Nowadays, food
has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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We all love
food, not only because it provides the necessary enegery needed by our body to
function properly, but also because fine cuisine is a superb enjoyment. What is
more rewarding than having a delicious dinner after a long day of hardwork? But
to most of us, cooking is not always an easy task, for preparing a proper meal
is time-consuming and often requires complex culinary skills. Fortunately, over
years, food has become easier to prepare, which has remarkedly improved our
lives.
One of its most
significant impact on our lives is that it allows us to spend less time in the
kitchen and accordinly more time on other important activities. As a result, a
mother has more time to play with her children; a wife can go to the theater
with her husband after dinner without compromising on the dinner quality; a
busy young bachelor can allocate more time for work…and so on. The benefits in
this aspect are obvious, especially to us who live in the modern society where
the pace of life has generally become faster than a few decades ago.
In addition,
ease of food preparation means a longer menu than before, from which we can
choose what dishes to have without being contraint by our inexpert culinary
skills and insufficient time. Variety is essential to food, not only for the
commonly known balanced nutrition, but for sensational gratification as well. Can
you imagine how a man would feel when he gets home at 7:00pm, exhausted from
work and desperate for some relaxation, only to find on the dining table what
he has been eating in the past three days because his inexperienced wife does
not feel confident enough to cook other recipes? Disappointed? Yes. Satisfied?
No. Luckily we don’t have to face this man’s situation thanks to food that is
easy to prepare.
Some may argue
that our life quality is actully lowered because of the unnourishing fast food
that can be produced very easily and quickly. It is true that excessive
consumption of fast food can be harmful to our health. But this is only part of
the picture. One should never neglect the convenience it brings, which is
appreciated by many people with busy schedules who once in a while may not have
time to sit in front of the dining tables. In this sense, fast food is not
completely a setback in our life quality.
In a nutshell, although
improvement in food preparation has created a byproduct that is not entirely
favorable – fast food, overall speaking our lives have definitely become much
better because of it.
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