Glycyrrhizin, one of the active components in licorice root, is 50 times sweeter than sugar and gives licorice its characteristic taste. Pure licorice root is also a herbal medicine that, while very effective, carries risk of side-effects at high doses or in susceptible people.
Vegan Cooking and Lifestyle. Vegan Moroccan Bisteeya (aka Bastilla or Pastilla) This recipe comes from the March/April 2012 issue of VegNews magazine. I could not find an online link for it though. Bisteeya is also called Bastilla or Pastilla, and is a favorite Berber dish from Morocco, served at the beginning of special meals. Itâs often made from pigeon, chicken, eggs and chicken fat (yuck).
BishÅnen (ç¾å°å¹´, also transliterated bishounen (helpÂ·info)) is a Japanese term literally meaning beautiful youth (boy) and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation.ast, bishota can be used to refer to a beautiful, pre-pubescent male child or a childlike male. Outside Japan, bishÅnen is the most well-known of the three terms, and has become a generic term for all beautiful boys and young men.