Trading Food Among Friends: A Delicious Adventure In a world where dining out can get expensive and meal prep can feel like a chore, trading food with friends emerges as a delightful and resourceful solution. It’s not just about saving money or sharing the workload; it’s about fostering connections, discovering new flavors, and enjoying a […]
Reflection & Travel
July 2023: Morocco In Morocco, Henry and I were a duo testing the limits of each other’s patience, pushing the boundaries of what it means to bridge two generations in one family. Here I was, the daughter of immigrants who had a scarcity mindset engrained in me, used to hearing no more than yes. As […]
Mom’s Egg Rolls
Best Homemade Egg Rolls A Girl Could Ever Have Mom’s Egg Rolls with Belly – Belly Knows Best In this special episode of “Belly Knows Best,” Belly shares a treasured family recipe close to her heart: her mom’s famous Egg Rolls. Growing up, these crispy, savory treats were a staple in her home, made with […]
The Beginning
How did it ALL start? As I was recovering from reconstruction in January 2020, I often think about how food was never amazing during chemotherapy. And, how much it just sucked because all I could taste was metal when I forced myself to eat. I was told chemotherapy is about attrition, I needed food to […]
Chinese New Year’s
The Significance The Significance of Chinese New Year in My Family Chinese New Year is one of the most sacred and significant holidays in my family. It’s a time dedicated to positivity, unity, and showing kindness to one another. Each year, my parents would spend an entire week preparing for this special occasion, and the […]
Culture
Common Sense Isn’t So Common The tapestry of culture is woven with threads of family, tradition, and ritual, yet many today miss out on these fibers. Often, it’s because their own experience of “togetherness” is thin or limited, defined by gifts more than shared moments or personal history. Celebrations can be commercialized or reduced to […]
The Professor
The Perfect Storms There’s a unique kind of intimacy that forms when two storms meet, like waves crashing against each other in shared chaos. That’s how it was with him—the professor. From the beginning, I sensed this relationship might be destined to fail, the way you sometimes just know a storm will end in wreckage, […]
Henry
The Struggle, Survival, and Raising the Next Generation Growing up as the child of immigrant parents, struggle was just the backdrop of my life. It wasn’t something I questioned. I never asked for more, and I didn’t expect it. “No” was the word I heard most, and somehow, that was okay. I had enough, or […]