Why Food Fixes Everything

Ever since we are little, our mothers’ primary concern is to feed us. When we are well fed, we are happy and tranquil, which, of course also helps our parents relax. The instinct of nurturing our offspring is something we simply can’t put behind. Knowing that they receive enough food remains a constant concern throughout our lives. Which explains why mothers are used to asking their children if and what they have eaten while talking on the phone hundreds of miles away.

Just like any other living creatures, we are urged to act and react based on our instincts and the fuel that helps us move from point A to point B and accomplish anything we aim for is food.

Food has plaid a major role in the social development of men over the centuries. Ever since we started living together in communities, food has been an element that bound us. People gathered around the fire to prepare the meat and eat it together and, if you think about it, this is a custom that we still cling to nowadays.

Just think about the sheet joy of taking part at a friend’s barbeque party. It’s not only the steamy sausages or cold beer that makes you love those moments, but also the pleasure of spending time in the company of like-minded individuals.
Or how about weddings, birthday parties, or even nights out with work colleagues? All these social events have one essential thing in common: food.

Food provides us a pretext for getting together and it also helps us get easier through long moments of awkward silence. Because when you think that there is nothing to talk about with the person sitting right next to you, there is always the topic of food. How good or bad it is, what preferences or special diets you have or what places you know where meals are generous or tasty are enough subjects to debate during a long and otherwise boring night.

Food fixes everything, including sadness, anxiety or boredom. I’m sure you know plenty people who gladly indulge in food as a cure for the issues above. Of course, in this situation things can degenerate, and the cause is not treated, but merely bypassed. Nonetheless food is a good short-term solution.

Food fixes everything except for death and taxes and we are so lucky to have such a wide variety of it nowadays.

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