A stew of beef, bamboo shoots, and vermicelli noodles

whole fish, delicious

typical vegetable dish

the family feast

So one of my favorite things in the world is my mother’s cooking. I’ve grown up on a blessed repertoire of Chinese comfort foods like sticky rice cake and inventive stir fries. I’ve been spoiled with ribs and fried rice and homemade dumplings. The best (and probably only) part of going home to the suburbs is eating a mother-created feast, one of those wonderfully Chinese family-style spreads of 6-7 dishes for our small family, where the kitchen just keeps magically churning out dish after dish after dish. I’m never sure how she plans these meals or where her recipes come from, but I’m happy to be on the receiving end.

I had a really good bowl of potato leek soup at Crema Cafe today, too. I think I might post it to 3 Buck Bites. Then I took a picture of me with my spoon since I am trying to have clever food-related self portraits.

Related posts:

1. The Chinese Food Truck on Oxford St
2. A Vietnamese cooking class with Harvard University Dining Services’ Director Martin Breslin
3. All Chinese [parties] look alike
4. Asian Girl Cooking: The Great Pizza Update
5. Photos from Cooking for a Cause – East End House – 2010