I enjoyed reading this! It made me think of plantain. You're right about staying true to the traditional method of cooking. When I made plantain in the air fryer it removed all the flavor and soul from it. There is nothing like pan fried plantain.
This was a fantastic read Elisabet, and your photos and food styling are incredible!!! I’m Middle Eastern/Armenian also living in Boston and I’ve noticed I never really crave Arab food unless I’m really sad or really sick -- that’s when the instinct kicks in for me to go back to what I know from my childhood. Last year while travelling in Thailand, I got sick with a stomach virus and I remember I had Thai krapow and it was the first thing I’d eaten in days. It instantly became a comfort food for me even though that was the first time I had that dish! PS, what are your favourite Thai places in Boston? Mine is Dakzen at the moment.
Hi Lala! Thank you so much! Pad krapaw is the best ❤️ I live in Brookline so my favorite Thai restaurant is here. I'd love to share a Thai feast with you one day if you like! My IG is @canela.limon.chile You can send me a DM and see if we can meet up, it would be great to talk to another writer 🥰
Loved this - made me think of my own childhood in California, raised by Chilean & Hungarian parents. The comfort food I associate with home tends to be Asian takeaway! But since living in London, trying to reconnect to cultures far away (especially over the lockdowns) led me to learn traditional dishes that my parents had never made - though it clearly brought a lot of memories back to them when I called and told them what I was doing. A dish I randomly chose to make turned out to me what my grandmother always made my dad for his birthday - these kinds of things.
Hi Cristina! Thank you for sharing! It's so interesting, right? The paths our minds take us when it comes to what we found comforting and what we link to our identity... I feel more connected to Spain and Catalonia when I am away than when I used to live there or when I go visit.
Reading about Mariana made me realise that when growing up in Tokyo, I couldn't care less about cooking Japanese food, yet now that I'm in Berlin, I can't go more than three days without a meal with white (sticky) rice.... It's interesting to see what parts of home I cling onto. Thank you for sharing this piece :)
Thank you so much for sharing this Pria! So true, it happened to me in Bangkok as well. But now here in the States I gravitate torwards simple salads and Mediterranean flavors.
I enjoyed reading this! It made me think of plantain. You're right about staying true to the traditional method of cooking. When I made plantain in the air fryer it removed all the flavor and soul from it. There is nothing like pan fried plantain.
Thank you Lala! So true! It also happened to me with croquetas. Once i tried an air-fried one and it was not the same...
This was a fantastic read Elisabet, and your photos and food styling are incredible!!! I’m Middle Eastern/Armenian also living in Boston and I’ve noticed I never really crave Arab food unless I’m really sad or really sick -- that’s when the instinct kicks in for me to go back to what I know from my childhood. Last year while travelling in Thailand, I got sick with a stomach virus and I remember I had Thai krapow and it was the first thing I’d eaten in days. It instantly became a comfort food for me even though that was the first time I had that dish! PS, what are your favourite Thai places in Boston? Mine is Dakzen at the moment.
Hi Lala! Thank you so much! Pad krapaw is the best ❤️ I live in Brookline so my favorite Thai restaurant is here. I'd love to share a Thai feast with you one day if you like! My IG is @canela.limon.chile You can send me a DM and see if we can meet up, it would be great to talk to another writer 🥰
Stunning—the writing and your photography!
I feel so honoured! Thank you so much Alicia, you are always a source of inspiration ❤️
Loved this - made me think of my own childhood in California, raised by Chilean & Hungarian parents. The comfort food I associate with home tends to be Asian takeaway! But since living in London, trying to reconnect to cultures far away (especially over the lockdowns) led me to learn traditional dishes that my parents had never made - though it clearly brought a lot of memories back to them when I called and told them what I was doing. A dish I randomly chose to make turned out to me what my grandmother always made my dad for his birthday - these kinds of things.
Hi Cristina! Thank you for sharing! It's so interesting, right? The paths our minds take us when it comes to what we found comforting and what we link to our identity... I feel more connected to Spain and Catalonia when I am away than when I used to live there or when I go visit.
Reading about Mariana made me realise that when growing up in Tokyo, I couldn't care less about cooking Japanese food, yet now that I'm in Berlin, I can't go more than three days without a meal with white (sticky) rice.... It's interesting to see what parts of home I cling onto. Thank you for sharing this piece :)
Thank you so much for sharing this Pria! So true, it happened to me in Bangkok as well. But now here in the States I gravitate torwards simple salads and Mediterranean flavors.