Lasagna, it's not a dish. It's the food of the Gods. --- Garfield.

意大利宽面，不是一般的食物，那是上帝才能享用的食物。

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But how did chocolate go from being the food of the gods to being the food of love?

但巧克力是怎样从神的食品变成了爱情食品的呢？

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The Greek term "Theobroma" stands for "food of the gods".

希腊词汇“可可”代表着“神的食物”。

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Its story begins with a plant whose scientific name, Theobroma cacao, means "food of the gods."

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The taxonomical name for chocolate is Theobroma, that is, food of the gods appropriately named, because these beans, when dried, processed, and sweetened, make a tasty confection that is simply divine.

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The LA Times brings us the distressing news that there is going to be a shortage, a near famine, of that food of the Gods that is bacon.

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Terence McKenna, in his book "Food of the Gods, " wrote about the origins of human language: this unique, often ecstatic expression of consciousness that bursts forth as morsels of meaning encoded as vocal patterns.

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