The Charm Of Food

According to the author of Food As Art, Elizabeth Telfer, food is a minor rather than a major art. In order to prove her opinion, she talked about aesthetic reactions and works of art. Aesthetic reactions are “a pleasant reaction to something”(10). Moreover, aesthetic reactions also “have a certain intensity and often accompanied by judgments for which the juders claim a kind of bojectivity”(11). Works of arts are man-made things that can be used in either a classifying or evaluative way. All in all, the author claims that food might not be art.

However, from my point of view, food should be regared as art with the follwing reasons. First of all, food not only can feed one’s body, but also can indicate one’s values. For example, some people pursue fast and efficency, and he or she may be think that fast food is the best food ever. Some others may enjor organic and green food, and they believe the food that made by themselves should be the best food ever. What’s more, food shows human beings cultures and history. Different countries have different cultural backgrounds. Food, as an art form, also shows us these difference. For example, Chinese cultures are differnent with Italy cultures and thus, the foods are also different.
Moreover, the process of making food include creative, design, and beauty. According to the author of Art For Life’s Sake,Dissanayake, claims that “art is also the behavior or propensity to make special, particularly things that one cares deeply about or activities whose outcome has strong personal significance”(22). According to this definition, food should be consider as art because making food is a behavior to creative and design.
For me, a chinese girl who love cooking, food is art. I love cook Chinese food because I feel happy and enjorable during the process. Furthermore, food can make me feel that life is wonderful when I faced some difficults.