Animal vegetable miracle6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() In her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver points out how for the new adolescent generation of today’s society, it is difficult to define who we actually are and thus identify with our food. This continues to be what I consider my family food culture, and will always hold a special place in my heart and in my stomach. I remember having regular family outings to our favorite Japanese restaurant called Gombei, and always getting so excited when we would enter through the silk screen curtain and the manager would yell at us with an aggressive “Oh hello! Welcome back!” The smell of strong fish, rice and soy sauce was equivalent to the smell of home, and gave me just as strong a sense of belonging as walking into my own house. Should I gorge myself on all of the bread and pasta my stomach could handle without bursting? Or should I sustain my appetite on the more subdued sustenance of fish and rice? With the Italian side of my family living on the other side of the country, it became normal for the food of my Japanese relatives to dominate my palate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Growing up in a household where Italian and Japanese food cultures were both represented, you can imagine my confusion as to which approach to food was correct. ![]()
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