1. How often do you eat take-out food?
2. How often do you eat at restaurants?
3. Do you enjoy cooking? How often do you
cook?
4. Do you think it’s important to eat healthy
Questions food?
5. What is your favourite cuisine? (Example:
Italian, Korean, Indian, American, Thai,
etc)
6. If you were stuck on an island for six
months and you could only eat 3 foods,
what would they be?
Questions
1. Would you ever participate in a
hotdog eating competition?
2. Have you ever tried any unusual
food? What was it? Did you like it?
3. Do you think that you could be a
vegetarian / vegan?
4. What is something that you don’t
like to eat, but you know it’s good
for you?
5. Have you ever tried to go on a diet?
6. What is a food that most people
like, but you don’t?
Unusual looking
food
What are the first thoughts you have when you
see the following foods.
Bitter Melon
Durian
Mopane worms
Oatmeal
Multi-Colored Hamburgers
Guacamole
Questions
1. Which foods do you not enjoy
eating?
2. What are the reasons for not wanting
to certain foods?
3. If you had to choose between only
eating meat, vegetables or fruit,
which would it be? Why?
Telling a story about
food.
• Flavorful: having a rich, distinctive, or appealing
taste or aroma
• Fried: cooked by immersing in hot oil or fat
• Mild: having a gentle or subtle flavor, not strong or
spicy
• Raw: uncooked, not heated or processed
• Salty: having a taste like that of salt or containing a
Vocabulary
high concentration of salt
• Soft: easy to cut, bend, or crush; having a yielding
texture that is not firm or crispy
• Sour: having an acidic, tart, or tangy taste
• Sweet: having a taste like sugar or honey, or
containing a high concentration of sugar
• Baked: cooked by dry heat in an oven,
without added fat or liquid.
• Boiled: cooked by submerging in boiling
water or other liquid.
• Cooked: prepared by applying heat,
usually involving some form of
processing or transformation of the food
• Crispy: food that is firm and brittle, often
Vocabulary achieved by frying or baking until it has
a thin, crunchy crust
• Crunchy: having a crisp texture that
makes a sharp sound when bitten or
crushed
• Spicy: containing strong, pungent, or hot
spices or seasonings that create a
burning or tingling sensation in the
mouth
Think about a food
story you can tell.
Examples:
• A food you eat for a
special holiday or
celebration.
• A memory or event that
involves food.
• Your own idea.
Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
1. Have you ever tried a food that you didn't like at
first, but ended up loving?
2. What is the most unique or unusual food you have
ever tried?
3. What is the most memorable meal you've ever had
and why was it memorable?
4. What is the most challenging dish you've ever
cooked or attempted to cook?
5. Do you have a favourite cookbook or cooking
website that you like to use?
6. How do you think technology has changed the way
we think about food (e.g., meal delivery apps,
online grocery shopping, social media food
influencers, etc.)?
7. Have you ever been to a food festival or culinary
event? What was it like?
8. Do you have any tips or tricks for saving money on
food or eating healthy on a budget.
