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Here are some of our programmes about food. You can find even more food episodes in the different series on this website.
These programmes will teach you easy English about food, meals and cooking
Talking about drinks
Easy English to talk about food
Talking about food shopping
Talking about restaurants
Talking about tastes
Easy English to use in a cafe
Baking a cake
Learn easy English words for kitchen items
Learn verbs to talk about cooking and eating
Learn phrasal verbs for eating
4 verbs for cooking
How does what we eat affect our body, brain and our mental health?
Can we boost the immune system?
Are you drinking enough water?
What food is good for your brain?
How does food affect our mood?
What does fast food do to your brain?
Does food affect our memory?
Practise listening with these programmes from The Listening Room.
Can people be freed from peanut allergy?
Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s
Learn language to talk about different meals with these episodes of Real Easy English and 6 Minute English
Talking about breakfast
Talking about lunch
Talking about dinner
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
Practise reading with these articles from The Reading Room.
How do restaurants get a Michelin star?
Is food colouring bad for you?
Food and culture are closely linked. Learn language to talk about this.
Should we eat less rice?
What's your favourite kind of noodle?
People around the world love dumplings!
What do you talk about at the table?
Why is it hard to translate a recipe?
New country, new food culture
Learn expressions to talk about food
Hangry
Sweet tooth
Moreish
Phrase frenzy: Food phrases
Learn how to talk about different cooking ingredients in English
The power of pepper
Do you like garlic?
Which cooking oil is the best?
Finding and eating wild food
Our food affects our health. Learn English to talk about this here
How does salt affect our health?
What's the best food for new mums?
Should we eat less ultra-processed food?
Is bitter better?
Some things just taste good! Learn how to talk about them
Talking about snacks
Developing new chocolate bars
What problems could ice cream cause?
What's your favourite flavour of crisp?
Talking about greed
What's your favourite snack?
Watch 'The White Elephant', our comedy drama about life in a restaurant kitchen
Episode 1: Panic
Episode 2: Quick
Food is big business! Learn to talk about it here
How can we stop food running out?
How could food shopping change?
Why is so much more food delivered?
Dreaming of being a chef
Food production is closely linked to our enviroment. These programmes will help you learn language to talk about this
What is a flexitarian?
How is meat grown in laboratories?
What problems are caused by meat production?
Is eating them the solution for invasive species?
