Food

Food is a very basic necessity in peoples life, and not only to keep them alive.  


One way that food really benefits people of all shapes and sizes is that it it a classic part of quotidian culture.  Many people can identify where someone lives just by the types of foods he or she eats.  For example, if you eat dumplings daily, you are most likely chinese.  A person's personality can also be determined by his cooking, to some extent.  If someone cooks macaroni and cheese for important guests, you can infer that that person is lazy and disrespectful.  But if someone cooks some roast turkey for a neighbor, it is easy to tell that this person is hardworking and kind.  


Another BIG reason that food is extremely important to an average person's life is that food provides a lot of variety, and puts some new purpose into life.  It's really interesting to try all different kinds of foods, and see how they taste.  I can say that I like Japanese food, and then I can try all the different kinds, and I would find enjoyment in eating and trying all those different foods.  Imagine life with no food, a life that you never could eat. How boring would that be? There would be no excitement in choosing what to eat, less variety in life, less excuses to go to the mall with you friends.  Life without food would be like hot chocolate without sugar.

My fellow Asians love food.  It's almost customary for us to walk around, asking for extra food.  Some of my friends even say they can't live without rice.  Even today, on a weekend at home, one of my friends almost dedicated the entire day to watching the food channel.  At a world-wide scale, Chinese people made a whole new way of eating, using chopsticks, when they could have simply used a spoon and moved on with life.  What makes Asians love food so much? The world may never know.

Food is an amazing part of everyday life. No one could live without it. (literally and figuratively)