On the Lunar New Year, and tradition
<p>There’re tons of work to do: Cleaning the whole house, making some decorations, buying some lucky trees (peach, yellow apricot, kumquat tree, etc.). And cooking. There’s an awful lot of cooking. I remember how astonishing it was when I saw my mom sweating profusely in the middle of the cold winter in Hanoi, just because of the amount of cooking she had to do for our traditional <strong>Tet</strong>’s meal. From that time, I started to learn how to cook, in order to support her, and that’s when I realized how a woman can be truly a superhero in the kitchen. If you don’t believe me, just have a look at this photo — an example of a common meal in our <strong>Tet</strong> festival, and you will have a sense of how much time and effort must be put into the making of it:</p>
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