Kathy, your work looks like the relating story of your life. I suggest you to change your delivery of this topic, because it seems like not for a writing purpose. See for instance "he told me to stay off the kitchen", "I asked my father" and etc. Also avoid the word Dad, better use my father, but I think that it will be better if you change whole your topic delivery. Try to find out how to write this kind of topic more professional. I believe if you will look from the internet you can find how to write it better and how to deliver it. Change your ideas, even if you need to write that is not true. Try to make it more interesting for the adult reader, not for the children.
For example, in the beginning you can start as
There are many kind of food throughout the world. Every nations have their own way of cooking and ingredients which they use in cooking. For instance, asians use to cook with a pepper to make their food spicy, however most europeans cannot eat spicy food and they prefer to cook with more vegetables, which are very healthy. For me, as I live in a ....... continet, I prefer, as well as the other people in my country, to eat ........ (continue your own prefering on food whether with meat or flour for example)
In the body of your topic be more closer to your topic title, write about your favorite food and give reasons why you like it.
In conclusion part, you can write the main idea of your introduction and of the body and also do not forget to stress on your own choise of food.