"Live in cook" has a connection with Night Thoughts" because both stories talk about men, how they have to get used to something they never did before.
"Live in Cook", is really nice story, the main character Bin is a Vietnamese man who is a cook and who has been living in France for three years. Bin does not know french so the few words he uses were like magic spell because that was the quickest and certain form of expression, in this part i think that many people like
Bin have been through that, for example; here in New York there are people who only communicate speaking a few words and probably those words are the ones that they are used the most.
When Bin goes to the village with the two women and dogs he realizes that people in the area do not have to worry about wine, that it is actually made by themselves and that life over there is not to expensive , Bin says, " But Life in Bilignin does not required a full wallet,...". What I personally think about this is that here in our country or in France people who want to buy a very good wine have to pay a very expensive price even more if people want to drink wine every day.
What is also important in this story it is that Bin says that he cannot forget that tasting that is an indispensable part of cooking. People who love to do what they do, the tasting, the touching, the listening, and the looking are very important tools because by doing that they know that what they are doing is well done.
Sukari, you make several observations in your comment about "Live-in Cook." Is Binh's job with the two American women, his first experience as a cook? Yes, Binh's limited French is an issue, but he has been able to get by in France for several years now. How was he able to do so? Think about this in relation to your comment about the skill of cooking and tasting. Lastly, I'm not sure what exactly is the point about the cost of wine, and how that relates to issue of domestic work?
ReplyDeleteNo, that's no the first experience that Binh has as a cook, he has worked for an embarrassing number of households.
ReplyDeleteWhat i think is that Binh has able to be in France for many years because of the way he cooks, people like his home made food, in the reading Binh seems to be a easy going person who does not complain and gets adapted to any place.
Binh says in the article, " I never forget that tasting is an indispensable part of cooking",page 483. I personally think that for him being a great cook is important since he values the comments that people have about his food and since he loves cooking.
There is also one part of the story when Binh says that he could not compete for the cities attention, and one big reason is the language which make him, "no longer able to trust the sound of his own voice", he can only taste but not talk about the delicious food he makes.
I also mention the wine because I'm sure that if people were not owned those farms they would be able to drink for free every day. I just mentioned the wine because Binh could have as much as he wanted and because after all, all those people got drunk and accepted Binh. That made him felt fine. Drinking wine with the neighbors was a fun part for Binh.