Wish my family had a secret recipe

It was clear from reading these articles that both these authors bring much more to the table than just food. They are both bringing cultural and personal significance to the table with them. I’m not going to specifically quote what they says but I’ll explain it so you could understand if you took the time to read the article. Nicholson writes about the personal significance his mother had to white food and how she liked having everything be pure on the plate if possible. The cultural aspects he used was when he described her English cooking style of meat and potatoes. The author had the way his mother used to cook implanted into his brain so that he also was pleased by white foods.

Ahn was much easier to figure out from the get go because he stated that he was connected to his mother through her Korean culture and cuisine, although she never formally taught him anything. The way he grew up having two fridges help personal significance for him because it made him realize that there was a distinct different culture in his garage.

Both authors use memory to convey their significance of food. Luckily for me, I already wrote the short essay that is supposed to come after this entry so I too used memory to associate different people to different foods. Instead of answering the last portion of this entry in paragraph for I'm just going to say yes. Yes, reading these pieces reminded me of my own connection to food and it’s listed just below in the short essay titled “You Remember What You Eat.”