Pema of Bhutan — The Girl Who Saves the Stories

Pema of Bhutan — The Girl Who Saves the Stories

Age: 12     Region: Asia

Pema believes there are two kinds of family recipes.

The ones that are written down.

And the ones that begin with:

"Oh, I don't measure it."

Pema finds the second kind deeply irresponsible.

Her grandmother finds this hilarious.

For as long as Pema can remember, some of her favorite afternoons have been spent in the kitchen, watching meals come together through a mysterious system involving handfuls, pinches, instinct, and instructions such as “You'll know when it's ready.”

Pema would like to know how she'll know.

This question has yet to receive a satisfactory answer.

So she started writing things down.

At first, it was recipes.

How much of this?

How long for that?

What exactly constitutes a “little bit”?

But then Pema noticed something.

Her grandmother never tells her how to make a dish without telling her something else too.

Who taught her.

When they used to make it.

Who always asked for seconds.

The time somebody forgot an ingredient and nobody noticed...

Her dream: To become a historian and writer, preserving the everyday stories that might otherwise disappear.

Her wonder: “How many stories can one family carry without ever writing them down?”

Discover Pema’s complete story in Girls Wear Crowns: Empowering Dreams.

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