Maggie's HOUSE

 

看到Gwyneth Palthow的這段話，又忍不住...


~Why? you may ask. In the last ten years or so, 
cooking has become my main ancillary passion in life.
I have always loved food, being around it,
preparing it, and of course eating it. 
This adoration was instilled in me by my incredibe father, 
a supreme gourmand with a deep love for great food and wine.

I always feel closet to my father, who was the love of my life until his death in 2002.
When i am in the kitchen  i can still hear him over my shoulder,
heckling me,
telling me to be careful with my knife, moaning with pleasure over a bit of something in the way only a Jew from Long Island can, his shoulders doing most of the talking.

I will never forget how concentrated in the kitchen, it almost looked like a grimace or a frown if you didn't know him. He practiced incredible care and precision when he as preparing food. It was as if the deliciousness of the food would convey the love he felt in direct proportion.  

                                                                                           ~ from my father's daughter

不曉得小孩怎麼記憶他童年時期的父母，看了這段文章，
心，就回到自己的父親，同樣有一手好廚藝的他
在當年的20歲，煮了一桌的好菜....
叫得出名字的大菜與外頭牛排館裝麵包的盤子都在餐桌上..
你給的蒸籠和當初還不知道什麼玩意的工具，
如今的我也都算嘗試過了。

昨去市場拎了一籃子的車回來，樓上的阿嬤鄰居說好久沒看到你的媽媽了，
我說,她待會就會來，阿嬤看到我的菜籃不敢相信地說你買了好多菜啊~~

在電梯關起來的那一刻，我有點驕傲地回答:

~~ 現在我會煮了，換我煮給她吃囉。。

謝謝你留下來的一切，每每看到廚房就想起你在廚房忙的樣子...
身為女兒的你，現在也充滿熱情地做著像你當年的事情
比你更幸福的是，有一個像你一樣的孫子，我的小孩
他會一邊翻鍋子另外一手還會搖著鍋中的涼拌小黃瓜
心情好時還會到我的廚房來拉一首提琴呢!!