If language is any form of communication, is food language? if food communicates, who is the message sendor, and are we the receptors? what does food communicate? does food communicate happyness, is it food a communication with only oneself? can humans communicate through the emotions food creates?
Almost every social event is based around FOOD! "Would you like to come to dinner?" "Lets go out to eat." And its not really about the food, but food is creating a pretext for interaction within society.
When i see something I like, i get rather happy. My brain tells me that no matter my situation, if that food is in front of me, i can at least partially enjoy it. If i am hungry and i see food, my mouth waters. This perspective, this method of recieving, is a strange form of language, but it is some sort of language, because a message is being received. That the food is totally inanimate doest mean much. Sometimes, what i eat used to be walking anyway. Emotions arise when eating, when recieving, lets say, a box of cookies, or a box of crackers. Food is a way of communication which humans use so often they forget about how much it helps to express oneself or be understood. As you will see, the language of food is just as subjective as any other form of communication, if not more.
Now look at these pictures, and decide if food is a language for yourself.
http://www.frigginrandom.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bachelor-foods-grilled-cheese.jpg
http://0.tqn.com/d/mideastfood/1/0/1/0/-/-/sigaraedwardkaraa.jpg
http://www.oliverbonacini.com/OliverBonacini/media/images/blog/0729010_002.jpg
http://aht.seriouseats.com/images/20090625-burgerjointsf-burger.jpg
http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens2100175_1246236977angelfoodcake.jpg
http://www.urbancoffeelounge.com/images/foodgallery/food5.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1180/761514700_9cee2ab62b.jpg
You get the picture.
u no what i loved about this presentation? one of my best friends is a chef, his specialty is meat, more specifically fish. And iam a vegetarian but at somepoint in my life, i will once again have a dish that contains meat (most probobly fish) in it out of a desire to be the receptor within that form of communication. He is soo passionate about it that i dont dout that his passion and love will flow within the energy of the meat and it will overpower the negative energy that the meat had before its preperation. food is amazing. and so is passion, ah. life is beautiful. i love this.
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