For my first blog in anthropology of food I wanna express how important food is to me and my challenges with it over my years and why I chose white gravy to bt the title of my blog.

As one can see in other blogs there is complexity in how people display their recipies but cooking and preparing food has one single purpose. Food is the only thing that completely nurishes the body with no other motivation. Some people love and study food because they want to learn the different flavors or master the art of taste but some people like me cook and prepare food because it cares for others, people need food to stay happy and healthy.

For me food is a major part of my life as it is for everyones life because I'm hyperglisemic which means if I dont eat regularly and eat the right foods then my blood sugar crashes to a dangerous level and can result in fatige, diziness, and fanting. And so with this knowledge of my body I then would go and research the different nutritional standpoints that i need to know to stay healthy. This is why food for me has been such a major factor in my life because like breathing I have to pay constant attention to it. Failure to do so now in life would result in much more serious medical conditions later. I only eat the healthiest of things and by far I eat my fair share of portions but because of a extremely high matabolism I've never felt the effects of eating every 2 or 3 hours.

It wasn't until I went to Italy for a study abroad

that I fully was exposed to the potential of food. There is an art to food preparation in Europe that is not in the United States.

I chose white gravy for the title of my blog is because of a silly history I have from my parents. My dad makes this incredible gravy along with this grilled chicken. I've never learned the name of it or what he does to it but all the has to do is say that we're having white gravy for dinner I start to shout and get excited and I change my day so that I can be home for dinner. It's a family favorite and joke. So thats why I named my blog white gravy in honor of my dad.

Emily