Word: soy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...novel electronic gadgets ranging from computer-controlled air conditioners to golf-swing analyzers. The concept of fuzziness has struck a cultural chord in a society whose religions and philosophies are attuned to ambiguity and contradiction. Says Noboru Wakami, a senior researcher at Matsushita: "It's like soy sauce and sushi -- a perfect match...
Clamor is the usual condition in commodities pits. Last week, however, the soy-bean trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade erupted in pandemonium as the C.B.O.T. issued an emergency order, its first in a decade, that July futures contracts in excess of 1 million bu. be liquidated. In one day soybean-futures prices plunged 5%, to $6.86 per bu. Traders speculated that a single buyer was trying to corner the market or drive up prices. The suspected culprit: Ferruzzi Finanziaria, Italy's second largest privately held company and the third largest U.S. soybean processor since it bought Indiana...
With Eastern influences on Western food still growing, curious cooks should welcome Bruce Cost's Asian Ingredients (Morrow; $22.95). It provides a clear delineation of the spices, herbs, fruits, vegetables, oils, vinegars and soy sauces that so many chefs are now using to accent European dishes. Cost offers sketches to help readers recognize exotic ingredients, along with shopping guidance...
...needed soy sauce, and the lettuce annoyed me, but what made it better than anything from a more conventional Chinese restaurant was the atmosphere--orange plastic tables, linoleum floors, bring-your-own beer, the clatter and sizzle of the open kitchens. The people sitting next to us were so close, I felt like I should offer them a bite. After all, there was so much on the plate, I couldn't finish it myself...
Goldfarb, who comes from Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked for the Kikkoman Soy Sauce Company in Tokyo last summer and lived in Japan as an exchange student during high school...