Essays on Food

How do we select our partners? The theory of evolution argues that, personality features, behavioral and physical traits that enhance our chances of survival and reproduction attract them to us by that virtue. Because it has provided an essential context for understanding the nature of...

While eating junk food tastes great, fills one up, and offers many a great dose of energy for a short amount of time, its limited nutrients fail to aid any student in school. The rising rates of obesity and poor performances in school are creating...

The world is transforming at a very high rate, connecting people from different walks of life and thus diversifying culture. The interaction of people has not only improved tourism across the globe but has also improved trade as people have gone international. It is this...

Because of its delicious taste, full nutritional value, and the pleasure brought by vision, Japanese cuisine enjoys international reputation. Most people who like Japanese cuisine don’t know. In fact, the Japanese cuisine we are familiar with, such as sushi, tempura or Shouxi Shao, is not...

Poor eating habits include buying or consuming unhealthy food, not having enough food needed each day. These types of food are highly concentrated in fat, salt, or sugar. Research has shown consuming fast food every day can lead to health problems. Some people blame the...

Since human beings began to sit together and eat together, the way of eating has been linked with culture rather than just physiological needs. Human beings transform nature into culture through diet. For millions of years, humans have compiled a compilation of wise eating practices,...

Research has shown that people who eat lots of foods in the Western category have a 35 percent higher heart attack risk than those who ate less meat, eggs, and fried and salty food. Michael Pollan explains that Americans need to escape from the western...

In 2004, an American producer named Morgan Spurlock created a documentary film called ‘Supersize Me’. It was created in response to the unsuccessful legitimate fits against McDonald’s fats food, the film carries to light Spurlock’s own experiment with eating only McDonalds for 30 days. Most...

People usually don’t take me seriously when I say that I want to be a pastry chef, especially my parents, although they joke about me opening up my own little shop, hire all my cousins to work for me as waiters and waitresses and making...

For the people of Indonesia, especially the people of Aceh, there is one plant that is often planted in their home grounds, namely ‘Jeruk Nipis plant’. For the people of Aceh, the fruit is especially needed by people in the area itself which is used...