“According to my mother, there pretty much wasn't anything I wouldn't eat as a child.... I was even inclined to dig into stuff about which she expressed open disgust... cheap Chinese food with pepper so hot it made your gums feel like a medieval dentist had been at them.” FeelsChildrenMadeMotherStuffHotChineseDisgustingMedievalDentistGumPeppersLobsterChinese Food Author:Alice Domurat Dreger
“When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.” PeopleIfsThinkingChildrenLittlesMotherGirlChineseMy ChildrenSoupGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Every year when it's Chinese New Year here in New York, there are fireworks going off at all hours. New York mothers calm their frightened children by telling them it's just gunfire.” YearsChildrenMotherHoursNew YorkCalmChineseFrightenedNew YearFireworks Book:Late night with David Letterman: the book Source: Late night with David Letterman: the book