Food

Definition

• any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth

Food vs. Dish vs. Meal

Something that people eat, to keep them alive.

Food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal.

An occasion when food is eaten.

Diets• Raw food- Food can´t be cooked at more than 42° C.

• Veganism- Vegans are refusing to eat or use all products of animal origin.

• Vegetarianism- They are abstaining to eat meat.

• Omnivores- normal people

Eating out

• RestaurantFormal atmosphere, fresh prepared meal, reservation is necessary. Not the cheapest option.• Mobile canteenRapid service with small selection of items. In parks or in funfairs.

• Fast food restaurantQuite noisy place. Informal atmosphere. Low prices. Typical food are hamburgers and french fries.• Picnic siteThe cheapest one. Homemade food. Sitting and watching landscape. There is danger of bad weather.

• Snack barSomething between restaurant and fast food. Rapid service, every day cooked dishes as lasagne or pizza. Sometimes crowded.• Station buffetSelf-service.

Preparation

• Acts with materialSlicing (bread, tomatoes), cutting (butter), chopping(vegetables), grating(carrot).• Types of preparationBaking(cake), grilling(steak), roasting(meat), frying(schnitzel), boiling(chicken), poaching(fish, canard).

Worldwide known cuisines

American

• Mix of tastes, because of migrants from whole world. • More typical food you can find on countryside than

at big cities.

Foods: Hamburger with fries, pancakes, waffles, hot dog.

Chinese

• Different in every region of China. • Favourite type of preparation is frying. • Cutlery replaced with chopsticks. • Main part of food is rice.• No desserts.

Japanese

• Healthiest cuisine, because of minimum of fat.• Food is mostly cold.• Main part is seafood and rice.• Japanese invented Tofu.

Italian

• Very simple and fresh cuisine.• Most popular kitchen worldwide.

Foods: Pasta, risotto, trips with tomatoes.