Turkey and pumpkin pie are the essential foods.

火鸡和南瓜派都是必备的。

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What are some essential foods vegetarians should keep in the kitchen?

什么食物对素食者来说在厨房中是必备的呢？

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Several polls suggest that shortages of wheat and other essential foods, high inflation and worsening power cuts are the main reasons for Mr Musharraf's unpopularity.

几个民意调查还显示，小麦与其它必需食物的短缺、过高的通货膨胀以及不断恶化的停电是让穆沙拉夫失去信任度的主要原因。

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To come up with his index, Drewnowski ranked foods based on their concentrations of nine essential nutrients (protein, fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, C, E).

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It is absolutely essential, if you are revising school menus, to find foods that are both healthy AND tasty, and to make sure you have qualified cooks available to prepare it.

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One reason that certain foods carry so much local meaning is that they capture something essential about a region's flora and fauna.

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