Essays about Food Page 88

The organic system of farming dates back to about one hundred years ago. The term organic farm was first used in the UK by albert howard to differentiate it from chemical farming. Essentially, organic farming is self sufficient and flourishes without additives such as fertilizers, seeds, and feeds. It is a agroecosystem that promotes and…

In this very second, approximately 350 slices of pizza are being consumed across the nation totaling 100 acres of pizza being eaten each day making it a $30 billion per year industry. Cheese has been found to be 70% fat, yet that has not stopped it from being a highly popular dish. The infamous Big…

It was a hot summer’s day, with the sun just peering its way through the shade of the grand willow tree which I lay underneath. The tree was old its bark peeling ever so slightly but it’s branches spread out far and wide, providing shade for anyone who wanted. Today that was me. I came…

Do you know what the day November 1st is? November 1st is World Vegan Day. According to Britannica Academic Vegan is ‘a strict vegetarian who consumes no animals or dairy product for food’. An article in Time (‘ history of veganism’. 2008) described that that day is celebration of people who do not eat meat…

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sub sandwich industry has been growing at a rate of around 15% as compared to 3% of other fast food like hamburgers. Hence there is a lot of potential in this industry to grow. The cost of entry is low and hence, for the new business venture, collaboration with a coffee house…

The German middle class is tiny. About 75% of Germans fall into the lower class. It includes the working class and the under class (factory workers and jobless people). The upper class contains just about all very wealthy people, much more than 1%. The middle class is for those who are in between upper and…

Chocolate, a sweet treat consumed by millions of Americans each day whether they are happy, sad, or even in celebration of a special occasion. However, one never asks how the chocolate they are consuming, came to be the final product that it is. Behind the joy that this sweet treat brings us, is the forcible…

Another interesting environmental disability is a deadly combination of inactive lifestyle and nutrition. This is not the typical disability that one thinks about when looking at environmental issues and the disabled individual. However, this is a growing problem as there has been an increase in obesity over the past couple of decades and it is…

I saw the play, “Into the Woods”, on November 29 in Theatre B, Aaron Davis Hall. Once I entered the theater, I saw a few chairs and desks on stage and some baskets near the desks. The background of the stage painted in red with some scattered trees. Once the production started, an actor hiding…

Chicago’s has always had an Italian connection. In the early 1900s the influence of Italian mafia on Chicago was strong and especially that of Al Capone. As the years passed by the mafia’s influence became less but they surely left behind their Italian cuisine for the people of Chicago to enjoy. One such classy place…