mom's cooking

fish soup with dill, tomatoes
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

yesterday, my mom flew home to texas. growing up, especially during adolescence, i did not get along very well with my mother, but now i miss her, and her cooking. one thing we always did as a family was eat together. no matter how busy her day was, my mother made dinner ninety percent of the time, and we ate at the same time at the same table, communing over a bowl of rice.

it's well documented that in asian cultures, emotions are rarely expressed outright. it took me some time to realize everything that went into her homemade soup. i do most of the cooking these days at home, which i love, but some days, it's nice when someone else does it for you. just yesterday, leftover eggrolls and a soup with asian melon and shrimp that mom reheated in the microwave equaled happiness.