Going to the restaurant or cooking at home? Nowadays there are restaurants at every corner: we can choose between having spaghetti at an Italian restaurant and having a hamburger in a great steak house or between eating Indian or Chinese food. Also, every supermarket has cooked food you can buy, if you do not have or do not like to cook. Personally, I prefer cooking my own food and going to the restaurant only in some special occasion. I feel this way for two main reasons that I will explore in the following essay. First of all, cooking your own food you can have the control of what you eat: it’s you who buy all the ingredients and decide what kind of species add to your dish. This is very important because you cannot know what happen in the kitchen of a restaurant. For instance, in my town there was a big restaurant with two big rooms, it was always full of clients because it was the cheaper restaurant in the local area, and it had a big buffet menu. Two months ago, there were some controls by the hygiene department, and it turned out that they cooked their dishes with spotted food: in the kitchen there were steal bread and rotten vegetables. Also, they did not clean all the restaurant properly. This is one of the reasons I strongly believe that is better cooking your own food at home. Secondly, cooking can be relaxing and it can be a perfect way to have a break from your work: you can stay alone in the kitchen with your food, relaxing cutting all the vegetables. In fact, when I am very stressed because I have my finals examines and I have to study all day, it is very useful to me taking some time to cook and eat to let my mind free from all the university’s stuff. In addition, cooking can be a great way to spend your time with your partner. In fact, when my boyfriend and I are together in my kitchen we always have a lot of fun. And when you have finished and you sit at the table, you can feel satisfied of your work. In conclusion, I think it is better having meals at home and cooking your own food because doing so you can know well what you are eating and also because it can be a great way to spend your time when you need a break or when you are with the person you love.