These encounters have added new staples, such as asparagus and broccoli, to the Cantonese larder, and have also led to some inspired moments at the wok.

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And while Apple employees eat healthy, Jobs takes it to an extreme, one employee says, eating dark green vegetables such as broccoli and asparagus, grilled or steamed.

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When the visitors stop coming, the damage ripples far beyond the hotel workers and the shop keepers and the caleche drivers, to the farmers who supply the hotels with tomatoes or, even worse, vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and asparagus that tourists eat but Egyptians do not.

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For dinner, she prepares a piece of protein, like unseasoned chicken oven-baked without oil, accompanied by a serving of steamed veggies such as broccoli, squash or asparagus.

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