![]() ![]() I was trying to stimulate his appetite and calm his anxiety as he healed.Īs a cook, I have focused on cooking healing foods - especially during my father’s recovery, when I learned these practices are not so much about faith as they are a way of living. I began learning these movements in China and practiced with my parents when I stayed with them in New Jersey to help my father recover from cancer. There’s a healthy medicinal logic attached to those beliefs, along with meditation and slow-studied movements like qi gong or tai chi. Ever practical, my grandmother made it part of our family dinner.īuddhism and Daoism are the most common belief practices in China, although the majority of Chinese do not practice any faith or religion. ![]() (After all, gods must be hungry too.) On special occasions, an elaborate spread including a whole chicken or fish with medicinal herbs filled the table alongside burning incense. There was always an offering of food with her prayers, usually a pyramid of oranges or apples. She was a practicing Buddhist whose altar to Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, announced her devotion to the feminine deity of compassion. Her Cantonese meals opened with brothy soups full of bitter herbs and strange textures. My grandmother always made soup for our weekly family meals in my uncle’s Brooklyn public housing co-op. I don’t have chicken soup when I’m sick: Instead, I eat it to stay healthy. ![]()
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