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 writer whose work has appeared in Longreads, The Huffington Post, Thrillist, The Kitchn and others.
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.
