glorious food

When I was younger, I loved to go out clubbing or to parties. However, in recent years I tend to go out to eat rather than to dance. Santiago has some great restaurants and you can eat out quite cheaply. There are "picadas" like Golfo di Napoli for wonderful pizza or pasta or slightly more expensive places with wonderful International cuisine like Thai House or Olan (Peruvian). I am a Pescatarian, I eat fish and seafood but not meat (of any kind) so that is always a factor when I eat out.

I don’t think I have a favorite kind of food. There are some foods that I do not like much, for example Korean food. I suppose it is because the meat dishes are the specialty. I love very hot food, lots of spices and taste. There is a nice Indian in Santiago. It is a bit pricy but it is really nice.  It is called Rishtedar . Many of the dishes are spicy hot and there is a scale of spiciness from 1 to 6 (from mild to blow-your-head-off). I love spicy food but grade 4 is as hot as I can stand.

I also love places like “el naturista” in the center, where you can enjoy porotos Granados or fantastic quinoa dishes for a very reasonable price.

Write about a place you like to eat out. A restaurant, bar, pub, fast food place, etc.

 Say:

What it’s called,

Where it is,

What it serves,

What you like to eat there.

Mention anything else you thing is important. Write at least 190 words. Leave a comment on my blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.

Hello Everyone,

Today you will do an activity that will help you prepare for next week.

Write about the topic or character you have chosen for your presentation.

Write:

Why you chose it

The specific (more or less) elements you will include

How you will organize it

Include anything else you consider relevant.

Write a minimum of 180 words and 3 comments to classmates.

My presentation will be about linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky.

I will divide my presentation into 3 parts.: The area of linguistics and his initial studies, his political involvement and also the reason why I chose him.

I think it is difficult to do this since there so much information to include. This is why I selected some main points as a sample presentation.

I have chosen him above other people because I admire his contributions in the area of linguistics but also because I feel his involvement in the area of politics and his acknowledgement of the injustice present in many places, plus the terrible American /British foreign policy, has cost him a lot and still he perseveres to make people aware of what happens. As a Jewish, he has gone against the Jewish community and the right wing in the US to make strong statements. There are few intellectuals that take the time to do this. I value it.

Good evening everyone,

Today we have the chance to write about a free topic.

Sometimes this poses a difficult task. Freedom can be challenging since we are used to being told what to do since we are little. I have issues when it comes to having too many choices..... Okay, here we go...

Even though I have always loved nature and green areas, my interested in plants and growing started say 7 years ago... More particularly, when I heard about the effect genetically modified food had had in rats and the possibility of Upov 91 being passed here. This modification of the law was proposed by our lady president in her prior administration.

It made me think a lot in what we eat. Fortunately, I have never been a big fan of sweets (only chocolate) so eating fairly healthy stuff is not a problem. But I know that for a lot of people this is a problem and they see no way out of loads of junk food. It is cheaper and it is addictive.

I live in a flat so growing veggies did not seem like an easy task but with determination and not knowing much about this; I started my little orchard on my balcony. This enterprise has shown me that having your own food is not free from stress. It is amazing the number of plagues you find even in the city. No wonder organic vegetables are so expensive.

Anyway, it makes me happy to have my own lettuce, rocket, tomatoes, mint, parsley, coriander and other pesticide free stuff.

I could go on for ever but I will finish this post by adding I strongly believe many of the illnesses we see today (attentional deficit, diabetes, obesity, allergies,etc.) are partly caused by the food we eat. Many of the additives used here are forbidden in developed countries. And many harmful ones (like aspartame) are still legal worldwide.  We don’t seem to read labels enough; we are not aware what we put in our body and I feel this should change.

In conclusion,  I feel we need to pay more attention in general. It is not about being radical about anything. Just to be more mindful and more careful with what we eat and when we eat it. 

Please remember to use www.wordreference.com

Write about something that motivates you.

Write a minimum of 180 words and 2 comments in new blogs (where you have not commented before) and 2 comments in any blog you like. Don't forget I am part of the class, too. 

Try to give a structure to your text, something like intro, body, ending . Add a picture if you like.

You have 48 hours to fulfill this task (Sunday evening) .