We Are What We Eat

- We Are What We Eat
- 1. What's in your recipe?
  - 1.1. Celeb diets
  - 1.2 Let's do lunch
  - 1.3 The wedding banquet
- 2. Only skin-deep
- 3. Superfood
  - 3.1 Counting your chickens
- 4. Food, culture and society
  - 4.1. Food around the world
  - 4.2. Everyone's a critic
- Bite size
- Aviso Legal

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# We Are What We Eat

### Inglés n.2 de Nivel Intermedio B2
Enseñanzas Oficiales de Idiomas |  | Lesson
Food
We Are What We Eat

## Autoría

Modificación de Common ground: Food, glorious food (Junta de Andalucía, Penélope Recio Garrido, Alistair Watson ) por Celia M. Cruz Rus

Licencia: Reconocimiento-No Comercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA

## Focus on

### Food, gastronomy, cooking?

Gastronomy is one of those terms often tossed around in the culinary field, used to define everything from fine dining experiences to specific studies of the chemical manipulation of food. While popular use puts the word almost always in the hands of chefs and cooks, gastronomy actually goes beyond cooking to define the food world as a whole. From the science of human digestion to the study of cultures and the way they interact with food, gastronomy is all about the relationship between humans, food, and the world we live in. For as long as there has been food, there has been gastronomy in some form or another. Questions regarding what we eat have always been around.

Source: http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/what-is-gastronomy/

Ask your partner what their favourite food/dish/fruit/dessert is. What food do you dislike? Do you have any food allergies?

Imagen de Michael Stern en Flickr. Dominio público. | Imagen de Michael Stern en Flickr . Dominio público. | Imagen de Michael Stern en Flickr . Dominio público.

## Do it yourself

Look at these phrasal verbs related to food. Match each with its meaning.

1. I'm too tired to go out. Let's order in. | Cloze (1): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDEyJXUwMDE4JXUwMDRiJXUwMDQ2JXUwMDA5JXUwMDFkJXUwMDUyJXUwMDU0JXUwMDE1JXUwMDBhJXUwMDBlJXUwMDA0JXUwMDE2JXUwMDE2JXUwMDE4JXUwMDU5JXUwMDQ2JXUwMDA5JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBiJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFiJXUwMDRmJXUwMDQyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ0JXUwMDAxJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1JXUwMDFmJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE3JXUwMDAx
2. He was starving and soon polished off the plate in front of him. | Cloze (2): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAyJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDExJXUwMDExJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU5JXUwMDQzJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA2JXUwMDE4JXUwMDA4JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ2JXUwMDA5JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi
3. You could tell he was sad- she just picked at her food. | Cloze (3): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDQxJXUwMDQxJXUwMDUzJXUwMDFlJXUwMDBjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDRjJXUwMDQxJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAyJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDU4JXUwMDBjJXUwMDUzJXUwMDFiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDE4JXUwMDFlJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ3JXUwMDRjJXUwMDA1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDE4JXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ5JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFhJXUwMDExJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDA3
4. I could live on pizza, I think, though I'd want different flavours | Cloze (4): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDA0JXUwMDFmJXUwMDFmJXUwMDEzJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDU3JXUwMDFlJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFjJXUwMDQ4JXUwMDRmJXUwMDAxJXUwMDAyJXUwMDE1JXUwMDU5JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDFh
5. We need to celebrate. Let's eat out. | Cloze (5): JXUwMDNmJXUwMDA4JXUwMDRmJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFiJXUwMDRmJXUwMDQxJXUwMDQxJXUwMDUyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE0JXUwMDA3JXUwMDEzJXUwMDBmJXUwMDFh
6. After failing his exams, Henry pigged out on pizza and ice cream. | Cloze (6): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDQxJXUwMDQxJXUwMDRjJXUwMDAzJXUwMDFiJXUwMDU0JXUwMDQxJXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDRmJXUwMDAxJXUwMDBiJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDA4
7. I need to cut back/down on salt- my blood pressure is going through the roof. | Cloze (7): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAxJXUwMDExJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA2JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDBjJXUwMDBjJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDBiJXUwMDQwJXUwMDQ3JXUwMDA5JXUwMDE3JXUwMDEzJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDRjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDUzJXUwMDRmJXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ2JXUwMDUzJXUwMDFjJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4JXUwMDExJXUwMDFjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5
8. You just sit there and I'll whip up something before we go out. | Cloze (8): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDAyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDExJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQxJXUwMDQxJXUwMDRkJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDRjJXUwMDUxJXUwMDA0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBhJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA3JXUwMDE1
9. My problem is like to snack on biscuits when I'm studying. | Cloze (9): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDUzJXUwMDFjJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4JXUwMDExJXUwMDFjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ3JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDUzJXUwMDU0JXUwMDUzJXUwMDRlJXUwMDAxJXUwMDFiJXUwMDU0JXUwMDU5JXUwMDE2JXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDUyJXUwMDRkJXUwMDBjJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA3JXUwMDRlJXUwMDRkJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA0JXUwMDBk

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1. I'm too tired to go out. Let's order in. | ask for takeaway food to be delivered
2. He was starving and soon polished off the plate in front of him. | completely consume the food
3. You could tell he was sad- she just picked at her food. | eat a small amount, showing little interest
4. I could live on pizza, I think, though I'd want different flavours | survive with only this
5. We need to celebrate. Let's eat out. | go to a restaurant
6. After failing his exams, Henry pigged out on pizza and ice cream. | eat a lot at one time
7. I need to cut back/down on salt- my blood pressure is going through the roof. | reduce , do/have less of something
8. You just sit there and I'll whip up something before we go out. | prepare a meal quickly
9. My problem is like to snack on biscuits when I'm studying. | eat something that's not your main meal

Now let's practise the above expressions. In small groups discuss the following questions:

1. Imagine a friend has suddenly arrived unannounced for dinner- what would you whip up for them?

2. How often do you eat out a week? And when you order in, what type of food do you prefer?

3. Do you think there's anything in your diet you should cut back on?

4. Have you ever pigged out on something? What is your food of choice for comfort eating?

5. Imagine you have to choose one type of food to live on- what would you choose?

6. What do you snack on between meals?

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