Last month I was awarded a Thinking Blog Award, woo hoo!, from Julie of Noshtalgia. Sorry it’s taken me so long to get this back out but I’ve been wracking up the OT at work again. But let me say danke. I have intentionally kept this blog strictly foodish and have not written a lot of thinky thoughts. It’s been hard staying ‘light’ as it somewhat stifles the way I write so I was surprised that this place made anybody think outside their stomachs.
As the rules go, I must name 5 blogs and then have them give the same award to another 5. It’s hard to pick just a handful since I love all the blogs in my readership but have narrowed it down to a few. I also have to bend things a bit and name only 4 though the last is actually to a group of people.
Sher from What Did You Eat?
This is a great food blog with a ton of great things going on in the background alongside some fantastic recipes. My kind of cook in a nutshell. Here’s somebody who showcases and shares food ideas without a lick of artifice. There are some bloggers out there I find distasteful in the way they advertise their eating and cooking like it’s a trend. What I look for in a food page is that home cooked feel that one doesn’t get in the glossy book-deal blogs. Sher’s blog is a great balance of wonderful home food and a very distinct and natural blogging voice.
Julie from Noshtalgia
There’s nothing in the rules that says I can’t re-award, is there?
This blog is great because it brings out some powerful emotions on top of being great fun. If you grew up in America during the 70’s and 80’s, you’ll recognize a fair number of the recipes on her blog. Remember Shirley Temples, fried liver, pineapple upside down cake, Waldorf salad, and everything Jello? It’s brought back a lot of fond memories of my dear grandmother who was an important influence in my family. Julie’s grandmother also seems to come from the same cooking repertoire as they have a lot or recipes in common. It’s also been very poignant to look back at certain things as an adult.
Kimchi Mamas
I just added this site to my blogroll this week but have been following since it started last year. This is a multi-authored site comprised of mothers who are either Korean-American or married to one. Race and culture are very important to me. The way I grew up, my ethnicity was treated as a fun little joke that nobody would ever let me live down. I was told repeatedly that it wasn’t my fault (!) for being Korean and to just ignore it. My future children will not be going through that bullshit. It matters a great deal to me to see Asian-American women talking about race, culture, ethnicity in the context of family and parenting. It matters even more to see people actually taking a stand and speaking up against racism and blatant ignorance.
Every single blogger listed under the TRA Posse blogroll
(located on the right hand side of the screen)
There have always been questions and opinions in the back of my mind about international adoption, race relations, ethnicity, social systems, and how it all ties to basic human rights that have gone undiscussed all these years because nobody wanted to or had the means to debate them with me. After a lifetime of going without knowing any other KAD or Asian adoptees and then to be able to find and form friendships with them has made a huge difference in my life. Their blogs make me think on a personal level as well as a larger, more global picture.
I don’t blog about adoption anymore out of sheer self preservation and privacy. These ladies put it out there every day and are making a real difference for those of us who are less articulate. It’s hard to put into words how much of an impact they’ve all made on me as a group, as individual people, and I love them all. They are my role models, sisters, and friends.
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