Eating at the edge

       About “eating at the edge”, Horwitz talked about the people’s behavior in regard to when, where and how modern people eat their meal nowadays. The results reflected that people like eating on their own and eating conveniently in their own time. Then horwitz used a simple example of soup to prove his idea. The soup now is the single-serving instead of eating together with a pot or a big bowl (44). However, it should be a regular as people did before. People ate on time and liked eating with their friends, so, they can talk with their friends and share the valuable experience. On the contrary, people’s attitude about eating food changed a lot as the author mentioned in the article. They eat on their own time, "eating when facing computers and televisions. eating at the computer, or eating alone, or on the run, and why it feels increasingly special to eat together with family and friends" (Horwitz 42). There is no talking, no sharing, and even no sentiment with their friends I considered. So the title “eating at the edge” is very suitable with this situation.

              For me, I like eating with my family and my friends. When I first came to university of Denver, I felt lonely when I did anything especially eaten in the Centennial dining halls. I was eager for the time when I was eating with my family and my friends, we usually talked about our work and study experiences or interesting things that once happened to us. We also talked, laughed together and enjoyed our time of eating. Now, I make a lot of friends as I did in China, we can also use our leisure time to have a meal to promote emotion. Moreover, eat on time is a healthy habit because the metabolism is organized. So, my standpoint is to discard the point of “eating at the edge”.