What Did My Mother the Chemist See in Betty Crocker
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-Baldwin
NOTES FROM TODAY (2/25)
Remember to bring two printed copies of your essay comparing Ng’s article & Kothari’s essay to class on WED. 2/27 (for peer review).
Food was connected to ideas of who they are.
Indian family and family from Hong Kong
Assimilating to American customs
Both articles are told from the first-person (daughters)
Non-fiction / memoir quality
Elements cutting into the narrative: KOTHARI—memories cutting in and out. Taking the story out of time. “Jump cut” – mimicking the way we have memories.
WHEREAS Ng inserts quotes from the cookbook
Kothari is allowing her own memories to inform each other. Whereas Ng is using the cookbook to string together memories.
Kothari—my memory is unreliable
Ng—has to read the cookbook over again to convince herself
Immigrant experience /same time period
Kept cookbook—
