Food Mind Map

Unusual restaurants

Cooking vocabulary

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Utensils

Intermediate - Food: pleasure or fuel

Watch the following video and fill in the gaps:


Thintuition practice # 5. I regard food as fuel from Rob Stevens on Vimeo.

1.

1. You have to choose foods you like
2. Pleasure is not the purpose of eating
3. We eat to replenish the nutrients and calories our body needs
4. Overeating is consuming food you don’t need
5. The extra energy you consume becomes fat
6. Advertisers tempt us to eat their food
7. Food is not a solution to problems
8. You may think eating something might make you feel better
9. Food has never truly solved any problems for you

Answers: The answers are written in white in the blanks. Select the text above to see them.
Leave a comment: What's food for you?

Intermediate - How to eat a healthier diet

Watch this video about how to eat healthily


Now try some activities

2nd Intermediate-Food

Listen and choose the correct option or fill in the blanks.


1.Mexican food is as … as its people
a.diverse
b.antique
c.colourful

2.The Aztecs introduced
a.peppers
b.onions
c.squash

3.Mexican people spend
a.25% of their income on food
b.most of their earnings on food
c.25% more on food than other countries
 
4.They eat
a.tacos with every meal
b.tomatoes every day
c.vegetables with every meal
 
5.You can buy kilos of grain directly
a.from producers
b.at local markets
c.at supermarkets
 
6.Wahaca sauces
a.are made with chocolate
b.were introduced by the Aztecs
c.are served with any food
 
7.Mexican cooking style is based on a combination of
a.potatoes and corn
b.chicken meats
c.flavours
 
8.Taco meat is
a.used to fill burritos
b.savoured across the world
c.cooked in large pans

Answers written in white. Select this line to see them: 1a, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5b, 6a, 7c, 8a


1. Mexican dishes are as ____________ and ____________ as the people.
2. The Aztecs shared many ________________________ with the world. 
3. On average Mexicans spend ____________ of their ____________ on food.
4. ________________________ exhibit a wide selection of produce.
5. An amazing variety of ________________________ are available to buy by the kilo.
6. Wahaca is known for its ________________________
7. The juices combine and provide a ________________________
8. Mexican cuisine is savoured ________________________


The answers are written in white in the next two lines. Select the lines below and you will see them.
1.varied/unique, 2.new vegetables, 3.25%/earnings, 4.outdoor markets, 5.seeds and grain, 6.mole sauces, 7.fusion of flavour, 8.across the globe.
DISCUSSION (leave your comments)
Do you think people in Galicia eat less traditional food than the used to?

Food Pyramid

How to speak about food

Talking about food

Describing food from Angela Ruiz Montero

How to Make Butter Chicken



Food vocabulary exercises
Adjectives to describe food
Adjectives to describe food2
The Benefits of Healthy Eating (Reading Comprehension)
Fish and Chips (Reading Comprehension)
Listenings
Video about Mexican food with an exercise

Intermediate - Recipe

Listen (don't watch) and complete this recipe.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Ingredients
60g (1) butter
1 small onion
4 stalks of celery
1 leek
(2) 200g mushrooms
3 tablespoons of flour
340ml milk
460ml chicken stock
(3) Black pepper and salt

Utensils
(4) Saucepan
Wooden spoon
Liquidizer
Ladle

Instructions

1. Add the butter and leave it to (5) melt
2. Add the (6) diced onion, leek, celery and mushrooms and sweat them
3. Add the flour and (7) mix it well
4. Pour milk and the chicken stock and (8) stir the ingredients round
5. (9) Season it well with salt and pepper
6. Cook the soup for (10) 25 minutes
7. (11) Blend until no bits remain
8. (12) Taste the soup and if necessary season it again

Serve with (13) crusty bread to accompany

Answers: They are written in white. Select the text above and you'll see them in the blanks.

How I learnt English

Watch this video and take notes

Watch and do the tasks below

Write a summary of how she learnt English (0-3.33)
Write the list of tips she gives.