| A | B |
| urban shoppers | city folks who buy things |
| specialization | to focus attention on one thing; to be an expert on one small aspect of something |
| industrial food consumer | those who eat unnatural foods that are produced by a specific industry |
| cultural amnesia | to suffer a certain forgetfulness related to |
| a pig in a poke | something that is purchased without the buyer seeing it or knowing its value beforehand |
| food esthetics | a set of principles having to do with appreciating food, its tastes, its beauty |
| perfunctory | superficial, careless |
| obliviousness | to be unaware, unconscious of something |
| relentlessly | to continue without stopping, stubbornly pushing ahead |
| estranged | to be separated from |
| comely arts | pleasing, attractive practices |
| dubious | doubtful |
| domestication | subduing, making tame |
| insinuated | subtle hinting or manipulation; to move in on someone or into a certain situation |
| subsidize | money provided by the government or state |
| wreaks havoc | causes a great deal of chaos |
| metabolized | to produce energy, to digest |
| predators | those that prey on something in order to attack it |