Ways of describing food:
fresh
crisp
juicy
dry
raw uncooked but edible (you can eat it). For example, carrots, tuna or beef can be raw fresh in a natural condition rather than artificially preserved by, for example, freezing
ripe completely developed and ready to be eaten
off no longer fresh or good to eat because it's too old
rotten fruit or vegetables which are no longer fresh
rancid butter or oil which is no longer fresh
Meat can be: raw, rare, medium, well-done, burnt
Flavours:
sour milk which is no longer fresh
salty
sweet
spicy/hot
mild
strong
creamy
Listen to the following podcast. Describing the taste of food
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The Cinnamon Club
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Mexican food
In this week's London Life, Mexican Miguel Molina tells us about Mexican food in the capital city. Find out why he doesn't go to Mexican restaurants anymore and why, if you're Mexican, it might be hard to find food that you love from back home!
Before you listen to the programme, look at the questions below - the answers are in the programme.
1. Which spice is used a lot in Mexican cooking in the UK that you wouldn't find in the food cooked in Mexico?
2. Approximately how many Mexicans are living in London?
3. What two things would Miguel do to make Mexican food in London better?
LISTEN
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
British breakfasts
We find out what the great British breakfast is made of, and why it is becoming more and more popular, especially in London, to eat breakfast in a café before arriving at the office for a hard day's work! Our guests are an American anthropologist, a top chef in a London restaurant, and the author of new book called 'Egg, Bacon, Chips and Beans: 50 Great Cafés and the Stuff That Makes Them Great'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1557_london_extra/page7.shtml
The new Superfood
If you're someone who is quite careful about what you eat and likes to be healthy, then you might want to find out about what's being hailed as the latest super food.
Food on the move
A research group says that Britons are spending four times as much for 'food on the move' as the Spanish and nearly twice as much as the Italians. The reason - it takes longer to get to work.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Silent letters
CUPBOARD/'kʌbəd/
One difficult thing in Enlish is the pronunciation of words that contain a silent letter. Click here and you will find certain combination of letters in which there are silent letters.
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