Vocabulary about food and nutrition
What food do you like to eat?
Answer: I am not a fussy eater. As long as you don’t feed me rabbit food I’m easy to please.
My flatmate and I share the cooking chores. Once a week we make a slap-up meal of steak
and chips covered in a rich sauce and to satisfy the sweet tooth we finish off with a decadent
chocolate pudding.
So, do you enjoy cooking?
Answer: I prefer eating to cooking. I make good use of ready meals and I am not averse to
junk food or the occasional pub lunch. I realize though that it is necessary to include
nutritious food in my diet, which is why I cook several times a week.
What’s your favourite meal of the day?
Answer: I’m a breakfast fan. I wake up starving hungry after a good night’s sleep. I like
nothing better than a good English breakfast of bacon, eggs, and buttery toast, along with a
piping hot cup of coffee.
Tell me about your favourite restaurant
Answer: I enjoy fine dining and exotic food. Both are available at my favourite restaurant in
the centre of town. On special occasions I take my partner wining and dining. We love the
ambience of the candle-lit dinners, and the extensive menu of mouth-watering meals.
The menu includes starters, mains and deserts. Usually by the time we get there I am dying of
hunger so we order a starter to calm the hunger pangs. We usually also share a bottle of
bubbly. It is after all a celebration. Having finished our starter we take our time, savouring
the food.
This is not the type of restaurant where you would ask for a doggy bag, so we waste nothing.
We end the evening with a delicious dessert. After settling the bill, we head off home, satisfied
that we have enjoyed a scrumptious meal.
Examiner: Do you believe that the 21st Century diet is a healthy one?
Answer: Far too many people are overweight. I believe that people should cut down on
sugars and refined carbohydrates and replace them with leafy vegetables and seasonal
fruits. A balanced diet would help them to regulate their weight.
Examiner: Starvation is a problem in many parts of the world. What do you think
should be done about it?
Answer: From what I’ve read current global food production can cover the daily
consumption needs of the world. We need to find a way to economically transport it to where
it is most needed or find alternate food sources. Nobody should starve when there is no
shortage of food.
In homes where both parents work do you think cooking has become just another job at
the end of the day?
Answer: I know that food preparation can be time-consuming, but if everyone helps with
ideas and recipes and everyone takes a turn and lends a hand, cooking can be fun for the
family. Home cooked meals are also often healthier and packed with vitamins.
Food vocabulary
1. A balanced diet – A diet that has the right amount of nutrients
2. A bottle of bubbly – Sparkling wine
3. A decadent chocolate pudding – Luxurious or self-indulgent chocolate pudding
4. A doggy bag – The leftovers of a meal in a restaurant taken home
5. A scrumptious meal – A delicious meal
6. A sweet tooth – An enjoyment of sweet food
7. An English breakfast – A large cooked breakfast that includes egg and bacon
8. Calm the hunger pangs – To reduce the discomfort caused by hunger
9. Candle lit dinner – A romantic dinner by candlelight
10. Covered in a rich sauce – Covered in a creamy gravy
11. Cut down on – To reduce consumption
12. Daily consumption – The amount that you eat everyday
13. Dying of hunger – Very hungry
14. Exotic meals – Meals that originate in other countries
15. Fine dining – Food catering to expensive tastes in a formal setting
16. Food preparation – Preparing food
17. Food production – Producing food
18. Fussy eater – Someone dislikes many foods
19. Home cooked meals – Meals cooked at home
20. Homemade food – Food made at home
21. Junk food – Food with little nutritional value
22. Leafy vegetables – Vegetables such as spinach and cabbage
23. Mouth-watering meals – Delicious meals
24. Nutritious food – Food with many nutrients
25. Packed with vitamins – Full of vitamins
26. Piping hot cup of coffee – Very hot coffee
27. Pub lunch – Lunch served in a bar
28. Rabbit food – Salad vegetables
29. Ready meals – Heat and eat meals
30. Refined carbohydrates – Foods such as white rice, white bread
31. Savouring the food – Enjoying the food
32. Scrumptious meal – An exceptionally tasty meal
33. Seasonal fruits – Fruits that grow in season
34. Starving hungry – Extremely hungry
35. Wining and dining – Entertainment that includes good food
