I used to make fun of my mother’s simple cooking. Now, too late, I realise how much care went into it.

Su-Jit Lin is a storyteller first and everything else second. Her work has been featured on Longreads, the Huffington Post, Thrillist, Folks by Pillpa... ck, The Kitchn, Ravishly, AAA Magazine, Edible Long Island, Where Y'at and others. She writes essays on food and travel and how they shape the human experience.
I used to make fun of my mother’s simple cooking. Now, too late, I realise how much care went into it.
‘Don’t be like me,’ has been my mother’s mantra for as long as I can remember.