Head Of School Symposium Cookbook Analysis
Today in the United States, this society enjoys multiculturalism. However, what is the price?
Ms. Valerie Sorenson, Spanish teacher at Lake Forest Academy and on the Head of School Symposium committee this year, shares this burden of history. This burden of history began in the early 1900s, when Sorenson’s grandmother, Mrs. Otilia Klorman escaped the religious persecution of Jews in Vienna, avoiding certain death. Giving up her Austrian citizenship, she escaped to Valparaíso, Chile on a boat. Here in Chile, she amalgamated the Austrian and Spanish culinary experiences into a cookbook.
“ It is a time capsule of things that were important to her and part of her daily life,” Sorenson noted. Traveling from Chile to Los Angeles and finally to Lake Forest, Klorman’s cookbook has been put on display in the school’s library. According to Sorenson, in relation to the Head of School Symposium topic immigration, emigration, and migration, the written in all different languages, and it was a clear reflection of her travels. One recipe on display, called “Corvina” is unique because it is written with the words alternating from Spanish to German. More distinctively, as Sorenson has mentioned the cookbook as being a reflection of her travels, Klorman experienced various cultures throughout …show more content…
However, before she was able to graduate high school, she had to leave at the age of 17. If she stayed, her family would have been likely killed. From there, her family could only carry a few belongings with them before getting on a boat in Czechoslovakia and leaving for Chile. Sorenson reported that upon her grandmother’s arrival to Cuba, before entering Chile, were almost forced into imprisonment and sent back to Europe because everyone knew they were Jews. She came to Chile unable to understand any Spanish, and had to learn an entirely new language. Eventually, she worked as a translator for a various amounts of
Ms. Valerie Sorenson, Spanish teacher at Lake Forest Academy and on the Head of School Symposium committee this year, shares this burden of history. This burden of history began in the early 1900s, when Sorenson’s grandmother, Mrs. Otilia Klorman escaped the religious persecution of Jews in Vienna, avoiding certain death. Giving up her Austrian citizenship, she escaped to Valparaíso, Chile on a boat. Here in Chile, she amalgamated the Austrian and Spanish culinary experiences into a cookbook.
“ It is a time capsule of things that were important to her and part of her daily life,” Sorenson noted. Traveling from Chile to Los Angeles and finally to Lake Forest, Klorman’s cookbook has been put on display in the school’s library. According to Sorenson, in relation to the Head of School Symposium topic immigration, emigration, and migration, the written in all different languages, and it was a clear reflection of her travels. One recipe on display, called “Corvina” is unique because it is written with the words alternating from Spanish to German. More distinctively, as Sorenson has mentioned the cookbook as being a reflection of her travels, Klorman experienced various cultures throughout …show more content…
However, before she was able to graduate high school, she had to leave at the age of 17. If she stayed, her family would have been likely killed. From there, her family could only carry a few belongings with them before getting on a boat in Czechoslovakia and leaving for Chile. Sorenson reported that upon her grandmother’s arrival to Cuba, before entering Chile, were almost forced into imprisonment and sent back to Europe because everyone knew they were Jews. She came to Chile unable to understand any Spanish, and had to learn an entirely new language. Eventually, she worked as a translator for a various amounts of