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food additives

(Encyclopedia) food additives, substances added to foods by manufacturers to prevent spoilage or to enhance appearance, taste, texture, or nutritive value. By quantity, the most common food additives…

food adulteration

(Encyclopedia) food adulteration, act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable…

food poisoning

(Encyclopedia) food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to…

food preservation

(Encyclopedia) food preservation, methods of preparing food so that it can be stored for future use. Because most foods remain edible for only a brief period of time, people since the earliest ages…

food pyramid

(Encyclopedia) CE5 The U.S. Department of Agriculture used (1992–2005) this pyramid to show the basis of a healthy diet, dividing foods into five nutritional groups and recommending the number of…

ham, food

(Encyclopedia) ham, hind leg of a hog above the hock joint, prepared for food by curing or smoking. Ham is one of the earliest of preserved meats; it is now a leading product of the meatpacking…

1971 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Go-Between, Joseph Losey (United Kingdom)Special Jury PrizeTaking Off, Milos Forman (United States)Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo (United States)Best ActorRiccardo Cucciolla…

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Swingers2 Days in the ValleyVideos.com; $14.95Short; NRDirector: George HickenlooperCast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald and J. T. Walsh The oft-repeated line (intoned, of course, with the…

George Sterling: The First Food

The First FoodGeorge SterlingMother, in some sad evening long ago, From thy young breast my groping lips were taken, Their hunger stilled, so soon again to waken, But nevermore that holy…