Description A delicious picture book about the ways plantains shape Latinx culture, community, and family, told through a young girl's experiences in the kitchen with her abuela. Abuela says, "platanos are love." I thought they were food. But Abuela says they feed us in more ways than one. With every pop of the tostones, mash of the mangu, and sizzle of the maduros, a little girl learns that platanos are her history, they are her culture, and-most importantly-they are love.