Category: Food

  • An Essay on the Principle of Population

    In his famous “An Essay on the Principle of Population“(1798), the English economist Thomas Malthus argued that, since geometric growth of population outstrips arithmetic growth of the food supply, we actually need poverty, disease, and starvation to restore the balance. While this theory was popular in the nineteenth century, very few would accept it today.…

  • Eating Noises

    I knew a man who went into a rage if anybody ate an apple within his hearing. I knew another man who was so disgusted by his son’s eating habits that he made him eat his dinner alone. Do you have such quirks about other people’s eating habits as you encounter them in restaurants and…

  • Food, Food, Wonderful Food

    You have your favourite foods and you know how good food tastes when you’re famished. Imagine a waiter has appeared at your side right now. Describe the perfect meal that you are about to order.

  • The Perfect Junk Food Meal

    Regardless of what the dentist, doctor, dietician and Clearasil distributor warn you about, at one time or another you’re a junk food addict. Sometimes only junk food will satisfy your craving. Describe, then, your favourite junk food meal in glorious detail.