Category Archives: Food and race   To support my efforts to
produce 30 posts in 30 days for National Blogging Post Month, my
friend Laura Kimball has been providing writing prompts for me
and my fellow blogger, Harmony Hasbrook.  Last night, Laura gave
us the following prompt:  Smell, the sense that triggers the
richest, most obscure memories during the most awkward times.
Write about a time when a smell triggered a deep or odd memory.
What was the smell? What was the memory? And did that
recollection cause you to do anything in that present moment.  I
was completely stymied by this prompt. I had no idea what to
write about. I sifted through memories of a variety of
smells—ranging from pleasant to repugnant—but nothing moved me
to write. Then a faint recollection tugged at me.  Continue
reading   Filed under Essays, Filipino food, Food and race,
NaBloPoMo 2013  Food for Thought writing contest winner   I was
the kid who brought her lunch in sticky  Tupperware was not
cool.  When people asked me, “Where are yo