Global Warming

On Monday, we had the pleasure of learning about global warming. We had a guest speaker who is a professor here at Western in the biology department named Dr. Karowe. In high school we never talked much about this topic and it always seemed to confuse me because in high school the teachers would just talk about it a little not making much sense of it at all! Looking up a general definition for what global warming is would be a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect cause by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants (dictionary.com). I found this definition easy to understand and it is not too scientific making it difficult to comprehend. Throughout his whole entire lecture I learned a lot of interesting information. Some of the information I found to be extremely interesting is when he talked abut how during the Summer of 2012 we lost 5% corn, 50% sorghum, and 35% soybeans. I found this to be an interesting fact because that summer it was very hot, but as a whole we lost a lot of crops due to that. What I also enjoyed was when he talked about corn....since I am completely obsessed with corn this really kept me thinking! He said that corn does have photosynthesis, but it is done in a different way than most plants--it is a C4 plant which it makes not be very beneficial from having more CO2 within the atmosphere. Overall, I am very glad I had the chance to listen to such an informational presentation Dr. Karowe really did a great job...thank you!

Event!

On Thursday, March 27 at 5:00 PM I took advantage of the opportunity to go see the documentary A Place at the Table. Going into this I was truly unsure on what to expect I had no idea. In the end I really ended up enjoying the documentary a lot! This film is from 2012 and it was directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush. The film was highly based around the topic of hunger in the United States. I was very pleased I got to see this because we have been talking about the topic of hunger all throughout the semester since the first week of class. Also, seeing this film it made me connect to the book I read, which was Wintergirls. Those girls had eating problems, so it was not the same type of situation, but it did make me think of the book while the film was going. Something I found completely shocking in the film was that as of 2012 there are roughly 50 million Americans who were food insecure. They said that is just about 1 in 6 of the population. Also, children are facing food insecurity, which is very scary to think about because it is going on for 1 in every 4 children. The film went through the lives of three people that are struggling with food hunger. The first was named Barbie and she was a single mother who had two children. Rosie was the second person the movie talked about and she is in fifth grade and goes to Colorado. When they were talking about this student in the movie it just completely broke my heart because she had to ask her friends and neighbors to give her food. It made me want to cry I could not imagine being in 5th grade and not being able to have food at my house. It just completely breaks my heart. The last person was Tremonica and she was in third grade I believe, but I am not sure and she had a lot of major health problems. The problems got worse because she could not eat much because they did not have money and were unable to eat healthy foods that she needed. All three of these stories were so touching and upsetting. I am really glad I got to see this film after seeing this film and this class I am very aware of food and that I do not waste food and also that I donate to local food charities to help those that are in need!

Food Within Video Games

I would just like to start this blog out by thanking Casey and Joe about doing such a great and informational presentation about food and video games! To be honest I never ever would have thought that the topic of food would some how appear in video games. I have a younger brother who is 16 almost 17 and has been playing games for years now. Also, my younger cousin who is 11 almost 12 also plays video games. My younger cousin has been playing for awhile now, so his parents let him play at a young age. First off, I do not think all kids should be able to play these violent games at a young age or all the time. I believe they are way to violent for them and even older teens. During the presentation it really kept me interested in the different ways that food is incorporated into video games. I really liked the Cluckin  bell commercial. I even watched them again on youtube with my roommates and they thought I was completely crazy! I talked to my brother for a long time on the phone yesterday about this whole topic of food within video games and he was some what useless at first because he told me I had no idea what I was talking about and in the end he ended up agreeing with me. He never realized how food was incorporated into games and thought it was really interesting. I even sent him the video clips of Cluckin bell and he thought they were hilarious. Over all, I wish I knew more of the video games out there and how they incorporate food, but I learned a lot of useful information from this presentation and will be sure to tell my brother more about it when I am home for summer if he wants to hear more or not I'm telling him about it anyways, since he does play those games constantly!

Mon Jin Lau

This past weekend I went home to see my my dog, my brother, and my parents. One night we were unsure on where to go for dinner and I suggested trying this restaurant called Mon Jin Lau, which is right by my house and we always hear how good it is. The inside of the restaurant was very small and dark it had a few tables and a small bar. The food on their menu was a combination of both Chinese and Japanese dishes. Their dishes are larger, so you are supposed to pick a few depending on how many people you are with and all share. Since, my family eats Chinese food a lot we decided we would try some of the Japanese dishes. We got two different types of Sushi dishes one was called the "Classic Roll" and that had tuna, avocado, and cucumber. The second one that we ordered was the "New York Roll" and that had smoked salmon, apple, and avocado. My brother does not like Sushi at all so he got chicken fried rice. I tried each type of dish and ended up really not liking either dish at all...I never liked seafood and that type of food plus I already am a very picky eater, so for me to go and try something completely new was hard. I am glad I got this opportunity because I was some what forced to try new food, but I am done now trying new food for awhile! My dad really enjoyed it because he loves Sushi and my mom was in the same situation as me and ended up not enjoying it. I would completely recommend this restaurant to anyone they have great food and a large menu as well!

Ending to Wintergirls

The end of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson is very interesting and intense. The ending of the novel is that Lia is eating the green lollipop and the sugar is making her strong and allowing her to think about her future. She then calls her mom and talks about not answering Cassie's phone calls and also lets her mom know where she is. Later, an ambulance is called for Lia and they have to take her to the hospital by ambulance, but when she is in the ambulance her heart stops beating. While reading this I was freaking out to myself and even telling my roommate about what was going on. I was so surprise what was going on and if Lia would live or not....she ends up surviving in the ambulance. Lia is trying to rebuild the relationship with her family, while she is trying to recover from her treatment. She really was working hard to fix everything that was going on and bothering her. I felt bad for her because so much was going on with her family and she had to go through the death of Cassie. Overall, I thought this book was good. I would recommend this book to most people it is book though that you have to enjoy this type of material.

Wintergirls part 2

While reading the second half of Wintergirls  I still really enjoy it, but parts of it really caught me off guard me out a bit. It continues on with the idea that Cassie's ghosts appears, which they say only comes out at night. The girls all try to get rid of this ghosts by doing different activities. Emma takes sleeping pills or will workout until she is completely exhausted and Lia will sleep with her stepsister. During Cassie's funeral, Lia says that she sees the passed away Cassie sit up in her casket and eat something. Lia said that she was eating a piece of green see-glass, which is something used to tell the future. That is the part that completely freaked me out and caught me off guard. I was not expecting that to happen in the novel this far because it is just something I would not except in the way the book is written. Lia ends up developing a very interesting relationship with Elijah and she buys him food and she does not believe that he will judge her for anything she does for him or herself. Reflecting on that now I think it is nice that she does that for him, but at the same time it just seems weird that she thinks that he would judge her even though she does so much for him. As the novel goes on it will be interesting to see how it continues since parts have already caught me off guard. I still really enjoy this book and even hope to finish it this week or weekend!

Wintergirls

The novel that sounded most interesting to me is called Wintergirls written by Laurie Halse Anderson. This novel is directed for young adults and is focued on a story about a girl named Lia. She is only eighteen years old in the beginning of the book and is dealing with a personal issue with is....anorexia nevorsa. Lia has a good friend named Cassie they have been extremely close friends for ten years now and Cassie is bulimic. One night she tried to call Lia a large number of number of time and Lia never answered her phone calls. That night night Cassie ended up passing away. Just thinking about that made me realize that even in today’s society there are so many people who are fighting with these problems. It still is happening every where in the world. I am sure people know people that are struggling with this problem and it is on the news and in newspapers frequently. I know people from my high school who are a year younger than me and are struggling with anorexia and being bulimic. It is just sad because all these people are great its just upsetting to see them have to go through this. So far though I really enjoy this book and very pleased I picked it! 

Hunger Games~Part 2

While reading the second half of the Hunger Games I found it to still be very suspenseful. The first half the book I did not really enjoy because it is not the type of book I would just read for fun, but the second half I really liked a lot more! In the end Haymitch told Peeta during the interview to say that he loves Katniss. This was because it was intended to have Katniss seem like a much more interesting person, which would hopefully mean that they would get more people to send them gifts during the games. Then it happens that Peeta falls in love with Katniss during the games, but Katniss was not interested in him very much and was just going along with it for attention.During the train back Peeta got annoyed because he figured out Katniss was just messing with him and had no interest in him. Outside of the train there are reporters all over with cameras, so Katniss is just pretending to like him in front of the camera when she really doesn't. It is a key part that they are in love  because the berries made the Capitol not come off as being as strong and it is important that during the Hunger Games it needs to be seen as being strong. They had to admit that what they were doing with the berries was done from the care that they have towards each other, not because they were just trying to make the Capitol seem weak and lower. Overall, I am glad I read the book it was as great as people said it was once the second half came along. I would recommend this book to anyone! 

Hunger Games 6-18

While reading chapter 6 through 18 of the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins I thought it was very intense and suspenseful. I never have read this book before, so it was something new to me. Well....I do enjoy the book a lot, but it is not something I would usually read just for fun. One of my favorite chapters is chapter 16. In chapter 16 Katniss begins to try to figure out how to destroy the Careers' items while Rue sleeps. In the morning Rue is woken up to the sound of a cannon going off, which then leads to another tribute that has died. Then Katniss gets all the information possible from Rue about the Carreers' camp that she possibly can. During this whole process Katniss learns a lot about Rue, which is that she is the oldest of six children. When reading through this chapter and this point in the book I found it to be very interesting because I only have one younger sibling and having to live with 5 more would be a lot. Let alone so much action and activities is going on that having all these other siblings running around just seems like a lot of confusion. Rue and Katniss then figure out how to get rid of all the Careers' items by building some campfires to redirect the Careers. I found this to be much more intense while reading it, but it just does not seem real at all and that it is another reason why I am not a huge fan of the book. I will continue to read the rest of the book....maybe I will end up really loving it!

College Food Problems!

Well....the whole idea of being able to make food in an apartment is still a struggle for myself and my roommates. Everyday seems to still be a struggle on what I want to eat and what there is to eat that sounds good! As this semester goes on those problems seem to be getting much worse. I have found myself eating lots of noodles like spaghetti and noodle types of meals. I also eat these frozen chicken meals, which were good when I first started eating them, but now I'm just sick of them. I told my mom about my problem and she helped me by giving me ideas of meals I would like, but it seems like a lot of work!  Knowing that Spring Break for me starts on Thursday it is making things a tad easier because I know my parents will take me out to eat and make me good meals! Coming back from spring break will be a struggle knowing there are only a few weeks and that I will want to finish all the food we have here before summer starts. So, I guess my problem is that I should expand my food and what I eat. I just don't have time to make "fancy meals" and since my roommates all eat at different times and like different types of food it makes cooking for myself harder especially since I am not a fan of eating left overs. Plus, I a
m an extremely picky eat, which does not help my food situation much at all! Maybe if I wasn't so picky then I would not be having this sort of issue. My goal is to expand what I eat and try my best to make better meals and a variety of meals the rest of the semester until summer!

The Jungle (Chapter 27-31)

While reading the end of The Jungle I found it to be very powerful. Jurgis begins to beg for a job, but that is hard for him since the strike had just ended. He ends up being able to get a job
, which does not last long for him because he is not strong enough for the position. One part that I really liked was when he came across a women he know from Packingtown and she does not have any money with her, but she is able to give him one of Marija's address. She told him to go visit Mariha and Teta Elzbieta, which he did, but when he entered the place the police had raided it. Jurgis ends up being put in jail, but the judge let him go because he said he was just trying to visit his sister. The part that really was emotional was when she tells Jurgis that women are kidnapped and then have to work and they are not able to leave because the "madam" keeps them without any money and addicted to drugs. It just shows much Jurgis is trying to understand everything that is happening and do what is trying to do what is best for him. I think it just shows how there are people who do care about other even when they are still struggling day to day. Also, in the last chapter was really interesting because Jurgis tries to have Marija leave the prostitution, but she tries to tell him that she is unable to do that since she is addicted to morphine and will continue to be a prostitute the rest of her life.

The Jungle

When reading The Jungle  I found it to be extremely traumatizing. I had a horrible time reading this because I do not like hearing, seeing, reading anything about animals being abused! I am not a vegetarian or anything, but I feel I will be one very soon. I know people do this as a job, but honestly how can one put an animal through that. How can these people hurt and put these animals through these procedures every day and continue to do that. I saw that we are able to go to a Slaughterhouse on Friday, which I want to go, but I am not sure if I want to see what goes on there. Some questions I wonder for them would be like has working here changed you at all and what is your reason for having this job? I find that interesting, since I never see myself ever working at a Slaughter House or any of my friends because we just would not be able to do that to animals. I find the killing of any animal to be horrible. It just makes me go insane on how people can harm these animals....I really do not like it!!

Modest Proposal

This is something that will be hard for me I know, but i'll try! So,
while discussing the topics of fast food in class and how much food is reused and saved in the freezer for so long....I think something about this really does needs to change. Someone in class said that they knew that they keep hamburger meets in the freezer for months, which is so gross!! Let alone it can not possibly be healthy for people to eat, but oh no those people just keep eating from those fast food places. So....I think society needs to be aware of how these fast food places keep food for so long and then will reuse food from the day before. Some how society needs to know because it is not healthy at all!! My suggestion would be after society knows that during the day these fast food places would cook there food, but not reuse anything. Instead they would make what they think needs to me made for the last few hours and then the staff is in charge of eating the food that is left at the end of the night. So, if there were like 8 large fries left some how the staff would eat those or give them to somoene they see right away before leaving for the night. (1. I know that would be gross and 2. it would probably not make many people want to work at these fast food restaurants anymore!)

Cajas de Carton

While reading Cajas de Carton by Francisco Jimenez, it was really interesting and upsetting to me. It started out by discussing the strawberry season. In June and July is when things started to slow down because it was the end of their season. During this season they spent much time pulling the crops and putting them into boxes. When he saw all the boxes packed in the front door and knowing that they were moving to Fresno it was a hard time for him. Once he arrived he was back to the vineyard to pick the crops. Just thinking about living this type of life-style is so different than what it is like today for the majority of us. He talked about feeling dizzy because he has been packing boxes and they do not seem to get the chance to sit down and relax often, which I think is sad. During this reading they never went to school when they should be. Instead they were picking crops. Also, in today's society the majority of people do get an education through 12th  grade and then make the decision on what they want to do next. In the reading while Papa was checking the boxes the school bus came by and he got all pale and told them to go run and hide in the vineyard. He told them to that was because they did not go to school. If someone on the bus would have saw them they could have gotten in trouble for not attending school. After lunch they went back to packing boxes, while the sun would beat down on them and the bugs would be flying around all over. Just trying to think of what they had to go through day after day is truly scary to me. Being a girl and having to do that I would be completely miserable. When reading this it just shows how times have changed over the years in all different types of way. 

Guatemala

When reading about Rigoberta Menchu's life  in Guatemala I found it to be depressing because within the first paragraph she says "It's hard for me to remember everything that's happened to me in my life since there  have been many very bad times but, yes, moment of joy as well" (2). Just barely getting into the reading and reading that just made me upset. She never went to school and had to learn Spanish just by listening. I cannot imagine that because in today's society going to school is something most of the society does. Since she was unable to do so I would think she also lost many memories there. She belong to the Quiché group and practiced those customs. At least being part of something can keep her active and helps build close relationships I would think. It even maybe help her out by giving her people to talk and connect with about what she is going through. Her father was an orphan and lived a hard life. Thinking to myself I wonder what his life was like because her life is not one that any of us would want to life, which then makes us grateful for how fortunate we all are for everything we have and can experience. He lived in a village and his father died when he was a small boy leaving the family with a small patch maize. That is just so upsetting to see situations like that happen today, but even trying to put myself into that position I have no idea how I would get past anything like that. The grandmother then helped them out by finding them jobs, but she ended up giving the oldest son to a man so he would not go hungry. That just shows how even she cared about trying to provide the necessary food for them and even when it did not work she found a way to have it be better even though it is something that no one would want to have happen in today's society. Reading this memoir just made me upset because it is so sad to see what people have to go through. People still struggle like this today and I just wish there was something we could do to help everyone, but that would be so hard. The only the thing I can think of is to be grateful for what you have, who you know, and the relationships you have with people. (Even in this picture you can tell how upset and worried she looks...I could not imagine what she has gone though it really can't be easy)

Modest Proposal

While reading the "Modest Proposal" written by Jonathan Swift I found it to be extremely appalling. One thing that bothered me the most is when he was discussing about how women could not afford to feed their kids. I can not imagine some day if I have kids and not being able to provide food for them. Luckily, I was thankfully enough as a child that my parents were able to provide my brother and I with food without it being a struggle for us. While reading the article I was reflecting back on our trip to Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes and how their goal is to try their best to provide food to families and individuals that need it most. Also, while reading the article and when it was talking about other countries and how it is hard to provide food. It is still like that today there are countries out their besides us who I think struggle even more to provide food for their families and communities because they can not afford it. Even on the news and in articles there are pictures of children who are just so thin and pale looking because they can not get the proper food that they need everyday. I wish there was something we in the United States could do to help people in other places that can not afford food, but I think that is so hard for us because there are a lot of families and individuals who do struggle. It is so upsetting to think about, but I think we need to be grateful for what we have while still volunteering at places to give back to those people. 

Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes

 I looked at the Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes website....to be honest I never have heard of this place before. The first thing I did was look at "Our Vision and Mission" to get an idea of what this is about. What I really liked was their Mission which stated, "Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes will feed hungry people and engage our community in the fight to end hunger". It was nice reading that because it shows that there are people out in this world and within our community who truly do want to try and help others who are not as fortunate as we are. I went their information for students and clicked on a link their provided and saw that in 2012, the family poverty rate and the number of families in poverty were 11.8% and 9.5 million. That is very sad because many of us are just so thankful that we do not seem to realize that there are people out there who struggle every single day. Another statistic I found to be extremely interesting is that in 2012, 13.7% of people ages 18 to 64 (26.5 million) were in poverty compared with 9.1% of people 65 and older (3.9 million) and 21.8% of children under 18 (16.1 million).  That information is really shocking because that is a huge number for people between the ages of 18 and 64 to be in poverty. I kind of figure from ages 65 and older would be lower because by that time people have been working and have been having a source of income, but it is still upsetting the number of people that still suffer day to day. It is just really nice to see how Loaves and Fishes is a location that is their for people who need help and are able to go their for that. After reading about this website and all the support it gives to people it truly makes me want to give back and help those people that need food/support the most!

Websites: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb13-165.html
http://www.kzoolf.org
http://www.fbcmich.org/site/DocServer/Hunger_in_Michigan_2010_report.pdf?docID=1761

Article Response

While reading "Dinner with Trimalcheo" I found it to be extremly confusing to me. Having it be confusing through out most of the reading it was, also long, which was not helping me get through it and understand it any better. The part I found to be most interesting is the amount of food at these feast. It seems like there was an unlimited supply of this food. While reading this I was thinking about today's society and in today's world people still gather for meals and/or events. There is always enough food for everyone, but in the article it really sounded like there was a lot of food and all they did was continue to eat. I also like how the food is connected to Zodiac symbols and how it reflects back to having a variety of different types of food. The picture I have is something that would remind me of some types of foods that would be served at a gathering in today's world with a large amount of people, while having just the amount of food for everyone. 







This clip  I found to be very interesting. Watching it was something so different since situations like this do not happy in modern society. I also was googling different ideas from the reading online and I found this interesting website about the pig. I really enjoyed it because of the picture, which is below and also it was something I was able to understand!

Personal Essay Idea

For my personal essay about food I am thinking about writing about my eating habits. I want to talk about how as a baby I was obsessed with eating carrots and then as my life goes on I always have a type of food or restaurant that I am obsessed with! My Great-Grandma always had an eating habit like this too and my family always talks about how I am just like her with food. I have attached a picture of my family, my boyfriend, and my grandparents and two of my cousins from this weekend we went to Benihana's for dinner, which is a place I love to eat at and even get carryouts from.  Then I want to tie in how working at our Country Club has impacted my food habits. I also want to talk about how college has impacted my eating habits and has caused them to change a lot. Any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated! (:

Inside McDonald's

I watched Inside McDonald's and found it to be very intense in a way. How many people do you think McDonald's serves a day? The answer is 52 MILLION people....that is a huge amount! Just thinking about that and reflecting on the class discussions, the book I have been reading and the blogs and how much food is processed it makes it kind of scary to think about. In the movie it is all about McDonalds and talks about the restaurants, employees, and food. I picked this movie mostly because I read Fast Food Nation, which made many references to McDonalds and other fast food companies. I googled a few videos after watching the movie and found this video about where the meat comes from to very interesting. I also came across a video where there was a fight within McDonald's!

A few facts that I found to be interesting is that McDonald's has more than 31 thousand restaurants in 118 countries! That is a lot of McDonald's and to even think about they are located all over the world. Within the movie it talks about how the location of McDonald's really lead to the most business. The McDonald's on the express ways attract the most customers because it is so convent. Also, it is said that McDonald's sell mostly hamburgers and fries the most out of all the food they offer on their menu. I am not sure why that is it just seems to be that way because I think of things as if I am driving and eating a hamburger would be pretty challenging to eat while driving....even though it would probably be dangerous for me! While watching how McDonald's packages their food up is very gross! It does not seem clean to me at all and after watching that made me rethink if I will ever want to eat McDonald's again! I found a short clip like the part that they showed in the movie to show this. While watching this movie it for sure will continue to change the way I eat and what I now consider to eat!

Why Do Fries Taste So Good?

While continuing to read Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser it is just so interesting to learn about how the fast food production has started many years ago. It talks about companies such as McDonalds, Burger King, other old burger places that were around then, and pizza locations.

While reading the next part of book I found chapter five to really be an interesting chapter, which is titled Why Do Fries Taste So Good? This chapter focuses on the production of  fries and how they are made and how they came about. It was very interesting to me to watch that video that I found online and read about the production of fries back in the day.

This chapter starts out talking about the J.R Simplot Plant in Aberdeen, Idaho. He grew up working on his family's farm in Idaho. At the age of 15 he dropped out of school and was able to find work in a potato house. After working there for one year he then was a potato farmer. Thinking about that, if something like that happened in today's society it would be looked at in such a different way! This type of situation just shows how times have changed. In today's society it is usually that you go to school to get an education and then continue on to pursue a higher degree. It just shows how over the years situations like this can change so much.

After many years he was very involved with potato farming with buying, selling and even sorting potatoes. I found this next part of the book to be very interesting because they can began to talk about how he was the largest shipper of potatoes. In the end he ended up selling frozen french fries to McDonalds. In the book there is a quote from Ray Kroc talking about frozen french fries, which states, "almost sacrosanct" (68).

This book was a book I was not sure about when first began reading it, but in the end I really ended up enjoying the book. It talked about the production of fast food with all the different food industries and how different foods got started in within the fast food business. Personally in my earlier blog I talked about how they wanted to put a  McDonald's into Disney when it is such a high end vacation spot for families to this day still! I just find that to be so interesting and never would have assumed anything like that was talked about before.

FAST FOOD NATION!

The book I am reading is Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser. Once I sat down to read this book I got this feeling that I did not like, which was thinking that during the book they could/may possibly discuss on how they produce fast food in great detail. After reading awhile into the book they did not even come close to talking about...luckily! This book is one of my favorite books so far. As much as I have read it is about how fast food has expended over many years. It is about how Carl Karcher and the McDonalds brother, produce fast- food industries all over southern California. It also connects it back to Walt Disney World. 





As far as I have read into the book thus far my favorite chapter would be chapter two. During this chapter it talks how Walt Disney and McDonald's are extremely similar. While reading this it was so interesting because thinking about it now I never would have even thought about how these two people connect within each other. Ray Kroc was involved in making McDonald's one of the most successful fast food places. Kroc and Disney were both born in Illinois, high school drop outs, served in World War I, and moved to Southern California after the war. Who would have thought that these people would be so incredibly successful without finishing high school and not getting some type of college degree....sure shows how the world has changed over time and is continuing to change!

Through out this chapter it shows how McDonald's restaurants have expanded all over the world and into the outside world even. Since these two people were such close friends Kroc tried to have a McDonalds in Disney. He tried to make this happen by sending a letter out to Disney asking him if there would be room in the park. Sadly, this did not work out there were disagreements on how the money would be taken care of. Disney wanted to raise some prices of the food, so he would get more money, but in the end Kroc just did not like that idea. Personally, it did not surprise me reading that, while thinking about how high class Walt Disney World is today...how would you react about this? Throughout the rest of the book to how far I have read it discusses more on how Disney has come along in the very beginning stages along with food production.

Walt Disney who was a business man, animator, cartoonist, producer, director, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and voice actor. 

Ray Kroc became part of McDonalds's and led it to be one of the most successful fast food restaurants.

The Love For Food

Food Within the Kavulich Family

I think it is safe to say that most of us highly enjoy food....am I right? Food is absolutely part of my own everyday life. We as humans eat all day long (or at least I do). The main reason why I think part of my day is spent either thinking or eating food is due to my parents. All growing up my mom was the cook in my house she cooked every single dinner and would pack us lunches for school each day. When ever my dad tried to cook it always seemed to turn into some sort of disaster! Overall, my mom is a terrific cook once in a great while she will burn something or a meal will go wrong, but in the end it is always very enjoyable to consume what she makes.

The College Way of Eating

Now, that I am two years into college and having to cook for myself I can say it is a challenge for me. Unlike my mom cooking is something I am horrible at! I have many problems when I try to make food such as, 1. I never know what to make 2. I burn it 3. I do not have all the ingredients I need 4. I may skip a step that is important. After realizing how bad of a cook I am I realized I would be better of just eat frozen meals, bagels, noodles, etc. On a side note everything that I do eat I like. So, I figured out even though I clearly struggle at cooking I still some how manage to eat everything I like (which is a miracle since half of it is frozen meals).

The Way We Eat 

I do work at a country club back home, so I know and often see what a majority of the people eat. Even back at home my family and I go out to dinner often. What I can say is that people in today's society eat so incredibly bad including myself! We all love those greasy and fatty meals because they taste so good, but yet we all know how bad they are for our health. I always seem to have this "health kick" every now and then where I tell myself how bad I eat and how I need to start eating better by having fruits, veggies, etc. Do you think it works well for me? No, it doesn't! I works for a few days then I get bored of eating that healthy food all the time, so go back to my poor eating habits. From ages 3-18 I was a regional competitive figure skater where I was forced to eat health if I wanted to keep training and competing like I was. Since being at Western is where my eating habits changed a lot, it never led to me gaining an insane amount of weight. I am not really sure why that is, since I am pretty lazy all the time except for when I am in class or on campus for something. What I do know is that the way my body is health wise it can not be too great from all the poor food I consume (yikes!!). After reflecting on my living style of food I will now tell myself once again on why I should eat healthier....I will hope it works better for me this time, since all the other times I tell myself this it seems to fail!