3. food. real food begins with, and consists mostly of vegetables. meat, cheese, eggs, grains, seeds, etc are great, but are only seasonings.

How do you figure? What aspects of what you list make them any less real than that of dishes primarily consisting of vegetables?

If I had to name what I considered the prototypical real food, I would have to go with rice. It is eaten all over the world, and has served as the cornerstone for several very disparate civilizations for a very, very long time