Shared recipes bring students’s families together

Sophomores Esther Kisivo and Maddie Vinh and senior Molly Griffin have unique family dishes

Quin Peters and Avery Clement

December 12, 2023

(By Luke Wood)

Sophomore Esther Kisovo

“I always remember when I was little, in our church nursery, she’d bring me a little thermos of pilau and I’d always eat that with my mom there. With samosas, I would wrap them with my mom and help her fry them."

“Samosas are kind of taken from Indian cultures, but we have our own twist. How my mom makes it, it’s a tortilla outside and then inside is a ground beef mixture. It’s seasoned and it has vegetables then she fries it and it’s really cool.“

“When I was little, these were things that my parents would make. It was like baby food I would always eat, like pilau and stuff like that. So I think as we got older, it’s continued because I don’t know how I’d not eat pilau and samosas all the time. So I know when I’m older, I’ll probably be cooking it just as much.”
(By Submitted by Maddie Vinh)

Sophomore Maddie Vinh

“My mom makes this really good Vietnamese dessert with banana, coconut and tapioca pearls. We also have this thing called spam musubi which isn’t really a Vietnamese thing but my family still likes it. It’s really good.”

“The dessert [banana tapioca chè] is more like a special occasions type of thing …I grew up eating that dessert a lot”
(By Luke Wood)

Junior Molly Griffin

“There’s always so much food and it just ties back to memories and brings the whole family together.”

“I have so many memories of just being in the kitchen with my family. It definitely brings my family together.”

“Every time we have the Apple dumplings its for a big family event or just something really exciting is going on. So that dish just alwasy brings back happy family memories.”

“I remember the first time my mom really taught me how to make it. I’ve been cooking since I was little. My mom taught me how to cook, [along with] my grandma and my aunt. It’s kind of a thing being a woman in my family: you learn how to cook and you learn how to cook how my family cooks. “

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About the Contributors

Quin Peters, JagWire editor-in-chief

This is senior Quin Peters’ third year on the JagWire staff, and she is excited to take on the role of JagWire editor-in-chief. Outside of journalism, Quin is the social media manager of the Youth for Refugees club, and is involved in NHS, NEHS, French NHS, NAHS, Scholar’s Bowl and Coloring Club. When she isn’t at school, she can be found drawing, listening to pop music or reading.

Avery Clement, JagWire editor-in-chief

This is senior Avery Clement’s third year of the JagWire staff and second year as a JagWire editor-in-chief. Outside of journalism, she is the president of Youth for Refugees club, a social media manager of KAY club and Spanish NHS, as well as a member of NHS and NEHS. When not at school Avery can be found coaching gymnastics, listening to music on Spotify, reading or spending time with friends and family.

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