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My Relationship with Food

In # 1: You are what you eat by Lily

Every Sunday after church, my family and I would go to my grandfather’s house for lunch. Each week he would come up with some big menu filled with delicious meats and a variety of different side dishes. I didn’t grow up as an adventurous eater, but as I got older …

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Food: More Than a Need

In # 1: You are what you eat, Assigned Posts by Danny

Since the beginning of time, many factors have attracted organisms together: water, clothing, sleep, shelter and of course, food. People need nutrients to survive, so why not form memories and experiences along with it? Food may be prepared in an incredible number of ways, and food is still developing to …

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Drama at the dinner table

In # 1: You are what you eat by Shona

“What’s for dinner mom?”  “Sambar and rice.” “Not again!” This was a typical dinner for a good portion of my childhood. Sambar is a lentil-vegetable stew, cooked with tamarind broth and spices. From that description it’s not hard to imagine why six year old me was pouting at the dinner …

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Food and Me

In # 1: You are what you eat by Ivory

Food has always played an important role in my life. I love to eat, I love to cook, and I plan to work with food for the rest of my life. My experience with food is heavily influenced by my family’s dietary restrictions. I am very conscious about what I …

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Food Is My Fuel

In # 1: You are what you eat by Zoie

Ever since I was a little girl, I was an adventurous eater. My mom would never repeat recipes and I believe that is the reason why I am so open-minded about food. There were a couple of instances in my life that did change my perspective on food that I …

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Food philosophy

In # 1: You are what you eat by Anna

I have a few…interesting eating habits. For a long time in my first few years of college I was very food insecure. I didn’t have enough money for groceries so I had to get food from the food pantry. I developed a habit of eating as much as I could …

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My Food Journey

In # 1: You are what you eat by Elisha

During each stage of my life, my eating habits have changed. From as young as I remember, food has been an important part of my life. Growing up, my mom was always in the kitchen cooking and baking, and she would let me help her. I was very young when …

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Food: Much More than a Bite to Eat

In # 1: You are what you eat by Ben

             As a child, the way I viewed food was rather straightforward, it was simply a something to fill you up. However, my family’s table was a melting pot of flavor, from Argentina to Thailand and many other countries. My mom is an excellent cook …

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My food story

In # 1: You are what you eat by Alison

I have always loved food. I am definitely a live to eat kind of person. I have had a pretty good relationship with food my whole life. Both of my parents know how to cook and we rarely eat out because we always just make it at home. I know …

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My Story with Food

In # 1: You are what you eat by Grant

Throughout my life, I have gone through a wide range of eating habits that are still changing to this day. When I was younger I used to be able to eat just about anything in sight, If It is what I liked. I was picky and didn’t like a wide …