Tradition crosses continents: hitched to backs, etched in minds, clinging to lips. Those customs offered to immigrants’ children stand firmly as testament to endurance through difficult journeys, picking up memories along the way. My grandfather carried his religion with him from Riga, Latvia in 1934, and faithfully clung to it in Tel Aviv, Israel and […]
http://yourstory.tenement.org/artifacts/egg-tart The egg tart is one of my favorite foods that can be labeled as “Chinese food.” I’m not a huge fan of “Chinese food,” or maybe more accurately, “Americanized Chinese food,” the takeout food from Chinese restaurants these days. The egg tart also represents my family’s immigration story quite well, since it represents both […]
