List the countries where you have lived for an extended time:
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Seminar A's taken before
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Do you consider yourself to be a good cook?
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What are you best at cooking?
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Opinions about what it means to have a balanced diet:
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Do you think you have a healthy diet?
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What have you eaten so far today?
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Foods or food customs that have surprised you… [especially when you traveled]
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Do you eat meat?
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Why do you eat meat? Or, why not, if you don't eat meat?
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Foods you would be willing to eat:
How did you decide which sorts of animals you would eat and which you wouldn’t eat?
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What do you think it means to be ‘culturally sensitive’ and do you think that you yourself are culturally sensitive?
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Do you think that being “culturally sensitive” means that one should eat what a host has served you when you are on a home stay or visiting the home of a foreign friend...even if the food (or drink) is not something you like or that morally offends you? Explain.
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Have you ever been on a diet?
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If you have been on a diet, explain the diet(s) you have been on, how long you stayed on them, and how successful they were.
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Are there any food types that you especially avoid?
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If you do avoid some foods, which types do you avoid and why?
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Which food cultures are you most interested in learning more about?
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What does “Japanese cuisine” mean to you? For example, what images come into your mind when you hear that expression?
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What is your favorite foreign cuisine? Within that cuisine, what is your favorite dish?
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What is your favorite restaurant in Tokyo (or in Japan in general)? Describe the restaurant and what you like about it:
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In your opinion, which countries have the worst cuisine? Why?
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Do you think a vegetarian diet is better than a diet that includes meat?
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Regarding your opinion about the relative value of a vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian diet, why do you think so?
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Are there any foods that you would not eat as a child that you now like? Why do you think this is?
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What foods do you think are most romantic? Why are they romantic?
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What foods do you eat when you feel sick or depressed?
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Do you think there’s any connection between what you eat and the environment?
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If you do think there's a connection between the environment and what we eat, what do you think the connections are?