Cooking for the family has meaning in each story of The Joy Luck Club, because cooking is a sign of love in Chinese culture. A main point of the novel was the mothers’ wishes to keep the old traditions, and the daughters’ wishes for them to be more understanding of the American culture. Tan and her mother had the same feelings, but, just as the daughters in the book, Tan learns the value of her heritage and embraces it (Kramer 60). Her mother told Tan many stories(Kramer 48). She told many stories about her own life.
Some families like to bake specific things like a passed down family recipe of a sweat potato dish or like the Williams family, a big bowl of homemade mac and cheese and cornbread stuffing. Grace is the grandmother in the Williams family, and she is a typical grandmother. For example, watching over Audrey, her daughter in law, cook and have lots to say about it. Grace notices that Audrey is not making a bowl of mac and cheese and she is not too thrilled about it. Grace acts this way because she clearly wants to keep her tradition going.
Availability and freshness of food and herbs determined how long the shopping trip would be. She, along with help from her husband, prepared items such as herbs and onions, all week in order to be ready for her big meal on the weekend. Even though the mother prepared many dishes to serve a lot people, she prepared only the best. Mother appeared to be resentful to be constantly cooking; she didn’t do any less from week to week. All in all it appeared that she thrived on the compliments and wishes she received for her efforts.
Fanny Cradock Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey (26 February 1909 – 27 December 1994), better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer frequently appearing on television, at cookery demonstrations and in print with Major Johnnie Cradock who played the part of a slightly bumbling husband. Fanny Cradock came to the attention of the public in the dowdy post-war years of the 1950s, championing the aspiring housewife, and an exotic approach to cooking. She famously worked in various ball-gowns without the customary cook’s apron, averring that women should feel cooking was easy and enjoyable, rather than messy and intimidating. In her early anonymous role as a food critic, working with Major Cradock under the name of ‘Bon Viveur’,Fanny introduced the public to unusual dishes from France and Italy, popularising the pizza in England.She is also credited as the originator of the Prawn Cocktail. She and Johnny worked together on a touring cookery show, sponsored by the Gas Council, to show how gas could be used easily in the kitchen, and as their fame increased, Fanny’s shows transferred to television, where she enjoyed 20 years of success.
1. I could feel a connection with the narrator when he would meet up with Kate at the same café and have the same food. When I was home on leave from the United States Marine Corps my girlfriend and I would go to the same two restaurants and order the same meal each time. It was kind of a tradition and “our place.” During these dates we would think about our future together and talk about our plans for when I got out of the military. In summation it was easy to relate to the main character in the short story.
Parents seek desirable husbands for their daughter and send her away to live with him and her in-laws’. Mothers start teaching their daughters at a young age how to cook, clean, and how their future husband should be taken care of. Once they are married they then take on the role of being a 24/7 housewife who does everything around the house while waiting on everyones hand and foot. The husbands then go finish college get a job and “bring home the money.” This a real life situation that is occurring everyday not only in India but also other parts of the world and my strongly believe that needs to change. I personally do not follow this “rule” because I want to have a great future with a career where I will be treated with respect by all including men.
The passion that comes from the ability of taking what food you have and turning it into something magnificent is cooking well. It is a calling. A yearning from deep inside you that makes you turn out food that keeps people talking for years. Recipes that get passed down from generation to generation, not because they were served at Michelin starred restaurants, or that they were even particularly good, but because they evoke memories of happy times. Cooking well is having respect for not only who you are cooking for, but acknowledging where your food comes from - not only the farmer, but animals too.
In mexico, I don't need an alarma clock because if I oversleep by seven o'clock, for sure at least one of the neighbors will play happy and loud music. To wake up in Mexico is a pleasure. My mother cooked for me everyday always making elaborate delicious mexican dishes that I love. My favorites are tamales, pozole, sopes and chilaquiles when my mom made them it is even more special. She wants to make me happy and she does.
Appetizing food not only tastes delicious but also presents itself nicely. Mom’s home cooked food can be an exception, but attractive presentation is a crucial marketing strategy in the food industry. There is a restaurant that I value as my all-time-favorite: Secret Recipe. Secret Recipe is a dessert focused restaurant that satisfies the five sensory cravings blissfully; especially taste and sight. When passing by Secret Recipe, it is always temping to grab the glass handle of the entry door and experience the sweet presence of fresh baked treats.
Finally, Krista demonstrates how she’s a hard worker at home by helping out with the cooking, cleaning, and laundry. If she’s not the one cooking dinner, she’s always lending a hand to help. When it comes to house hold choirs, hers are done without being ask to do them. Another way she helps out at home is with the laundry. With such a busy life style, laundry can pile up.