The reflection paper of the two articles

After reading the two articles “Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food” and “eating white”, we can find a common that people always like to eat things which they always have at home since they are children.  Another similarity is that both of them connect the food they like with the memory of their mothers.

In the first article “Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food”, the author Roy Ahn is an American born Korean. When he was young, his mom always cooked Korean food for him and he really liked it. He thought that the food his mom cooked for him included her love. When his mom was alive, there are two refrigerators in his home, one was for Korean food and the other one was for American food, which he always wanted to combine them together. After his mom dead, once he went to a Korean restaurant, however, he ordered a wrong dish. This made him uncomfortable because he was afraid of forgetting thing about Korean cultures which his mom told him. So, he tried to know more about Korean, and he also taught his kids some Korean culture to let him know more about his hometown.

In the second article “eating white”, the author’s mom like to eat food in white colors like white cheese and white bride. She thought that white food meant a white soul because she was a CATHOLIC. The white food was the only food made her felt comfortable. The author’s dad do not like white food, he only likes meats and desserts. So, the only thing his mom and dad can eat together is creamy mashed potatoes. The author was more similar with his mom; he thought white food was really tasty. He had a really hard time after he came to American because of the food.

I think my mom is a good cook. When I was at home, she always cooked different Chinese food for me every day and I really enjoyed them. After I come to American, at first, I think that American food is good because it is something new for me. A month later, I really cannot eat American food anymore because it is too simple and do not have any changes. Pizza, humbugger and french-fries is all thing in American food.