Geoff
Nicholson attaches his eating experience to his youth and to his mother. He explains how his father was a simple eater
who only wanted meat and potatoes. This
left his mother to decide what else she wanted to add to the meal. Because his mom cooked during WW2 when food
was rationed she was forced to choose from simpler ingredients. Also, because of his moms faith she choose to
eat white foods. He attributes this to
the significance of the color white.
White represents innocence and purity in the catholic faith and by
consuming white food she though she is making herself better.
Roy Ahn
goes about describing his experiences with food from his own perspective. He explains how he was born in Korea and then
moved to the US early in his life. He
then had the influence of his parents and his friends all weighing in on what
he is supposed to eat. His parents both
wanted him to eat Korean food but his father was much more outgoing in mixing
the Korean culture with the American culture.
The two
authors have a different perspective on their experiences with food. Geoff Talks about what his mother would of
liked or not liked to eat. Roy talks
about the food that he came into contact with in his life and how traditional Korean
food blended with food from the United States.
Also, the two authors come from different sides of the planet. Roy is from Korea and Geoff is from
England. They both have been exposed to
very different cultures that have very different common foods.
My
grandmother immigrated from England In her early twenties. She had enough time to grow up and learn all
the traditions and customs of a Londoner.
She taught my mom a lot of these traditions so it is common for my mom to
prepare very traditional English meals for me whenever I am at home.
