I just happened to come across your blog and I absolutely love it! I’m an eighteen year old girl who really loves good, quality food. I read your post (It’s Hard to Get Down From Here) and I completely agree with you. When I was in primary school I used to eat crisps, chicken nuggets etc and then once I hit high school that’s when I changed my eating habits completely and my family’s! I was about twelve when I threw out all/most of the junk food and actually asked mum to start cooking Maltese food again (that’s where my family and I are from). To me, Maltese food connects me back to my home island and still brings back fond memories (even from a simple sliced maltese bread with tomato rubbed on and cracked pepper – reminds me of my grandfather). Now, I’m passionate about food more than ever and have a much healthier and varied diet. I’ve also found my passion of cooking! Mostly Maltese, Italian and French cuisine for me :) Since I love quality and fresh food (I rarely ever have take away meals, sweets – i don’t have a sweet tooth!, or processed foods) that I actually find it difficult to have dinner or lunch with friends. They want McDonalds or KFC and I’m just craving for a hearty, packed sandwhich instead. So I understand completely at your frustration (especially when I open the pantry door to get food to eat at friends’ places and all I find is biscuits, chocolate and who knows what else is in there) at how people don’t seem to grasp the concept of healthy eating and don’t even TRY to understand what’s being put into our foods. So I really did appreciate reading that post and the rest of your blog! :)