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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[exploration|explorer]] who, together with ...
5: ...affio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]...
7: ...ed prominence in Venice and are historically recorded as Venetians.
13: ... more advanced than similar contemporary European developments.
18: ...nt the few months of his imprisonment dictating a detailed account of his travels in the then-unknown ... - Food (24212 bytes)
7: ==Legal definition==
9: ...ocessed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by ...
14: Links to official legal definitions of food:
15: ...fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food]
16: ...uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900016_en_2.htm#mdiv1 UK definition of food] - Cereal (6537 bytes)
2: ...igin in the Roman goddess of grain, ''[[Ceres (goddess)|Ceres]]''. [[Staple food]] grains are often c...
4: ...jpg|thumb|300px|Oats, barley, and some products made from them.]]
10: The cereal crops are (in approximate order of greatest annual production):
13: ...ica]], and [[Africa]] and of [[livestock]] worldwide; called "corn" in North America
15: ...staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for livestock - Italy (17022 bytes)
3: The independent countries of [[San Marino]] and the [[Vatican C...
7: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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24: |'''[[President of Italy|President]]''' || [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...bsence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...y incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influe...
12: rapidly dehydrate; (hence the devastating effects of persistent [[diarrhea]]). - Arugula (1242 bytes)
4: ...of [[leaf vegetable]], for culinary purposes considered a sort of [[lettuce]].
8: ...nce the [[Roman empire|Roman]] times; it was considered to be an [[aphrodisiac]]. Still, it was not cu...
10: ...r [[pizza]]s is also common; in this case it is added only after the baking. It is rich in [[vitamin C... - Potato (22889 bytes)
16: ...t important non-[[cereal]] crop, and grow world-wide. Growers cultivate thousands of different varieti...
18: ...ato" to distinguish the two, a reference to the widespread cultivation of potatoes in [[Ireland]] in t...
21: ...anguage|French]]-speakers call the potato ''pomme de terre'', meaning literally "apple of earth". ([[D...
24: ...hat the potato plant originally came from the [[Andes]]. [[Pre-Columbian]] societies of this region (p...
28: ...oyee of King [[Louis XV]]. Today, potatoes grow widely in Europe, especially in North European Plain c... - Spaghetti squash (974 bytes)
1: ..., boiled or steamed, and served with sauce as for pasta, or used as a vegetable base for [[macaroni and c... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...b|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ...mas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, including s...
12: ...acau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of ...
14: ...become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in large urban centers of mainland China, r...
20: ... of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations. - Flatulence (3532 bytes)
1: ...ed]] particles of [[feces]], and it is released under pressure through the [[anus]] with a characteris...
8: ...[[oligosaccharides]] such as [[inulin]]) and include [[bean]]s, [[milk]], [[onion]]s, [[yam]]s, [[swee...
10: ...ndogenous gases seem to arise from [[oligosaccharide]]s, carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion...
14: ...ined conditions, and stresses peculiar to those endeavours were cause for concern (McGee, 1984 pp.257-...
22: ...]]es and [[bread]]), the amount of flatulence may decrease significantly. - Wheat (11378 bytes)
21: ...A [[ploidy|hexaploid]] species that is the most widely cultivated in the world.
23: ...s. Cultivated in ancient times but no longer in widespread usage.
24: ...r. ''durum'') The only tetraploid form of wheat widely used today.
30: ...er, self-sowing seeds to become the ancestor of modern wheat.
40: # [[Russian Federation]]: 42.2 million tonnes
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