College Essay About Food

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Food, sweet food.

I am so glad that I attend a university that has the national ranked dining system in the whole country.I am not some crazy food lover, nor a picky person on food, but after I came to this strange country far away from my home, I realized that food matters. For the last 10 years, I am always trying to get weight because I am too weak and thin, and eating more foods seems the only way to do so. So I almost eat everything eatable that I got and my parents are always try to cook new foods for me to eat so that I can eat more. Unfortunately, because of my rapid metabolism and some other biological reasons, I just cannot get weight no matter how much I eat. The good thing is, I become tolerant to almost every foods and I nearly
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(Lanchester) I was born in China, and my eating habits are formed in China. As a teenage boy, I used to be a fan of American fast foods: McDonald’s, KFC or Pizza Hut, which are also very popular among Chinese children and teenagers. I used to beg my mom and dad to take me to one of those above every weekends, and at that time I love the taste of chicken wings, burgers and fries, etc. Ironically, I am now in America, and I have access to those food everyday, I barely look at them in the dinging hall. It seems that before came to America, I was always want to go to western countries, and live a American-modern-style life. The reason why I always choose Chinese foods and ignore those junk food I used to love, is because maybe I want to back home, and live in a Chinese living style. For the last 18 years of my life, I always want to eat with my families and friends, instead of eating alone. But college life is different, I got far away form my family and everyone in the school has their own schedule, in this way, I have to eat alone sometimes. Surprisingly, eating alone didn 't make me feel lonely, but gave me more chance to observe my surroundings. I like to analyze someone according to what he or she eats. For example, people who eat a lot fried foods or cheese or people who puts many ices in their drinks mostly born as a native America. We can more …show more content…
This sounds pretty creepy and nonsense but actually is do make sense. Yes, foods can represent many things. We can tell where is a man from by observing what he eat, we can tell the ages of them, the live habits of them or even their moods. For me, when you see me with a plate full of tofu and rice and spring rolls and noodles, and also a pair of Chopsticks next to them, you may know that I am a hungry homesick boy who comes from China and who is already can’t wait to come home and eat some delicious foods cooked by my

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