21.   Food had become increasingly important as the week wore on.

22.   Foods become moist and succulent, with an intense intermingling of flavors.

23.   For most Americans, food was becoming much simpler and less fussed with.

24.   Food has become requisite at almost any staff meeting.

25.   Food has become scarce, and some children have starved.

26.   Food has become the new sex, at least in a flurry of novels in the last year or so that use cooking as Ayn Rand used architecture.

27.   Food is becoming a theme as universally resonant as love, war and the search for truth.

28.   Food often becomes available at a distinct source, as when a protozoan excretes organic matter.

29.   For example, in New York City, where Indian food has become increasingly popular, there are only a handful of restaurants specializing in southern dishes.

30.   For too many Americans, especially women, food has become an enemy when it should be a friend.