Sharon is putting together a cookbook of Chinese recipes. She is doing this partially for herself, but I know she is also doing it for our kids. She wants them to have something she never had, while also ensuring that our kids keep part of their Chinese legacy and heritage. That is something that is especially hard to do here in America, far from family. It would be so easy to just forget about Chinese culture and language. That's not what we want to do, and Sharon's family recipe book is a nice way of bridging our cultures. The idea of a family recipe book is inherently western and has long been supported by my parent's families. I am glad Sharon thought of using this western idea, however, to give our kids a taste of her culture, and glad she is thinking so far ahead.
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