Comfort food

a shiny starry night. He wore his loose jeans with one of his many dark Marilyn Manson shirts that embodied his whole image. Jimenez and I exited the stand after we ordered food to sit somewhere isolated and secluded with drinks in our hand. We both sat down with a couple chairs between us just taking it all in. With our food in front of us, we chose…

overstepped her bounds as a “listmaker and leaver of presumptuous scatterings” (Ozeki 15). She is praised for her poetry style that consisted of simple yet elegant lists of items or emotions that were relevant to her. Throughout the novel, Akiko finds comfort in the writings of Shonagon. Also, she would make her own lists that would mirror the style of Shonagon because Akiko believed “that lists could become poetry,” but she would only see a certainty that she could never have in her own life…

mitochondria throughout the body. Mitochondria are the “locomotives of the cell, generate power for transportation, molecule break downs, synthesis, and signalling”. In short, they produce the raw energy, ATP, required by the body to function from foods consumed. Thus, as the number of mitochondria and the energy it produces increase, the energy available for the body to utilise increases as well, allowing cells to exercise for a longer duration before…

She was craving mashed potatoes, a comfort food to help her feel a little more at home. While potatoes are not compliant with this diet, I was able to spend ten minutes on the phone with the patient discussing all her options and helping her to navigate the diet order. With other patients waiting in queue, it would have been easy to rush her along and move on to the next task. However, by spending time talking to the patient, I was able bring her a little comfort during an otherwise stressful…

only a few things in life that offer you that utmost satisfaction and comfort, and one of them is the ability to relish in a delicious and healthy meal. More often than not, that combination is hard to find. If food is delicious, then there is a chance that it isn’t entirely healthy, and if it is healthy, it isn’t really delicious. Quite a number of restaurants fail at this pursuit of balance between tasty food and healthy food but not Taco John’s. Taco John’s is one such restaurant brand that…

Arabic food seems to be one of the dominant markers of Elmaz Abinader‘s identity during childhood as the theme of food is omnipresent in the first part of the story. The role of the Arabic food is a comforting one because the food makes Abinader forget the problems that her differences cause at school. "The smell was hypnotic and mitigated the melancholy I carried home with my lessons to do that night" (3). She tells that on Wednesday her mother cooks several delicious Arabic specialities such…

decisions about what foods we put into our body. In many countries the options are minimal, but here in America, they seem everlasting. With a vast variety of foods readily available at the drop of a hat, it is easy to fall into substandard nutritional habits. There are so many factors we encounter in day to day life that affects what type of food we choice to eat. Situations relating to work, school, and stress are a few of the countless reasons that steer people away from healthy foods and…

Agribusiness critics believe large-scale food production poses harm to consumer health and the environment which can be either true or false because growing rapid food production meets the need of the economy, farming methods are questionable to the environment, and obesity levels are a primary concern in today’s society. Author David Zinczenko in his article “Don’t Blame the Eater”, is one critic that shows the truth behind what’s important as we digest consumer goods. As he said in his article…

insensibility, the deficiency state is licentiousness, and the mean is temperance. 2. Summary: Based on by observations in Part I, I fall into patterns of eating unhealthy foods especially when stressed or busy. I tend to eat unhealthy meals throughout the day due to a lack of self-control, stemming from a desire for comfort when stressed, and a desire to maximize time. For example, instead of waiting in line for an omelet in the morning, I pick sugary pastries as they taste good and are easy…

consumption of food is necessary in order to obtain the fuel and nutrients that our bodies need to stay healthy and productive. According to Warren Belasco in “Why Study Food” from Food: The Key Concepts, food is “our most frequently indulged pleasure, the core of our most intimate social relationships” (Why Study Food Belasco, 1). Food has a way of not only bringing people together, but also providing people with comfort. There are immense positive outcomes that occur from the consumption of…