Hi, Rachel)
I like the first para of your essay, it's kinda cosy. The second and third could be shoortened to meet the word limit req, write
only about your feelings and why that dish is comfort food to
youSitting in a crowded restaurant, surrounded by close friends and family, I was looking with jealosy at another table being served bycousins running amock, a waiter walking by with a tray full of the next table's dinner morsels , andwhen I nosed suddenly the familiar smell of traditional mashed potatoes and crispy chicken fried steak ( is that a whole name of the dish? add some punctuation or something) that takes me back to the lovely times at grandma's house.
My favorite meal being cooked to perfection is asound /image ( the whole para was describing the meal being cooked without sounds) I'll never forget.
Food is a language that has no barrier. Whether you grow up in India, a mountainous city in the Alps, or a small Texas town, there is always a meal that conjures up feelings of joy and safety, memories of childhood, or just simple pleasure.Comfort food, as it is known, has the magical ability of conveying the sensation of warmth and contentment, ( write srtaightly about your dish )or at least for me it does...
You learn in science classes everywhere that food is essential to life. Without it our bodies would not function properly and could not thrive, but there is so much more to food than the biological make up that keeps our body running. Along with the physiological benefits, these special meals we call our comfort food stimulate our emotional being as well. The first bite of those white clouds of steamy ( do ypu bite steam? ) goodness and the lip-smacking, ...
Basically you can combine the 2 and 3 para together.