People reveal themselves in food. If I really wanted be sweeping, I’d say that looking into the food that a generation feeds itself can open up many treasures of insights and knowledge about them.
Of course, the question is if I really want to know all that. Would thinking about today’s food options lead to a happy state of mind? Cough.
But I think it’s interesting on a personal level. For one thing, creating a meal is an intimate encounter for both the food being transformed and the chef that guides it. In that alone, it is fascinating (alright, and sometimes saddening) to see how the food artist expresses him/herself. For another, sometimes the food can be so simple and everyday, yet we feel…different about it. I’m not one of those who are so deeply attuned to their food that they can tell a lot more from what they eat each and every time. However, I think there are times when even the most insensitive eater–who is not completely emotionless to what he or she eats–can get struck by a feeling that comes from the food. Maybe we can even call it intuition or a gut-feel, if you will.
In fact, the food combination we choose in each meal can be telling. For example, that composite picture above shows the only things I’ve been feeding on the whole day. Off hand, it’s obvious that my tastebuds are all over the place. If we push it a bit further though, it can lead to a certain conclusion about my physiological condition.
You can guess. But I’d rather die than answer it here.
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Photos courtesy of Flickr: Foccacia bread, Lindt’s Chocolate, Milk, Water.
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