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 What’s
Cooking?
During this class you will:

Intermediate • Discuss the

importance of
cooking.

• Cater a dinner party.

• Talk about TV
cooking shows.
Warm-up
Share your thoughts.

- How important is cooking to you? Why?

Warm-up
- Do you think cooking can be a social activity?
Explain.

- Do you think children should learn how to cook in

school? Why or why not?
And you can quote me…
Read and answer the questions.

"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a

And you
national sport."
-- Julia Child
can
(U.S. Cook and Author, 1912-2004)
quote
- What does this quote mean to you?
me…
- How can cooking be an art form?

- How can cooking be a “national sport”?

- Is cooking a "national sport" in your country?

Speak your mind.
Share your thoughts and opinions.

Which is better?

- Cooking for a party or having it catered*? Speak

- Having one big course or many small courses?
your
- Home cooked meals or eating out?
mind.
- Cooking alone or cooking with family/friends?

- Following a recipe or winging it*?

*To have something catered = To pay a person or company to cook and

bring food to an event

*to wing it = to improvise; to do without preparation or guidance

Imagine that!
As a class, create a story.

Your class is going to cater a casual dinner party

for 20 people. You need to prepare at least one
appetizer, entree, and dessert.

As a class, you need to:

- Create a menu
- Decide who is responsible for each dish
- Decide which tasks each person will do
- Make a grocery list
Answer me this!
Take turns asking each other questions.

1. Do you know how to cook? What is your specialty?

2. Which food do you think is the easiest to cook?

Answer
Explain.

3. Which food do you think is the most complicated?

me this!
Explain.

4. Do you like to cook (or eat) food from different

cultures? Which ones? Why?

5. Who cooks in your house? Do you like their food?

6. Would you ever complain about food someone has

prepared? Why or why not?

7. Describe a traditional dish from your country.

Before you go!
Here’s some cultural fun:
In recent years, cooking has become a very big
trend on television. In the United States, there are
Before you
entire channels dedicated to cooking. Some
shows teach people how to cook new recipes, go!
while others show cooking competitions. Winners
of these competitions often win money to start
their own restaurant or bakery, a job as a chef in
a famous restaurant, or even their own food
truck.

- Are cooking shows popular in your country? Tell us

about them.
- Do you think that people can improve their cooking
skills by watching these shows? Have you?
- Do you enjoy watching cooking competitions? Why or
why not? If so, which ones?
- Would you, or someone you know, do well in a
cooking competition?
- If you won money in a cooking competition, what kind
of business would you start?
Wrap-up
Pick one question to discuss: Wrap-up
about today’s class?
1. What did you like most today?

2. What do you need to improve on?

3. What did you do well on today?

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