Food: "Las Papas" - Julio Ortega

 Las Papas is a short story about a single dad that is cooking for his son and himself. The story starts at the kitchen, where he is gathering all the ingredients to try out a new Italian recipe called “chicken cacciatore.” His son goes to the kitchen to find out what his dad is cooking and disapproves the dish. That brought back memories from when his dad used to cook for him. He remembered that he rejected the food his dad cooked for him once because it was “too spicy.” That made him feel really bad because he probably hurt his dad’s feelings even though his dad acted like it did not. The dad later decided to make something else to eat so that his son would like it. This reminds me of how my mom always makes at least two different foods because my sisters don’t always like some of the food she cooks. She tries to make everyone happy when it comes to eating and she is an excellent cook, but my sisters are very picky. Sometimes she complaints because she doesn’t feel like cooking two different dishes, but I believe it’s her fault because she was the one who started cooking different foods to them. If she had given them no choice from the start, my sisters would eat what the rest of the family eats, and my mom would not have to cook more than one dish everyday.