Talk About Food and Cooking in English - Spoken English Lesson

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about food. Learn useful words and phrases to talk about food and cooking in English.
You’ll see how to talk about different cuisines, talk about food you like - or dislike - and talk about cooking and eating habits. Practice your English speaking with a certified English teacher! Learn more here: bit.ly/ooe-teachers.
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Contents:
1. Introduction 00:00 - 00:49
2. Talking About Cuisines 00:50 - 03:52
3. Talking About Cooking 03:53 - 07:51
This lesson will help you:
- Get new phrases and vocabulary to talk about cuisines and dishes when you talk about food in English.
- Learn adjectives you can use when you describe food in English.
- Talk about cooking in English and get examples you can use in English conversation.
- Describe how to make a specific dish in English. You'll hear some useful phrases to describe the cooking process in English.
- Understand more cooking vocabulary you can use to improve your spoken English.
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I'm from Peru. I love Peruvian food so much that I couldn't live without it. Our cuisine is a result of a mix of cultures (Spanish, African, Italian, Japanese and so on). That's why is so unique and delicious. Every dish tells a story. There are so many dishes and one of them is called "Papa a la huancaina" and it's my favourite. This dish has potatoes and a cream made of milk, cheese, soda cookies and some kind of chili known as "ají amarillo". To prepare this dish. First you have to boil the potatoes. Then you have to put the milk, cheese, chili and soda cookies all together in a blender and blend the ingredients. After that, in a plate you have to put some lettuce, upon the lettuce place the potatoes and the cream. You can also put a olive and a piece of egg as decoration.

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Thank you very much for this interesting information. Keep up the good work. I'm Moroccan. We eat mediterenean food. A lot of fish, meat with prunes, tagline with meat balls, roast chicken, stuffed chicken. We use much spices, but we are also open to international cuisines like pasta, pizza, Paela. Cooking habits: 3 meals a day+ eating between meals (casse-croute). Moroccan cuisine is rich and diverse. The famous dishes:couscous and tagine.

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Glad you liked it and thanks for sharing! Here are a few suggestions for your writing: 1) 'roasted chicken' not, 'roast'. 2) 'We use a lot of spices,' not, 'much'. 3) '...pizza, and Paela,' not, '...pizza, Paela'. Hope this is useful for you!

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🟢 Conversation 1 (about cuisines): Marie: What kind of food do you like? Oli: I like a bit of everything, really. I grew up in the UK, and you can get food from all over the world there. My mum’s cooking is a combination of different cuisines: a bit of French, a bit of Italian, a bit of Indian, and so on. Marie: What’s British cuisine like? I know about fish and chips, but there must be more… Oli: There’s, but not that much. There are a few famous dishes like shepherd’s pie or Sunday roast, but most people eat a mix of things. What about you? What food do you like? Marie: Well! I’m half Spanish, so when I was young we ate a lot of Mediterranean food at home. Now I live in Berlin, and it’s a pretty cosmopolitan place, so you can get all kinds of food, like the UK I suppose. Oli: I’ve never really had much Spanish food. Is it similar to Italian? Marie: In some ways, yes. They both use a lot of fresh ingredients, and there’s a lot of seafood, salads, and so on. Pasta isn’t so common in Spanish cooking, though. Oli: What are some typical Spanish dishes? I’d be interested to try some. Marie: I guess paella is quite well-known. My personal favourite is a dish called albondigas, which is meatballs is a tomato sauce. It’s simple, but so tasty. Oli: Sounds good!

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Wow, that sounds really good! One small point: 'grilled beef, grilled vegetables' not 'grill'. Enjoy and thanks for watching the lesson.

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Hi, thanks for your great learning videos. I am iranian and we the Iranian people mostly eat rice with Some etew and also varieties of meal's have a lot of fan in Iran. like chicken, lamb, beef and fish. I eat Iranian cuisine's but I love fast food specially pizza. I'm not a good chef and honestly I cook rarely but any time I cook, other admire my cooking.

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Thanks for watching and sharing, Mohammad! Here are some corrections for you: 1) Did you mean: '...with some stew...' instead of, '...with Some etew...'? 2) '...also a variety of meals have...' not, '...also varieties of meal's have...' 3) What do you mean by 'have a lot of fan'? Hope this is useful for you!

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