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Definition: Food |
FoodNoun1. Any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. 2. Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink". 3. Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "food" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Food \Food\, noun. [Old English fode, Anglo-Saxon f[=o]da; akin to Icelandic f[ae][eth]a, f[ae][eth]i, Swedish f["o]da, Danish & Low German f["o]de, Old High German fatunga, Greek patei^sthai to eat, and perhaps to Sanskrit p[=a] to protect, Latin pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, English pasture.. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Food Ethnic. Spicy. Oriental, esp. Chinese and most esp. Szechuan, Hunan, and Mandarin (hackers consider Cantonese vaguely de'classe'). Hackers prefer the exotic; for example, the Japanese-food fans among them will eat with gusto such delicacies as fugu (poisonous pufferfish) and whale. Thai food has experienced flurries of popularity. Where available, high-quality Jewish delicatessen food is much esteemed. A visible minority of Southwestern and Pacific Coast hackers prefers Mexican. For those all-night hacks, pizza and microwaved burritos are big. Interestingly, though the mainstream culture has tended to think of hackers as incorrigible junk-food junkies, many have at least mildly health-foodist attitudes and are fairly discriminating about what they eat. This may be generational; anecdotal evidence suggests that the stereotype was more on the mark before the early 1980s. Source: Jargon File. |
Bible | Food Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen. 1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). The use of animal food was probably not unknown to the antediluvians. There is, however, a distinct law on the subject given to Noah after the Deluge (Gen. 9:2-5). Various articles of food used in the patriarchal age are mentioned in Gen. 18:6-8; 25:34; 27:3, 4; 43:11. Regarding the food of the Israelites in Egypt, see Ex. 16:3; Num. 11:5. In the wilderness their ordinary food was miraculously supplied in the manna. They had also quails (Ex. 16:11-13; Num. 11:31). In the law of Moses there are special regulations as to the animals to be used for food (Lev. 11; Deut. 14:3-21). The Jews were also forbidden to use as food anything that had been consecrated to idols (Ex. 34:15), or animals that had died of disease or had been torn by wild beasts (Ex. 22:31; Lev. 22:8). (See also for other restrictions Ex. 23:19; 29:13-22; Lev. 3:4-9; 9:18, 19; 22:8; Deut. 14:21.) But beyond these restrictions they had a large grant from God (Deut. 14:26; 32:13, 14). Food was prepared for use in various ways. The cereals were sometimes eaten without any preparation (Lev. 23:14; Deut. 23:25; 2 Kings 4:42). Vegetables were cooked by boiling (Gen. 25:30, 34; 2 Kings 4:38, 39), and thus also other articles of food were prepared for use (Gen. 27:4; Prov. 23:3; Ezek. 24:10; Luke 24:42; John 21:9). Food was also prepared by roasting (Ex. 12:8; Lev. 2:14). (See COOK.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Food Sir Walter Scott remarks that live cattle go by Saxon names, and slain meat by Norman-French, a standing evidence that the Normans were the lords who ate the meat, and the Saxons the serfs who tended the cattle. Examples: Sheep Ox Calf Hog Pig (Saxon). Mutton Beef Veal Bacon Pork (Norman-French). Food of the gods. (See Ambrosia, Nectar.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (kaja). (references) |
Statistics | Excludes restaurant meals, beverages and tobacco. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Restaurant meals are excluded from food. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| This index includes restaurant meals and excludes beverages and tobacco. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The harmonised indices of consumer prices. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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simple:Food
Larger imageFood is material, usually of animal or plant origin, consumed by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Liquids used for this purpose are often called drink, but the term food applies to them as well. In English, the term is sometimes used metaphorically, as in food for thought.
Basic foods:
Here are some of the basic foods consumed by humans. Food for humans is mostly produced through farming or gardening, and includes animal and vegetable sources. Many people forgo food from animal sources to varying degrees; see vegetarianism and veganism.
- From animal sources:
- Meat, including Pork, Poultry, Beef, and several other kinds
- Fish
- Insects
- Poultry
- Seafood
- Honey
- Eggs
- Dairy products
- From plant sources:
- Fruit
- Seeds
- Legumes (Beans, peas, lentils, etc.)
- Vegetables
- Cereal grainss
- Herb
- Spices
- Food additives
Types of food:
- Beverage
- Bread
- Cheese
- Cracker (biscuit)
- Dessert
- French fries
- Ice cream
- Pasta
- Pizza
- Salad
- Sauce
- Sausage
- Snack food: Confectionery, Potato chips
- Soup
Meals:
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- High tea
- Dinner
- Supper
- Dessert
Food production or acquisition:
- Agriculture (including farming and horticulture)
- Gardening
- Slow food
- local food
- Aquaculture (including mariculture)
- Hunting
- Fishing
Food handling and preparation:
- Food preservation
- Cooking
- Cuisine
- Wikipedia Cookbook
Nutrients in food
- Protein
- Carbohydrate
- Fat
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Phytochemicals, eg anti-oxidants, enzymes, bio-flavinoids etc.
- Knowledge about the nutritional components, and the interactions of these components in an ideal diet is an expanding area of knowledge (seenutrition).
Eating and cooking utensils
- Knife
- Fork
- Spoon
- Chopsticks
- spork
- foodwraps e.g. tortillas, chapatis, etc.
- pan
- pot
- casserole
- Dutch oven
- pressure cooker
- plate
- crockery
- glassware
Special substances and objects that are (sometimes) consumed
- Blood (see vampire)
- Roman Catholic host
See also:
See: Geography and foods,
- Meal
- Metabolism
- Nutrition
- Flavoring
- Timeline of agriculture and food technology
- Takeru Kobayashi
- Restaurant
- Staple food
Food for animals
Animals may be served their food in a manger. See also Nativity.
Metals as food
- Several of the nutrients required by humans are metals, such as iron, potassium, calcium, sodium.
- Some microbes live on metals. See Rusticle.
Other links
List of food topics - Bushmeat
External links
- Patto's Gourmet Dictionary: english, français, deutsch, italiano, español, nihongo.
- Food Info Net: A leading internet portal for the global food industry.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Food."
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Atlas
As told in Atlas Shrugged, Atlas carried the world on his shoulders. But in the Greek Myths, the Titan Atlas stands on the earth and holds up the sky. In the statues that represent Atlas, the big round thing on his back represents the heavens, which, because of the apparent circular motion of the planets around the earth, were conceived of as being round. Some tellings of the Atlas myth have him carrying both the earth and the heavens on his back, but this appears to be a modern retelling; further research might confirm this.
Character names
Some of the character names are, or appear to be, puns, or have some other significance. (See also Characters in Atlas Shrugged.)
- Ragnar Danneskjold - sounds like 'Dane's Gold', a tribute paid by the medieval English to the Vikings to bribe them into being peaceful. (However, note "skjold" means shield, not gold.)
- Robert Stadler - sounds like the German word for state, Stadt. Dr. Stadler is a statist, in that he believes it appropriate and necessary for the state to fund scientific research.
- Francisco d'Anconia - Rand's husband was Frank O'Connor.
- John Galt - the name of a 19th century Scottish novelist, though this is apparently coincidental. Galt is close to 'Geld' and 'gold'. The name was probably used because it had to be such that it could become proverbial - this would not be possible with a long, awkward name.
Crime
Common street crime is conspicuously absent in Atlas Shrugged. Characters walk the streets with no thought of being mugged or attacked.
Food
- Canape: In section 161, canape is served at the Rearden's anniversary party.
- Liverwurst: In section 141 Francisco d'Anconia claims he returned to New York in part because of the liverwurst at Moe's Delicatessan on Third Avenue.
- Shish-kabob: In section 142 James Taggart suggests he might take Betty Pope to the Armenian restaurant for shish-kabob
Historical figures and events
Atlas Shrugged takes place in a world with a different history from our own, but there are some historical figures and events that are mentioned.
- Aristotle (section 152): Francisco d'Anconia wrote a thesis on the influence of Aristotle's theory of the Immovable Mover.
- Dark Ages (section 161): Ragnar Danneskjold's piracy is likened to something out of the Dark Ages.
- Inquisition (section 152): Sebastian d'Anconia flees Spain to escape persecution under the Inquisition.
- Middle Ages (section 161): It is said that Ragnar Danneskjold hides in the Norwegian fjords as the Vikings did in the Middle Ages.
- Nero (section 152): Francisco d'Anconia compares himself to the Emperor Nero.
- Patrick Henry (section 152): The eponym of Patrick Henry University.
- Vikings (section 161): It is said that Ragnar Danneskjold hides in the Norwegian fjords as the Vikings did in the Middle Ages.
Humor
In section 152, Francisco cracks that the Mexican government was promising a roast of pork every Sunday for every man, woman, child and abortion.In section 152, Francisco lists the various buildings constructed for the workers of the San Sebastian Mines, and notes how they are all poorly built and can be expected to collapse, except for the church. "The church, I think, will stand. They'll need it," he quips. Since the other things are things of value - houses, roads, etc. - it is ironic that only the church was built to last; to Rand and her heroes, a church is of no real value.
Almost every nation in the world except the United States is referred to as "The People's State of...", and they are all, apparently, the recipients of relief supplies from the United States. In conversation, people casually refer to them as "The People's State of..." rather than just, say, France or Norway. It is obvious that people would not refer to countries by their formal names in casual conversation - we don't call Canada 'The Dominion of Canada' or Germany 'The Federal Republic of Germany' - so by having her characters do this Rand is exercising her dry wit.
Lying
The sympathetic characters of Atlas Shrugged do not tell lies. Even when they are clearly trying to conceal something, they do not rely on overt falsehood, even when it is obvious that they could do so without being found out. There are a few exceptions.
- In section 112 Brakeman tells Dagny Taggart he does not recall the name of the song he was whistling or where he heard it.
- In section 141 Francisco d'Anconia tells the press he came to New York because of a hat check girl and the liverwurst at Moe's Delicatessan.
- In section 151 we learn Dagny Taggart once lied to her mother about a cut to her lip that Francisco had given her. This was the only lie she ever told.
- In section 152 Dagny Taggart asks Francisco if Richard Halley has written a fifth concerto. He is evasive and tells her that Halley has stopped writing. Is this a lie?
- In section 161, Hank Rearden tells Dagny that he was the one who invited Bertram Scudder to the Rearden's anniversary party. It was actually Lillian who invited him, and Rearden had been furious about it.
- In part 2/chapter 9, Eddie Willers tells Dagny Taggart that his hesitation and uncertainty is caused by the illegality of her directions. In fact, Eddie was shocked by the evidence and thus realization of her affair with Hank Rearden.
People's States
Almost every nation that is mentioned, other than the United States, is referred to as a People's State. These include: - The People's State of England - The People's State of France - The People's State of Mexico - The People's State of Norway - The People's State of Portugal - The People's State of Turkey
Religion
In section 152 Francisco tells Dagny he named the San Sebastian Mines after his ancestor Sebastian d'Anconia, a man they both honor deeply. This, to Dagny, is blasphemy - the only kind of blasphemy she understands.
Social classes
Rand is sometimes called an elitist. This claim is probably accurate if we allow for the fact that Rand had her own standard of eliteness. She did not favor the rich over the poor, or the high-born over the low-born. She favored the men of virtue over those who lacked virtue. Throughout Atlas Shrugged, virtue is equated with creative ability.Different social classes are represented among both the heroes and the villains of Atlas Shrugged. Among the heroes, John Galt and Hank Rearden are from working class backgrounds, while Dagny Taggart and Francisco d'Anconia are from wealthy families. Among the villains, Fred Kinnan is from a working class background, while James Taggart and Betty Pope are from wealthy families.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Topics of note in Atlas Shrugged."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FORA | English | Food Risk Assessment group | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FoodSynonyms: food for thought (n), intellectual nourishment (n), nutrient (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food; means. |
Combatant | Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. |
Corpse | Noun: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil. |
Food | Meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout; light refreshment; bara, chotahazri; bara khana. |
Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese. | |
Gluttony | Verb: gormandize, gorge; overgorge, overeat oneself; engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff; guttle, guzzle; bolt, devour, gobble up; gulp; (swallow food); raven, eat out of house and home. |
Idea | Noun: subject of thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum. |
Mart | Grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store. |
Plan | Forecast, program(me), prospectus; carte du pays; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare; (food); base of operations; platform, plank, slate, ticket. |
Poetry | Phrase: "a poem round and perfect as a star"; Dichtung und Wahrheit; furor poeticus; "his virtues formed the magic of his song"; "I do but sing because I must"; "I learnt life from the poets"; licentia vatum; mutum est pictura poema; "O for a muse of fire!"; "sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge"; "the true poem is the poet's mind"; Volk der Dichter und Denker; "wisdom married to immortal verse". |
Pulpiness | Mush, oatmeal, baby food. |
Taking | Noun: taking; Verb: reception; (taking in); (taking food); appropriation, prehension, prensation; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension; abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal; abstraction, ademption; adrolepsy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have fast food experience (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an acropolis, in which case it's not your fault (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Now get them out of here before she sees them! Look away, just look away, keep your eyes that way! You would think that in a fancy restaurant at these prices you could keep the snails off the food! There are so many snails there you can't even see the food (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) Wednesday, play with your food! (Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson, Larry Wilson) The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn't hungry but thirsty, I must've drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) | |
Lyrics | Maybe at the liquor store, or maybe at the health food stand (Lady; performing artist: D'Angelo) The food ain't too shabby, (In France; performing artist: Frank Zappa) I don't like nasty food (Nasty; performing artist: Janet Jackson) Jigga give out food for thought dog, get a plate (Guilty Until Proven Innocent; performing artist: Jay-Z) They have no food to eat (THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN; performing artist: New Kids On The Block) | |
Clever | Soul food served here. (references; author: unknown) What is the only food that doesn't spoil? Honey. (references; author: unknown) A seafood diet is the best--whenever you see food, eat it. (references; author: unknown) I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. (references; author: unknown) On a Japanese food processor: “Not to be used for the other use. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Soul Food (2000) Cat Food (1969) A Few Notes on Our Food Problem (1968) Health: Food and Nutrition (1967) Food (1965) | |
Song Titles | Hold Tight (Sea Food) (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters) JUNK FOOD JUNKIE (performing artist: LARRY GROSS) | |
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 | From an overhead angle, bread, chinese cabbage, strawberry, grapes, brussels sprouts and a leaf garnish are shown on a white patterned table. On a purple napkin above the food, white lettering reads: "Healthy eating may reduce your risk of some kinds of cancer". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" December 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Shown is the 5 A Day ad "The Original Fast Food" that appeared in Washington D.C.'s Metrorail stations during September 1993. The ad has running figurines in the shapes of a banana, an orange juice box, a tomato, carrot and broccoli. Credit: Fred Hirsch (photographer). |
 | A blocked flea, i.e. dark spots in stomach, is unable to ingest its blood meal because of a mass of bacteria within the proventriculus, preventing passage of food from the esophagus to the stomach. Credit: CDC. |  | People standing in food line in Laredo, Texas, following the Rio Grande flood of 1954. Credit: CDC. |
 | Meat for dinner - sometimes the surveyors had to hunt their own food Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Brownie begging for food from NOAA hydrographic launch at Wide Bay Brownie was a regular visitor for lunch. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Pickerel weed (Pondeteria cordata) marsh in the Patuxent River. Found in freshwater tidal marshes, it is a source of food for deer. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Horned pondweed - Zannichellia palustrus - growth usually peaks in June and begins covering the beaches. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides food and habitat for a wide variety of biota, but has been in serious decline for the last several decades. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sea gulls looking for scraps of food off stern of the ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Tied up and ready to offload cargo of fish food. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Chinese food" by Grenville Tryon Commentary: "A delicious chinese dish." | "Food 2" by Robert Mijdendorp Commentary: "In my mouth...." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Sauce; cooking; Italian food; hot; spicy; rich; homemade; spaghetti; pasta; . | | Bubbling; cooking; pasta; sauce; cook; food; cuisine; restaurant; Italian. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Baudelaire | Any healthy man can go without food for two days -- but not without poetry. |
Desiderius Erasmus | When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. |
Emily Dickinson | Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. |
Hippocrates | That your food may be your medicine, and that your medicine may be your food. |
John Kenneth Galbraith | More die in the United States from too much food that from too little. |
Lucretius | What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. |
Margaret Fuller | A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. |
Walter Bagehot | Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. |
William Shakespeare | If music be the food of love; play on. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The same is to be observed in all birds, (except some domestic ones, where plenty of food excuses the cock from feeding, and taking care of the young brood) whose young needing food in the nest, the cock and hen continue mates, till the young are able to use their wing, and provide for themselves. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The payment for such supplies of food and raw material for Germany and such other payments as may be judged by the Allied and Associated Powers to be essential to enable Germany to meet her obligations in respect of reparation will have priority to the extent and upon the conditions which have been or may be determined by the Governments of the said Powers. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | It seems odd, don’t you think, that the quality of the food should vary inversely with the brightness of the lighting |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I have heard him smack his lips over dinners, every guest at which, except himself, had long been food for worms |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The people, however, that food for cannon so fond of the cannoneer, looked for him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They watched his hand as it carried food to his mouth |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He said that must needs be a miserable country which cannot furnish food for its own inhabitants |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Like many of my contemporaries, I had rarely for many years used animal food, or tea, or coffee, etc. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Keep a food diary. (references) | |
Give food a chance. (references) | ||
Handle food properly. (references) | ||
Business | Four to five companies dominate the retail food sector. (references) | |
The demand for food concentrates grows at 15% annually. (references) | ||
A typical U.S. frozen food warehouse will serve 300 stores. (references) | ||
Children | India | Three children died after consuming the food, and nearly 1,000 others became ill. (references) |
Mozambique | Other NGO groups sponsored food, shelter, and education programs in all major cities. (references) | |
Moldova | One orphanage director lost his job for selling the food earmarked for the children on the black market. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Korea | Many return after securing food. (references) |
Belarus | They were beaten and denied food. (references) | |
Malawi | The World Food Program estimated the refugee population to be 4,300 refugees. (references) | |
Economic History | San Marino | Imports--manufactured goods, food. (references) |
Andorra | Most of Andorra's food is imported. (references) | |
Austria | Austria is a net exporter of pet food. (references) | |
Human Rights | Fiji | Food and sanitation in prisons are limited. (references) |
Gabon | Prisons provide inadequate food for inmates. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | Relatives may bring food once every 2 months. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | There still were cases of malnutrition, and the ICRC addressed those cases with food supplements. (references) |
Suriname | Mercury runoff from these operations also contaminates and threatens traditional food source areas. (references) | |
Mexico | The ICRC announced that it would likely reduce food assistance after assessing results of the fall harvest. (references) | |
Minorities | Ghana | Many homes were looted, and food barns were destroyed. (references) |
Dominican Republic | In exchange, the parents receive monetary payment or a supply of clothes and food. (references) | |
Tanzania | In 1994 6 Barabaig plaintiffs filed a class action suit, which included 750 members of the Barabaig tribe, challenging their eviction by the National Food Corporation, a parastatal organization. (references) | |
Political Economy | KUWAIT | Almost 98 percent of Kuwait's food is imported. (references) |
Sudan | Health care is primitive, and food is inadequate. (references) | |
CHILE | Products affected include red meat, dairy and pet food. (references) | |
Political Rights | Ethiopia | Elections in the Somali region took place in August 2000, after delays due to a food emergency and voter registration irregularities. (references) |
Trade | Austria | For food products the VAT is 10% only. (references) |
Uae | Agency law does not pertain to food products. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Indian food - nice buffet. (references) |
Ghana | Good pizzas and other fast food. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Food in Bulgaria is abundant and delicious. (references) | |
Women | Bangladesh | Women also are found in the electronics, food processing, beverage, and handicraft industries. (references) |
Ghana | Various organizations provide food, medical care, and other forms of support to the residents of the camp. (references) | |
Gambia | No statutory discrimination exists in other kinds of employment; however, women generally are employed in endeavors such as food vending or subsistence farming. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Panama | They commonly are deprived of adequate food and shelter. (references) |
Estonia | A third central union represents food processing and rural workers. (references) | |
Germany | These organizations provide food, shelter, and counseling to victims. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Weil | You get them in many health food stores. There is a product out there called Microsoft that I like, there's another product called Host Defense. Read the labels, go to my web site for more information about it. |
Art Linkletter | I eat some meat, but not a lot. Today's meals are too fat. Lois and I, when we eat out almost invariably take home enough food to have lunch the next day. |
Dennis Miller | We love the convenience of fast food. |
Paul Burrell | Well, because what happens is people eat large amounts of food and then get rid of it. And you know what's going to happen. I knew the symptoms, raiding the fridge. And then I'd follow her into the bathroom and set the towels into the right place. |
Robert Atkins | Oh, have you got that wrong. If it tastes good, you can stay on it for life. Just pick a healthy food that tastes good and that's what Atkins does. |
Rush Limbaugh | If you want healthful food on your own menu, then take care of it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | Sanitary laws, pure food laws, and laws determining conditions of labor which individuals are powerless to determine for themselves are intimate parts of the very business of justice and legal efficiency. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Since the surrender of Japan, civilian food consumption has risen still further. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Today it is feeding one out of every four school age children in Latin America an extra food ration from our farm surplus. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Nations with food deficits must put more of their resources into voluntary family planning programs. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Last year I twice sought long overdue reform of the scandal-riddled food stamp program. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This corrects a serious fault in our past food assistance policy. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | That means more toxic chemicals in our water, more smog in our air, more pesticides in our food. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Food" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.96% of the time. "Food" is used about 18,972 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.96% | 18,965 | 479 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18,972 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "food". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Bethsaida | N/A | Biblical | Of food |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| France | Groupe Food Partner | Hong Kong | Lam Soon Food Industries Ltd |
| Japan | Ishii Food Co., Ltd. | Philippines | Jollibee Food Corporation |
| Poland | Farm Food S.A. | Singapore | Asia Food & Properties Limited |
| South Africa | Sovereign Food Investments Limited | South Korea | Bum Yang Food Co., Ltd. |
| Taiwan | Chia Hsin Food and Synthetic Fiber Co. | Thailand | Food and Drinks Public Co. Ltd. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "food": abominable food ♦ Agricultural & Food Technology Services Ltd ♦ albanian fried food of cheese or curds ♦ angel food cake ♦ animal food ♦ assimilate food ♦ attack the food ♦ automatic food vending machine ♦ baby food ♦ be off one's food ♦ be very particular about one's food ♦ bioengineered food ♦ bird food ♦ blow on food ♦ bolt down one's food ♦ bolt one's food ♦ bottled food ♦ breakfast food ♦ buy food ♦ canned and bottled food ♦ canned food ♦ cat food ♦ chain of food stores ♦ chinese food ♦ Chinese System of Food Cures ♦ Chinese traditional food therapy ♦ CI food black 1 ♦ coarse food ♦ concentrated food ♦ convenience food ♦ cook nourishing food ♦ cooked food ♦ cooking of food ♦ dainty food ♦ deep frozen food ♦ dehydrated food ♦ delicatessen food ♦ delicious food ♦ devil's food ♦ devil's food cake ♦ disgusting food ♦ dog food ♦ eat cold food ♦ european food ♦ everyday food ♦ farinaceous food ♦ fast food ♦ fast food restaurant ♦ filling food ♦ finger food ♦ food additive ♦ food additives ♦ food allergy ♦ food allowance ♦ food and Agriculture Organization ♦ food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ♦ Food and Beverages ♦ food and drink ♦ food and Drug Administration ♦ food animal ♦ food bank ♦ food cache ♦ food cellar ♦ food chain ♦ food color ♦ food coloring ♦ Food Coloring Agents ♦ food colour ♦ food colouring ♦ food company ♦ food consumption ♦ Food Contamination ♦ Food cravings ♦ food cycle ♦ Food Deprivation ♦ food elevator ♦ food engineering ♦ Food Exchange ♦ food factory ♦ food faddist ♦ food fibers ♦ food fish ♦ food for fishes ♦ food for the mind ♦ food for thought ♦ food grain ♦ Food Green S ♦ Food Habits ♦ food hamper ♦ Food Handling ♦ food hoarder ♦ food hygiene ♦ Food Hypersensitivity ♦ Food Industry ♦ Food Information Council ♦ Food Inspection ♦ Food Labeling ♦ food manufacturer ♦ food market ♦ Food Microbiology ♦ Food Packaging. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "food": food-aid, food-allergic, food-altering, food-and-agriculture, food-and-tobacco, food-and-wine, food-basket, food-baskets, food-begging, food-body, food-borne, food-card, food-carriers, food-chain, food-collecting, food-conducting, food-consumption, food-c | |
