Food idioms that are related to food and eating
1. Made a pig of themselves
2. Eat like a horse
3. Eat like a bird
4. Wolf down
5. Work up an appetite
6. Spoil your appetite
7. Make your mouth water
8. A picky eater
9. I Could Live On This
10. Hit The Spot
11. Finger-Licking Good
Food idioms that are not related to food
1. Eat your heart out!
2. Will eat my hat
3. Eat one’s words
4. Eat humble pie
5. Gnaw away
6. Eating out of one’s hand
7. Have bigger fish to fry
8. Like two peas in a pod
9. Greatest thing since sliced bread
10. Too many cooks spoil the broth
Phrasal verbs
- pick at
- snack on
- pig out
- polish off
- live on
- cut down on
- order in
- eat out
- dig in
Cuisine – kind of food you find in a specific country or culture…eg…
Chinese cuisine, Chinese cooking, Chinese food – all similar in
meaning
Meal - a meal is food eaten at a specific time – breakfast, lunch and
dinner
Dish – a plate of food or something that someone’s
prepared….something which is cooked or prepared, usually it’s made
from different kinds of food not the plate the food is served on)
Most cities are cosmopolitan, so you can find a variety of dishes.
What’s your favourite dish?
Food - is rarely plural unless you are intending to emphasize different
types of food are present — perhaps from different regions. Example:
In this market one can find foods from all over the world.
What kind of food do you like?
What’s Polish cuisine like?
What are some typical dishes in Poland?
Could you give me detailed instructions for how to make your
favourite dish / something you prepare regularly…
Food prep:
Roast --- the chicken / vegetables in the oven
Grill --- the chops (fatty food mainly)
Bake --- bake bread / biscuits / muffins / cakes, etc.
Grill --- grill the
sauté / fry (both cooked in hot fat / oil)
sauté (high temp for short time, example – onions….sauté the onions
(brown the onions)
Boil / simmer….heat until boil
Simmer – low heat, boil – high heat
Pour (liquid)
Sprinkle (spread small amount over something – grated cheese, herbs,
so on.
Season with …. Salt and pepper
Think about the last thing you ate. Talk about the flavour, texture.
Did you like it? Why / Why not?
Adjectives …
It was delicious / scrumptious / fantastic / appetizing / yummy /
delectable / mouth-watering / / flavourful / full of flavour! / fit for a
king / The best thing since sliced bread!
Tasteless / awful / terrible / disgusting / nauseating
It was edible (it was ok…) It was acceptable / satisfactory / Not the
best thing I’ve tasted / Nothing to write home about (not impressed /
it wasn’t great)
flavour – spicy, sour, acidic, sweet, bitter, rich (used to describe
heavier food)
Bland – little or no favour
Texture – mushy (soft but in an unpleasant way)
Tough and chewy (meat) ---- difficult to eat
Tender (soft) --- used to describe meat
Crunchy – make a lot of sound when eating
Crumbly – soft and easy to break into pieces (both good and bad)
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