Salad People

"Invasion of the Salad People" was the headline over Bonnie Benwick's story in last Wednesday's Washington Post Food section about the singular vegetarian creatures you can now create with your food using Mollie Katzen's new book, "Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up."

Well, she's got the perfect audience here.

But I digress.

When Katzen was growing up in upstate New York in the 1950s and '60s, her mother would, on special occasions, use vegetables, fruits and whatever else she could find to construct faces on plates for her and her brothers and sisters.

Here's a link to Benwick's Post story.

The book is $12.21 at Amazon (produce not included).