Stories about Food
Food is a topic that helps learners learn about different foods, dishes, drinks, and ways to describe tastes. It is a familiar and useful topic for everyday situations such as eating, cooking, and ordering food.
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Stories about Food
Tea, Coffee, and Juice
Do you like hot drinks or cold drinks? There are three great drinks: tea, coffee, and juice. Tea comes from leaves. The leaves grow on small trees. Coffee comes from small beans. People dry and cook t...
The Smell of Fresh Bread
Do you like the smell of fresh bread? It is one of the best smells. Bakers make bread early in the morning. They mix flour, water, and yeast together. The yeast makes the bread grow big. Then the bake...
What Do Children Eat?
Children love to eat! Food gives them energy to play and learn. In the morning, children eat breakfast. Breakfast can be bread, eggs, or fruit. A good breakfast helps children do well at school. Many...
A Picnic in the Park
It is a sunny day in the park. A family brings a big basket of food. They put a blanket on the green grass. Mum takes out sandwiches and cold juice. Dad cuts a big red apple for everyone. The children...
Food We Eat at School
Do you eat lunch at school? School food is fun and good for you. Many children bring food from home. They put it in a lunchbox. Some children buy food at school. The school kitchen makes hot meals. A...
Sweet Food and Healthy Food
Do you like sweet food? Many people love cake, candy, and cookies. These foods have a lot of sugar. Sugar tastes good. But too much sugar is not good for you. It can hurt your teeth. Sweet food does n...
What Is in the Fridge?
Look in the fridge! You can find many good things there. Milk is in the fridge. Eggs are in the fridge, too. You can see some vegetables. There is fruit in there. Some leftovers are on one shelf. The...
Why We Share Food
Food is a gift. We share food to show we care. Mothers cook meals for their children. Fathers bring food home for the family. Friends share snacks at school. Neighbors give food to people in need. At...
How Chefs Taste, and Why Amateurs Rarely Do
A professional cook will spit a mouthful of soup straight back into the spoon without embarrassment, then reach for the salt. That small, unlovely ritual is the whole difference between tasting and me...
How to Build a Week of Meals From Leftovers
The saddest thing in most refrigerators is not mould; It is half a roast chicken that nobody has the imagination to rescue. Cooking from leftovers is less about thrift than about strategy, and the str...
How to Read a Menu Without Ordering Blindly
A menu is not a neutral list of food; It is a carefully engineered piece of persuasion, written by people who know exactly where your eye will land. Learn to read it properly, and you will order what...
How to Rescue a Dish You Have Oversalted
There is a particular silence that falls over a kitchen when the cook tastes the sauce and says nothing. [Oversalting] is the most common disaster in home cooking, and, mercifully, one of the most fix...
Story levels
- Level 1: 20 stories
- Level 3: 11 stories
Key Vocabulary
Acid (n) A chemical substance that is sour, corrosive, and turns litmus paper redUK: ˈæsɪdUS: ˈæsɪdLearn more
Acidic (adj) Having the properties of an acid, or having a ph value less than 7UK: /ˈæsɪdɪk/US: /əˈsɪdɪk/Learn more
Acidity (n) The level of acid in substances such as water, soil, or wine.UK: əˈsɪdətiUS: əˈsɪdətiLearn more
Amateur (adj) A person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.UK: ˈæmətə(r)US: ˈæmətʃə(r)Learn more
Ambiguous (adj) Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.UK: æmˈbɪɡjuəsUS: æmˈbɪɡjuəsLearn more
Ancestral (adj) Relating to or inherited from an ancestor or a family's ancestorsUK: /ænˈsestrəl/US: /ænˈsestrəl/Learn more
Antiquity (n) The distant past, especially before the middle ages, or objects from that timeUK: /ænˈtɪkwəti/US: /ænˈtɪkwəti/Learn more
Apologetic (adj) Feeling or showing that you are sorry for something bad you have doneUK: /əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk/US: /əˌpɑːləˈdʒetɪk/Learn more
Artisanal (adj) Made in a traditional or non-mechanized way, often indicating high qualityUK: /ˌɑːtɪˈzænəl/US: /ˌɑːrtɪˈzɑːnəl/Learn more
Bakery (n) A place where bread and cakes are made or sold.UK: ˈbeɪkəriUS: ˈbeɪkəriLearn more
Banana (n) A long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe.UK: bəˈnɑːnəUS: bəˈnænəLearn more
Basket (n) A container used to hold or carry things, typically made from interwoven strips of cane or wire.UK: ˈbɑːskɪtUS: ˈbæskɪtLearn more
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