The forecast: Still tasty (and terrifying) in 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'
In the 1978 children's classic, it rains soup, it snows mashed potatoes, and hotdogs blow in from the northeast. Judi and Ron Barrett look back on their delectable tale of the town of Chewandswallow.
In Judi Barrett's classic children's book, the town of Chewandswallow was just like any other town — except for the weather: "It came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Everything that everyone ate came from the sky."
In Chewandswallow, it rained soup and juice. It snowed mashed potatoes. Sometimes there were hamburger storms. Hotdogs, already in their buns, blew in from the northeast.
Food falling from the sky! It's every kid's fantasy — and since its publication in 1978, has sold millions of copies. Sony Pictures Animation even
