Do you like spicy(辛辣的) food? If yes, try this spicy food by Emily Rudnick. She is a twelve-­year-old girl at Aspen Middle School in Denver, US. She made her own spicy food. It is called Rudspice.

Rudnick learned to cook at an early age of five. The idea of spice came from a camp. She put a lot of spice on food. “The food is better. I think we should make a spice that can make all food taste better.” Rudnick told Denver Westward, a reporter from BBC.

She first learned about the spice business(生意) from Savory Spice owners Mike and Janet Johnston. Then she tried it at home. With the help of her father Mr. Rudnick, she made six different kinds of spicy food. To get the best one, she tested their tastes on foods like popcorn(爆米花) and eggs. She used chili(辣椒), onions and other things to make Rudspice.

She made it into a business, too. This month, it went into Savory Spice shops in the US.

【小题1】 After eating several dishes, I found myself so full that I couldn’t eat anymore.

【小题2】 I suddenly felt lighter and enjoyed the tasty cake. But wait, why do I always have room for dessert?

【小题3】 What’s your favorite food? And would you like to eat it every day? Imagine that you could eat your favorite food for two days in a row. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Now, let’s have the food for five days, and then ten days. You might get tired of this food.

【小题4】 Dessert is usually the last dish served. After you’ve eaten many different kinds of foods, you gradually begin to lose interest in them. At this point, a dessert comes in as a different kind of food. The novelty (新颖性) makes your brain want to try it out.

【小题5】 When you eat dessert, your brain gives out dopamine (多巴胺). This chemical will make you want more sweet things. So the dopamine “creates” new space for more dessert.

Of course, because desserts are so delicious, we must be careful not to overeat. Too much of anything can be bad for your health!

At the beginning of human history, people took their food from the world around them. They ate all that they could find, and then moved on. About 10,000 years ago people started learning to farm (耕种).

People eat different food in different places. In China rice is the main food for people in the south and the people in the north eat noodles. People who live in European countries near the sea eat lots of fish. But in Central Europe, people are away from the sea. So they don’t eat so much fish. They eat more special meat instead.

People eat food with different tools (工具) in different places. In North America, Australia, and Europe, people eat with knives and forks. In China, people eat with chopsticks. In parts of India and the Middle East, people use their hands to pick up food.

Now people can eat different food from different places. Today it is possible that food is sent easily from one part of the world to another. We can almost eat whatever we like at any place of the world. For example, people in Britain can eat bananas from Africa and rice from India. Food is becoming a very big business now.