Competitive eating

As Paul Rozin has pointed out, food can be frightening—particularly in regards to our bodies and diet (Rozin 1999, 16-21). However, food can be frightening beyond the considerations of the physical individual body. Therefore, this paper seeks to answer the following question: What does it mean for food to be socially frightening (i.e. dangerous for the social and communal body)? By comparing Baks consideration of the role of the McDonalds hamburger in Korea and Kevin Dwyer’s alimentary…

physical activity can both affect weight. The tracker has a graph that charts my weight and maintains a weekly trend. It allows me to see where I may need to make adjustments such as eating fewer calories or increasing my physical activity. There is an interactive journal that allows me to log food that I have eating, where I have eaten, physical activity, and mood. This allows to track my behavior and how…

birthdays, anniversaries, and even grad parties. But that raises a question, why would normal people pay a gross amount of money for a piece of meat? Or any food for that matter? When you think about it, food is such a fleeting experience. The act of eating rarely takes up a large amount of time, and the different flavors…

Individuals will consume as much food as they feel in order to satisfy their needs if it tastes good. People don’t know when to stop eating simply because they get caught up in how good something tastes. Michael Pollan explains the importance of the Western diet and why it is essential to escape from it in a famous piece, “Escape from the Western Diet”. The food we buy and put in our mouths is full of many different antibiotics and hormones. But, people don’t even know the truth behind what…

The Louis J. Esposito dining hall is a popular location on Temple University’s urban campus where those who have a meal plan congregate. Not only does it serve as a location for students and faculty to eat, but it also is utilized as an area for socializing and completing homework. Due to this reason, the dining hall is regarded as a cosmopolitan canopy. As described by Elijah Anderson, author of the piece The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life, cosmopolitan canopies are…

Sustainable Consumption: French fries The article, “Study Sheds Light on Broadening U.S. Hunger Problem” was very interesting to read. I am thankful for programs that help people out when they are in need for food because sometimes I have to get help from their services. I would always wonder why most healthy foods were for a higher price than unhealthy foods; I believe that is why most people are having a hard time getting rid of fat. Maybe stores should have discounts on items for college…

Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen”, and the poem, “Thanksgiving”, demonstrate two different ways of celebrating Thanksgiving with many similarities and differences. They each share common traditions such as sharing thanks, spending time with others, and eating a large meal for Thanksgiving. The characters in both celebrate the holiday in a different way though, one with their family and the other with an old friend. “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen,” and “Thanksgiving,”…

The advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food and homemade food Food is one of the human requirements to being alive. It is an important source of energy for people and it is an enjoyable activity. We consume food every day. As we know our diet effects on our health. So we must attend to our diets. There are many kinds of food. Each of them has different taste and different appearance. Depend on life styles and culture and where you live; people’s eating style has been changed. Some…

An Evaluation of “Lamb to the Slaughter” By: Roald Dahl Not many people look at their food and see a weapon. There has been some accidents in justice, but have any of them included where the law enforcement has eat the evidence? In ‘Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, a wife is home and waits for her husband to arrive. When he arrives, he does not cooperate about dinner, his wife Mary gets angry, and kills him. In the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, it displays the theme of…

Deconstructing Food in The Lunchbox ( Drama/ Romance Film) Being a passionate cook, I fell for first-time director Ritesh Batra’s film, The Lunchbox. This film got the actual cooking right. Several batches of food from different parts of India are recreated in the lunchbox Ila packs. Maharashtrian dishes such as stuffed bitter gourd and basic comfort foods such as dal and paneer kofta made the cut. The lunch break is the only time the otherwise frustrated and busy accountants in Saajan’s office…