Food connects culture and feelings

  Food is not only the thing we eat, but also the thing that connects our heart with our culture and feelings. In the article “Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food”, which is written by Ahn, the author uses the Korean food to memorize the culture in his hometown and the love of his parent. When his parent was alive, they always cook the Korean food for the author. But after they died, the author feels lost because he thinks that the traditional Korean food is far away from him, so is the tradition Korean culture. No one can cook the traditional food like his parent. So he decides to cook the Korean food himself and he also wants his son and his wife know about the Korean culture. He does all these things in order not to forget his root and the Korean culture—the culture from his hometown. Different from Ahn, Nicholson, the author of the article “Eating White”, mentions a new concept of the food: the comfort food. The comfort food is not the food that cooks easy or the food that is cheap, it represents the food that makes people relax. It can be everything. Healthy food, unhealthy food, savory food, unsavory food… According to the author’s description, the comfort food for his mother is the cheese sandwich with a glass of cold milk. These foods seem not that healthy, but in fact they are the author’s mother’s most wanted food. Based on the concept of the comfort food and the author’s memory about his mother, Nicolson wants to let us know this kind of thought: the food not only brings the nutrition to us, but also brings the happiness and the great memory to us. When eating the meal, the author remembers the happy time he and his mother spend together. I am now alone in the United States. My family and my root are all in China. I do sometimes miss my mother and father and when I taste the Chinese food here, I will always remember the food that is cooked by my mother. Everything my mom cooked for me contains her love to me. This kind of love is precious than any other things in the world.