First came the liver, then the kidneys, then pigs feet -- lots and lots of pigs feet. In the early weeks after my daughter was born, each morning I would nurse her while my husband, the “seagan” ...

Khanh-Hoa Nguyen stirs a pot of green papaya and pigs' feet soup. The clear broth and pale green chunks of unripe melon are redolent with fish sauce, the way her own mother prepared the soup after ...

Objective: A ‘ginger vinegar soup’ and other special dietary practices have been traditionally recommended for postpartum Chinese women. This paper describes these practices in the first 6 weeks ...