Food in My Life Essay

Food plays a very big and important role in my life. My family, even my extended relatives, have been exposed to food for years, making us love it even more. On my dad’s side, my aunt Kathy is a chef for a restaurant in the Philippines while my other aunt is currently taking up culinary in college. They both enjoy making food from scratch without following any recipes, so they basically like to make new recipes that can be passed down to our family generation. On my mom’s side, my aunt Susie loves to cook as well. Similar to my other aunt, she also took culinary as her main course in college. She enjoys to cook not only for a living but also just whenever she’s in the mood, which is pretty much every single day. As you can tell, both sides of my family have such great cooks, in my opinion, that makes my family exposed to such pleasant foods.

Ever since I was little, I have always loved food. Hard to believe, but I used to be really huge when I was around 3 to about 7 or 8 years old. My mom would just keep feeding and feeding me and my weight didn’t bother me back then so I didn’t really care what I ate. And up to this day, I still continue to eat whatever I want whenever I want. To be honest, food is just simply way too good to resist. It is so hard to say no to food, which I know is a bad habit, but I honestly cannot help it. Coming from a family of great cooks, we would take advantage of that when it comes to holidays or parties. All of my family would spend holidays together, while having a feast. Christmas is what excites us the most. Every Christmas, all 3 of my aunts are in charge of the food. They would cook so many amazing foods like pork roast with cranberries, chicken pot pie, and pasta. The food definitely made me like Christmas ten times more.

My world really revolves around food. I just love eating and yet thankful that I barely gain weight. My aunts have definitely influenced me to someday pursue cooking, although being a doctor is my main...