Vocabulary

handmade soba

soba made with only buckwheat flour

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

raw noodles; uncooked noodles

bowl of rice topped with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce

traditional food; ancestral food

you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)

taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet

fruitarianism

Atkins diet

low-carbohydrate diet; low-carb diet

glycemic index

gastroenterology

French paradox; paradox of relatively high health levels in France despite smoking, consumption of alcohol, meat, etc.

veganism

One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

cake salé; salty, unsweet pound cake (usu. incl. cheese and vegetables)

mandragora; mandrake

analepticum; restorative medicine

training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)

purplish; purply; tinged with purple

Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun

baozi (steamed bun)

cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue

skewered beef

meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat

pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken

to hit and break open; to crush; to smash

chestnut

to smooth out; to straighten; to relax

conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace

crushed ice; chipped ice

hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

chipped ice; ice chips

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glycemic index

GI haircut; crew cut

boiling (esp. rice)

dinner

pot with two handles