey</em>Â takes food enthusiasts on a new adventure in eating (with dozens of delicious recipes!). In the end, our guide reminds us: â€œFood is fun, and you get to enjoy it three times a day, plus snacks!â€</p>
<p><a title="Hungry Monkey excerpt" href="http://hungrymonkeybook.com/pdf/Hungry%20Monkey%20Sample.pdf">Read the first three chapters right now</a>Â (PDF)</p>
<p><strong>Buy now (print):Â </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Monkey-Food-Loving-Fathers-Adventurous/dp/B004KAB40Q/">Amazon</a> <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780547336893">IndieBound</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hungry-monkey-matthew-amster-burton/1100302583?ean=9780547336893">B&amp;N</a></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">Buy now (ebook): </strong><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Monkey-Food-Loving-Adventurous-ebook/dp/B003K16PT6/">Kindle</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hungry-monkey/id427531376?mt=11">iBooks</a> <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Hungry-Monkey-Food-Loving-Fathers/book--QhpGygl20uxxEkTj8k2vw/page1.html?s=dkuZdsNdeUuarqB3Kn_anw&amp;r=1">Kobo</a></span></p>
<h3><strong>Praise</strong></h3>
<p>â€œMatthew Amster-Burton is smart, funny, a terrific writer, a great cook, and on track to be voted father-of-the-year every year for the next decade, at least.â€ â€“<strong>Dorie Greenspan</strong></p>
<p>â€œA very timely and excellent book.â€ â€“<strong>Anthony Bourdain</strong></p>
<p>â€œA wonderful book. It reads so well you wonâ€™t be able to put it down.â€ â€“<strong>Paula Wolfert</strong></p>
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