“. . . .how and what we eat determines to a great extent the use we make of the world–and what is to become of it. To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction.”
― Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma)

It’s rather amusing to observe both online and offline how heated, personal and controversial such a simple topic like food is. What starts out as a conversation about whether you like your eggs scrambled, fried or poached can quickly escalate to the heated debate over the state of the industry and factory farming, grain-fed versus pasture-raised and the unequivocal right of the chicken to a free life. As I’m sure you’ve experienced, food has the ability to cause entire rifts throughout communities, friendship circles and other organised bodies of people. For something so seemingly innocent, food is possibly one of THE hottest topics you can exchange opinions about in conversation with someone, maybe only trailing behind politics, religion, Miley Cyrus’ tongue and what Miranda Kerr eats for breakfast.

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Guys, I’m freaking out! You want to know why? 

*Drum Roll*

I created (and posted to the wide world interwebs) my very first YouTube video EVER.

*hyperventilates*

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Have you ever really stopped to read the ingredient list on a packet of instant soup?

I use to live off this stuff. It was a low-calorie, cheap and instant lunch option that involved no work on my behalf except for boiling the water. Even then, that was the kettle’s job. 

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