Curiosity is a trait found in various individuals throughout history and present time. Curiosity constantly keeps your mind active instead of passive, helps your mind become observing of new ideas, opens up the doors to new possibilities that were hidden behind the shadow of normal life, and may overall change your character. Individuals such as Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hawking, and Leonardo Da Vinci, were just a few of many people that not only benefited from curiosity, but set an irremovable mark in history. The narrator of “Boiling Point”, Jose Andres, illustrates the ideal image of a character filled with curiosity. Jose Andres developed a passion for cooking by watching his parents prepare meals throughout his childhood, each cooking on different days (his mother during the weekdays and his father barbequing in the weekends). Jose mostly focuses on what he learned by watching his dad barbeque his special dish (paella) for the community during the weekends. The narrator explains paella as being a rice dish cooked in a wide and shallow two handed pan. The protagonist frequently uses his childhood to remember various settings, in which his father cooked paella. For instance, Jose recalled the day his father was cooking for a fund raiser at his school. Jose recalls his first cooking experience as being an eager moment: “By the time I was eleven or twelve, I was old enough and eager enough to start helping my father with his Sunday meals” (Jose 14), in which he assisted his father gathering up the materials needed. At the same time Jose was always anxious to do more, by the time he was fourteen he was able to set the fire like an expert. The narrator mentions various lessons learned from his father such as, s... ... middle of paper ... ... (I never get tired of eating it). As a human I find food tasting better when I am hungry. In addition, I must admit I am a picky eater, which sometimes prevents my mom from cooking different types of food. Possibly the best thing about being an eater is that you avoid the difficulties of preparing the meal, especially when you are known to cause messes in the kitchen. A kitchen in a home keeps a mother satisfied and busy. I can confirm that by admitting that my mother spends most of her time in a kitchen not because she is forced to, but simply because that is her passion. Even though I cause various disasters in the kitchen my mom always likes to have a partner helping her out. As well as, being a picky eater does not stop me from complementing her on the meal she makes. Most importantly, as long as passion is an active ingredient it makes anything taste better.
“Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel, is a beautiful romantic tale of an impossible passionate love during the revolution in Mexico. The romance is followed by the sweet aroma of kitchen secrets and cooking, with a lot of imagination and creativity. The story is that of Tita De La Garza, the youngest of all daughters in Mama Elena’s house. According to the family tradition she is to watch after her mother till the day she does, and therefore cannot marry any men. Tita finds her comfort in cooking, and soon the kitchen becomes her world, affecting every emotion she experiences to the people who taste her food. Esquivel tells Titas story as she grows to be a mature, blooming women who eventually rebels against her mother, finds her true identity and reunites with her long lost love Pedro. The book became a huge success and was made to a movie directed by Alfonso Arau. Although they both share many similarities, I also found many distinct differences. The movie lost an integral part of the book, the sensual aspect of the cooking and love.
Curiosity is often defined as a strong desire to know or learn something. Being filled to the brim with curiosity is one of the most amazing feelings. Finding something you are interested in and wanting to know every single thing there is to know about it. Being inquisitive is such a powerful thing, always wanting to see more, to hear more, to do more, to be more. It makes people who they are, if someone is not very curious, they might be very dull because they know what they know and they are content with that. It is the naturally curious people that get more out of life, because they are always searching for something more, something bigger and brighter, and often they find it. But, in certain situations, being overly curious can land you in a place you did not plan on being and a place you do not want to be. This shows through certain works of literature, for example, Charles Perrault’s story “Bluebeard”. Through the ages, this story has been tagged as one about the negative effects of female curiosity. Bluebeard’s wife in the story is given a key by her husband to a locked door in their home. She is told to not go in that specific room, but overwhelmed with curiosity she does anyway. Another work, a film in fact, The Piano directed by Jane Campion, is an adaptation of “Bluebeard” and makes some very distinct references to it. The Piano also points to themes of female curiosity through the main character Ada McGrath. Ada is married to a man named Alistair whom she had never met. She begins to have an affair with another man, named George Baines, under unusual circumstances. Her husband finds out and naturally blames it on her “female curiosity”, and proceeds to punish her. Her punishment is similar to the pu...
In The Hungry Soul we find an interesting blend of subjects, methods, and traditions. This book is a fascinating exploration of the cultural and natural act of eating. Kass intensely reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, restrictions, customs, and rituals surrounding it, relate to collective and philosophical truths about the human being and its deepest pleasures. Kass argues throughout the book that eating (dining) is something that can either cultivate us or moralize us. My question is, does Kass succeed in arguing for the fact that eating is something that can moralize us as human beings? Although I agree with some of the things that Kass discussed in the book, in this paper I will argue mainly against some of his claims.
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poem “Green Chile” describes a personal experience growing up with a staple food of the Southwest tradition. In the 3 stanzas and 45 eloquent lines, Baca uses symbolism through red and green chile peppers. The red chile peppers symbolize strength and progression and are also the peppers the author prefers. On the other hand, the green chilies represent youth, which are Baca’s grandmother's favorite. Both the red and green chilies are differentiated by the flavor and taste to tell a story of Baca and his history of growing up with his grandmother.
Curiosity is a book about a young, eight year old boy named Rufus who loves playing chess. This story took place in the year 1835 in Philadelphia. Rufus was a very rich, and well fed child before his father got sent to prison for outstanding debts.
Originally the narrator admired her father greatly, mirroring his every move: “I walked proudly, stretching my legs to match his steps. I was overjoyed when my feet kept time with his, right, then left, then right, and we walked like a single unit”(329). The narrator’s love for her father and admiration for him was described mainly through their experiences together in the kitchen. Food was a way that the father was able to maintain Malaysian culture that he loved so dearly, while also passing some of those traits on to his daughter. It is a major theme of the story. The afternoon cooking show, “Wok with Yan” (329) provided a showed the close relationship father and daughter had because of food. Her father doing tricks with orange peels was yet another example of the power that food had in keeping them so close, in a foreign country. Rice was the feature food that was given the most attention by the narrator. The narrator’s father washed and rinsed the rice thoroughly, dealing with any imperfection to create a pure authentic dish. He used time in the kitchen as a way to teach his daughter about the culture. Although the narrator paid close attention to her father’s tendencies, she was never able to prepare the rice with the patience and care that her father
...; this is demonstrated through how he imitates her culinary skills at the nursery. He tends to play act baking cakes, laying the table and table manners.
My mother was a simple cook. She prepared foods she'd been raised on, plain Southern fare-rice, gravy, sliced tomatoes, turnip greens, cornpone, grits, eggs, chicken and dumplings, pot roast, ham, field peas, lima beans, potato salad, stewed okra, pumpkin pie, salmon balls. We didn't have fancy casseroles or lasagnas or spaghetti, and nobody had ever heard of a burrito or an egg roll. I didn't know what an artichoke or a parsnip or kiwi or papaya was-certainly had never taste them. We drank sweet iced tea and sometimes lemonade.
The hero cannot progress without curiosity. However, curiosity can turn into a dangerous obsession. There are many good examples of this throughout Victorian literature. Literary works such as She by H. Rider Haggard and The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for example, reflect the curious mind at work using scientific exploration to achieve the goal of solving the mystery, but attempting to solve the mystery poses dangers to the protagonists that, at first, they are unaware of. The curious mind, seeking discovery, eventually sees the dangers but does not turn back. The mystery has become an obsession to the curious mind, and for the curious mind, solving the mystery has become more important than self-preservation. However, without the obsessive curiosity and without the danger that follows that curiosity, there would be no heroes in the story and, therefore, no story.
I like food, really like food, the sight, taste, smell, the artistry of food, the texture of food and I like cooking as well. If food does not look or smell the way it should in my estimation, I will not eat it. Food has also been a comfort for me and a stress reliever; I have been an emotional eater for most of my adult life. Food has many different uses and connotations for different groups of people, for example in my family Sunday dinner and holidays are big and everybody is expected at the dinner table; usually friends are in the mix as well. These meals give us a chance to come together celebrate, bond, and be family; in short in my family food means love and welcoming. As a manager I've used food to bring
This statement by Druckman portrays the belief that women cook for the emotional experience while men cook for the technical experience. Research conducted by Marjorie DeVault (1991) suggests wives and mothers cook as a way to show their love to their family. Similarly, research by Cairns, Johnston, and Baumann (2010) discusses women’s emotional responses to cooking for their family and friends. Both studies highlight the emotion and nurture women feel as they cook for others. The studies’ discussion about the nurturing aspect of cooking demonstrates the traditional feminine belief that women cook in order to nurture their families as discussed by Friedan (1963) and Hochschild
Overall, our bodies are a battle ground in which we fight off or surrender to society's projection of what beauty is. We eat for either nutrition, to socialize, to control our bodies or to explore worldly cuisines. The way I ate is highly influenced by the way in which society flows around me.
The variety of different foods eaten within one meal increases the amount of food consumed. This study was conducted using previous research. After evaluating all the results of the study, the conclusion was that variety is a potent factor in increasing food consumption. Of the numerous studies evaluated in the article it seems to have a basic survival concept that plays out. When food is available in abundance along with variety (harvest time and ripe crops), by nature humans consume more. This is to attain needed vitamins and minerals for ideal health. People in cold climates would need this extra layer of fat for insulation and fuel during times of cold weather and diet restrictions (Polivy & Herman, 2006). On the reverse, when limited food and variety is available we reduce our intake for as long as needed for optimal survival. The visual effect of a variety of food (Kahn and Wansink 2004) will also factor into either an increased or decreased consumption. In my opinion the variety and visual effect of food consumption is a contributing factor in an individual’s choices. When enticed with choices and eye appealing food, people will consume more than needed. This scenario is linked to an old saying “the eyes are bigger than the stomach”. (Remick, A. K., Polivy, J., & Pliner, P.,
One of the most important basic needs for humans is to consume food. Eating is an essential component of growth and survival. In general food consumption is perceived as just being a biological process. However, food consumption is also a psychological process. There are additional influences such as the environment that can play a role in eating behaviors. Food psychology studies these additional components of eating that demonstrate both how and why food decisions are made and the role psychology plays in an individual’s perspective towards food.