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Cooking has never been an important thing for MIaosheng Li until 2009，when she was "abandoned" in London, UK. A place famous for Big Ben, Harry Potter, The Queen, or... boring food....




And ....
Occasionally the sense of loneliness for people coming from overseas.


Just like all foreigners, she has to face all the difficulties on her own. However her enthusiasm for food became a good way for her to deal with the sense of loneliness.  So she promised to herself:





Cannot be careless for food; Cannot waste food and make as big a variety as she can. 

At the beginning, cooking is only because of her cravings.  Can you imagine a Chinese girl living in a foreign country, how difficult it could be,  if there is no home cooked dish in her life? 

So she started to have Beef noodles, lanzhou Pork, home made jelly on her dining table. Gradually, she realized these home cooked dishes can help to relieve her negative feelings.Then gradually it developed into a habits:

Any food she wants  must be cooked by herself. 















Food and the smell of cooking became a significant part in her life in a foreign country. "Have a good meal " became a simple and easy way that she cares for herself. 





After this....

Cooking gradually became a essential  part of her life. The smell of the food from her kitchen arouse her thoughts about the meaning of home.  



She said: when I set the stove to cook it is like the gravity which can make me feel like coming back down to earth. This is the most important meaning of a home for me. In other words, this is the power that can help and support me overcome the countless feelings of sadness, frustration and all the other bad feelings I have experienced or am experiencing  , and enable me to came back to be myself. 

This is  a normal story about an ordinary girl with her five kitchens. Whenever she is going to leave home, she will try all her best to finish the food in her fridge in a prefect way. As food for her means energy, memories, and a greeting for her new day. 













Maybe you are also a lonely person drifting in somewhere of the world. Maybe you also have many gloomy mood which cannot talk with others about. 

This book can make you realise how the food can help you overcome your difficulties. 

If you like cooking, then no matter where you are,

Cooking is everything. 

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---以上内容引自新浪微博@李妙生
---翻译：WelcomeHome多语言心理辅助中心

---Cited from Sina Weibo @miaoshengli
---Translated by WelcomeHome Multi Language Support

感觉孤单、痛苦、难过、想家......也许这些是每个在异国他乡的人都不得不经历的。我相信每个人都有自己的方式去应对和解决，正如这本书的作者李妙生一般，下厨成为她找回自己的良方。饱含熟悉的味道和香气的厨房让她又有了回家的感觉。于是，生活的一切都变得美好而不同。

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Feeling lonely, depressed, frustrated, homesick.... Maybe these are the bad things that everyone from overseas will have to experience.  I believe people could have their own way to deal with them. For example, the author Miaosheng Li.  Cooking is her special way to overcome all the difficulties. Her kitchen which is full of familiar smells like home can arouse her feeling that make her feel safe and comfortable, where she can relieve her negative feelings. Then everything in her world became better. 

If you have not found your way to deal with the bad feelings whilst living a foreign country yet, then simply join us. Let us be your second home in the UK, be your gravity, and  help you to feel grounded, find your true self and the homely feeling in a familiar environment, languages and culture background.

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