• We started off this class with an introductory discussion post about our favorite food - just getting us familiar with the topic we're working with. I wrote about a dish called Molokhiya. It's a favorite in our household, and definitely holds a special place in my food heart. 

Before this I had never really written about a dish with great detail. I've written descriptive essays with figurative language, but their purposed did not appeal to peoples senses, their taste or smell. Writing about food in this capacity was definitely a challenge af first, but as we went on with the annotation assignments, the imitation exercises, I got a feel of how they are supposed to be and I felt more comfortable stepping out of my comfort zone.

After a little sneak peek, we were given the prompt for our first writing assignment for 39A. 

HOW DOES YOUR FAVORITE FOOD REFLECT WHO YOU ARE? HOW HAS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TRANSFORMED AND/OR SHAPED YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE?

• The prompt was nothing complicated, surprising, or necessarily difficult. The hardest task was obviously picking a dish that held value to me, a dish i cherish, think about, hold dear to me. When I saw this prompt to say the dish jumped out at me would be accurate. 
• Regarding this piece of writing, getting started was easy