Have you ever been away from home? Like far far away from home. If you have, I’m positive you got the lonely kind of feeling, of longing for home. Just to think of being in your comfort zone, having your mom cook for you, and arguing with your siblings make you teary. But let me tell you a secret, there is a way to cure this. Shhh, do not tell anyone, just keep it between you and me,okay? Now read carefully! A secret to overcome homesickness is to cook! I don’t mean cooking any kind of food in general, but I mean food that your mom always cooks for you. This would give you joy and flashback to those old days. Believe me, after the first bite, it would make you feel like you never left home. A few months ago, our friend, Ben invited us to come over and bake some cookies. The sun shined down into his cozy little kitchen. We baked and shared stories. It was a peaceful kind of afternoon, which is all I would ask for spending my Thursday’s afternoon.
We baked “Monster Cookies” which Ben said was a family recipe, His mom used to bake them for him and his brother back home. And after moving to Thailand, he never got to make them, therefore he decided that day was a good time. We stood quietly by the window. When the first batch came out of the oven, we took our first bites of the warm and cozy looking cookies.
With a naughty smile on his face, Ben said “Taste of home". -Candice