(Final) Food Essay

Gabriel Quinones
February 21, 2011
English 121
Food Essay Final Draft

Food and Me


Food and I are best friends, I love food. According to my parents I’ve loved food ever since I was a kid. My mother tells me that for breakfast I used to eat two eggs, a good amount of beans, some sausage, and a big jalapeno, and this was only at age two. As I got older I continued eating the same high qualities of foods daily. Now days I have breakfast at least twice while at home and then once more at school. I usually start with some cereal with a banana and then at school I get a donut or a big cookie chocolate-chip. By noon I usually have some type of sandwich with a bag of chips. After school I get home and mom always has something delicious prepared to eat, My family and I immigrated here from Mexico, so we eat a lot of Mexican food and let me tell you, it is amazingly delicious. After I eat once I go back for a second helping and it is rare when I don’t. For dinner, I eat at least another two helpings before I’m off to bed. I also love to try new things. I remember when I first tried lasagna and it was wonderful. I don’t eat it regularly, but it is something I enjoy on occasion.

My family members started to worry a lot about me when my eating began to affect my health and from ages seven to eight I was an obsessed child. I had to stop eating that much, I got involved in sports, I knew what I was doing was wrong. That’s why I decided to control it. Even though I was sick from eating so much that did not stop me, I found ways to keep my health in check and also keep enjoying my food, As I got involved in sports I became a really good athlete and my body needed lots of protein and carbohydrates. I was soon eating as I was before but this time I was burning everything I consumed, I was able to enjoy the food I liked and also I was keeping my self-healthy. Even though I need this amount of food now in my diet to keep myself healthy I believe me and food have a special bond.

I see food as an obsession, I love it and the reason I believe I like it so much is because I see it more than food, I see it as an art. When I see cooks make the food and the way they present it on the plate it looks amazing and it makes it taste even better. The way cooks make the food and the way there so precise with the ingredient is fascinating to me. The best part is when you taste the food, it’s a feeling you can’t explain, it just taste so good and you cannot just have one bite. You have to have more and more. The job chefs have is extremely hard; one a chef satisfies your taste buds he has done his job.

There’s tons of food out there in the world, and there so many different cultures that have great food, I want to try as many varieties of food as I can. I see food also as a peace maker, when people are hungry and they eat in a table you usually find a lot of peace, and I find that magnificent. Food unites people, I feel blessed for being able to have a nice dinner with my family every night, it’s a time where we enjoy a great meal and just have a good conversation, its quiet nice. I’m sure this could also work with complete stranger’s, that’s another reason why I like food a lot, I think it brings peace between people. Food just doesn’t taste great it has another ingredient that makes it special.

I see food very different than other people, ever since I was a child I’ve had a special bond with all types of food and even though there’s many reasons for that the strongest reason is that I believe all food is cooked with love, and that makes it have that amazing taste. Sure the spices have lots to do with it, but when you add love, like everything it’s just better. Food makes people happy, if you’re in a bad mood and you have a bite of something delicious I could almost guarantee a smile will come to your face. Food could make everyone happy, just be careful how much you consume. It could also turn into a nightmare, be healthy and enjoy eating as much as you can there’s lots of great food out there go discover it.