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Food and Literature

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  The Foods for Thought You can almost choose any topic to write about as long as you are passionate about writing and have your creative style. Food is, if not essential, but a delectable addition to the creative genre. Especially in anime and manga, there are all kinds of mouth-watering photographs. This pop culture has somewhat helped Japanese food to be popular worldwide. But apart from the traditional amalgamation, writers have put great effort into portraying the psychological ramifications of food and nutrition in practical life.    The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake   The novel by Aimee Bender explores an untraditional plot about food. What if you could taste the emotions of people by eating the food they cook? The particular sadness of lemon cake tells the story of Rose, a young girl who suddenly discovers that she can taste the disappointments and oppressiveness from eating her mother's cooking. At first, she thinks it is some kind of fallacy...

Space Nutrition: A Thriving Field Extending New Possibilities

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History of Food in Space For long travels and journeys, we generally carry food with us. Snacks, or sometimes meals worth several days to survive. When there were no fast vehicles or methods for swift transportation, it was a rudimentary requirement to carry meals along, especially in long sea voyages or traveling to another country.  Space is within our reach today, but it is still isolated in terms of putting a regular appearance. Astronauts in space have to dwell with conditions unfavorable to human inhibition and therefore need good care of their bones and muscles. Nutrition enriched foods help in preserving the situation, but food items in their original shape could be troublesome to carry in the space. After the Apollo 11 exploration in 1969, the concept of nutrition for astronauts needed to be revolutionized.    Mercury Program Food John Glenn was the first American to eat in space aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. At that time, it was not known if ingestion a...