Food Makes Memories

   Do you know why your favorite dish is your favorite dish? More than likely it is because of the memories and the emotions behind the dish. My first memories of being in a kitchen is with my mom and grandma. We were preparing thanksgiving. For my mom we were fixing, my favorite, Broccoli Casserole. I honestly think that is the first family recipe I learned how to make. I think the best memory was making my grandma’s chicken salad. It would always feel at peace when we made it. It was quite and most of the time it was just the two of us there. I would go the night before and we would talk and make chicken salad. Now every time I make chicken salad, I remember all the talks and feelings that I felt while learning how to make the recipe.  This reminds me of a movie I recently watched called the Hundred Foot Journey. The main character of the movie went on the be a really famous chef with two Michelin stars. If you looked in his eyes he looked dead, like all his passion went out the window. Then he sat down with one of his employees who was eating a traditional Indian cuisine. He started crying because it brought back all the memories of the reason he started cooking and all the memories of his mother. I would definitely suggest this movie to anyone who is interested in food films. 
     Food plays such an important part in our lives that it shapes our experiences every day. If you go to a restaurant and have a horrible experience, I am talking about from start to end bad, how likely are you to go back right away? Not very likely, right? The memory of the experience dictates how look at the establishment. Food works in the same way, it can bring back happy, sad, angry memories. I will always say the food creates memories and those memories can make or break your experience at an establishment. 

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