English for slow business

        Now listen to Carlo Petrini speaking about the Slow Food Movement.  PRE- WATCHING.  Discuss the following words or expressions.    FOOD HERITAGE           DIVERSITY           MOTHER EARTH                 UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD                 HOLISTIC VISION  1- Watch the video for the first time and jot down some of the vocabulary that is new for you.  2- Watch it a second time and write down the main ideas in the speech. Here are some questions to help you.  a. What are the aims of the SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT? b. Why is diversity important?  c. How is slow food different from  fast food? d. What happens in Turin every year?  e. What is important in the production of food?  f. What does producing good quality food involve?   Discuss. "You can't talk about food wi...

THE FASCINATING AND CRUEL HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE. Unwrap your next bar of chocolate and discover what it hides. VOCABULARY chilli peppers                                               bitter invigorating concoction                               to make a good deal they had us beat                                           heavenly food cocoa beans       ...

   It was the great food philosopher, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin who said, “The future of nations will depend on how they feed themselves,” and we see today how very true these words are.     To eat today is a political statement, but even with the public’s growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms. You hear so much about oil and gas as the most important fuel for the planet, but it’s not. Food is, because it’s what moves everybody, and without food we are nothing. And not so far in the future, presidents and politicians, the leaders of our world, will have to have food on their campaign platforms, on their agendas. And we as people have to start asking our local and national governments, “How are you going to be planning to feed your country? What are your sustainable solutions?”    As food professionals, we don’t just feed the few that visit our restaurants; w...

Three Women-Led Companies Highlight Smart Food       10 Fantastic Food Markets Around the World  READ and find out: 1. A market opened night and day ____ 2. The eldest market of all______ 3. You can learn about wine ____ 4. You can cure a headache______ 5. A good place4 to have an exotic meal in the morning_____ 6. You can buy Okm products thre days a week ______ 7. You can buy a picture frame___ 8. Most products cannot be found outside this market ____ 9. A good place to get cheap eco-frienly produce___ 10. Rare ingredients in northern Europe.____      

1. Where does food come from? 1. a. Write down the words you don't understand. 2. Do you eat healthy? What is healthy food according to the information given in the video? VOCABULARY. At the supermarket. The produce section. EXCUSE ME..... WHERE CAN I FIND     ?

THE MEDITERRANEAN FOOD PYRAMID PRESENTATION ON GREEK FOOD. a. What are the basic products in Greek cuisine? b. What is the country that most influenced Greek cuisine? c. What is the official religion in Greece? How does it influence the way they eat? d. Which is the Greeks man meal? e. How do they prepare food? f. What is Dolma? How is it prepared? g. What do Greeks celebrate on 1st January? e. What do Greeks eat for Christmas? f. What do Greek do before they slice the bread? g. What is the special celebration in Chios for Easter? h. how big is Greece? i. What are the colours present in Greek decorations? These are false sentences. Correct them according to the information in the presentation. 1. Greek food is a thousand years old. 2. As Greece is very hilly they cannot grow much there. The Greeks import all 90 % of the food they consume. 3.  They don't eat fish. 4. The Greeks eat meat all year round. 5.  It is ver...

PROJECT: Starting a restaurant . DESCRIPTION : Starting a re s taurant. GROUP: 2 people. FORMAT : physical/digital/ live DURATION : 5-10 minutes. PROJECT LENGTH : 8-10 pages + cover or 10 -15 minutes duration. MUST-HAVE ELEMENTS : INTRODUCTION. Description type of restaurant, target customers, location, etc. BUSINESS PLAN. CREATING A MENU. MARKETING AND PROMOTION. PRESENTATION: powerpoint or video. All MUST be in English . DEADLINE : Feb. 10 th . WORK SESSIONS at school : 10 sessions ( 2 0 hours)+ presentation. INVESTIGATION : websites.  READING. Read the following advice and discuss it.  There are a few keys you’ll need to founding a successful restaurant -- one that stays open for over a year. The first is, obviously, passion. No one should start a restaurant to make money. If that’s your goal, you’ll almost certainly fail. However, it takes more than heart and talent to succeed...

Fast Food: The Fast Road to Bad Health ???                       Obesity afflicting the youth...                                                                   The frying process that makes these foods appeal to your taste buds  .....                 fast food chains                               TRANS FAT                                              calory and sodium intake... "Many believe that the obesity rate in America should not be blamed on fast food companies because eating fast food is a personal choice." ...