Food Waste Gets a Second Look: A Fridge-opolis Q&A with Melissa Coffey

How much respect do appliances in our kitchen get?

Don’t answer that. It’s a rhetorical question. They get no respect, my friend. They cook our meals, keep our tasty treats from spoiling, and generally improve our lives, yet how often do you see them featured in picture books? I’m not going to say it never happens. I’m just going to say that it happens a lot less than you might think.

There are those, however, for whom such bravery deserves attention. And debut picture book author Melissa...