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 reporter/photographer

This is junior Quin Peters’ second year on the JagWire staff. This year she is excited to continue her role as a writer and designer on staff. Beyond newspaper, Quin is the media manager for Youth for Refugees as well as being involved in NAHS, Scholars Bowl, French Club, Crochet and Knit, Creative Writing club and Model UN. Outside of school, she spends her free time crocheting, drawing, hanging out with her friends and listening to music.

Avery Clement, JagWire editor-in-chief

This is junior Avery Clement’s second year on the JagWire staff and this year she will be one of the JagWire editor-in-chiefs. Avery is also involved in Youth for Refugees club, Kansas Association for Youth club, Model United Nations, Knit and Crochet club, NHS, NEHS and Spanish NHS. Outside of school Avery works as a gymnastics coach and enjoys watching movies, listening to music, reading and hanging out with her friends and family.

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