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For Here Or To Go?

19 December 2014 by Marc

A few of my students have part-time jobs in cafés and restaurants. This post is for them and anyone else who needs to use English in restaurants. ‘May’ or ‘can’? Generally, when you are taking orders for people, use ‘may’; it’s more formal and customers should be respected. ‘Can’ is more informal and it’s not … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Situation, Speaking Tagged: cafe, food, jobs, order, restaurant, work

Words That Mean Food Is ‘Posh’

25 October 2014 by Marc

English changes all the time and some recent changes have taken even native speakers by surprise.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: adjectives, artisan, artisanal, authentic, compoundnouns, craft, food

Know Your Onions at the Supermarket

11 July 2014 by Marc

One of the best ways to learn vocabulary is by experience, and I never recommend translating vocabulary between your first and second languages. To learn more everyday vocabulary, use supermarkets.

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Posted in: Vocabulary Tagged: food, groceries, supermarket

Video: Describing Food

13 June 2014 by Marc

Here’s a video about describing food. It should be useful to describe food from your country or to ask about food in other countries. You might also want to read about cooking, look at my dinner, or an older post about describing food.

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Posted in: Video Tagged: adjectives, cooking, food, taste, video

Video: Food

9 May 2014 by Marc

Today’s post is a video about food. It’s me and my dinner. Keywords: portion, piece, boiled, soy sauce, rice vinegar, radish, tofu, salad, chicken, barley tea If you like the video, please click ‘like’ or even share it with friends.

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Posted in: Video Tagged: dinner, food

Ordering Food – Vine

25 February 2014 by Marc

If you want to order food, use “I’d like”, not “I want”.

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: food, vine

Food Descriptions Are Better Than Dish Names

12 February 2014 by Marc

In this week’s podcast I talk about describing food. This is useful when ordering in restaurants or helping friends know what to order. 12th Feb 2014 – Food Descriptions

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Posted in: Listening, Podcast, Speaking Tagged: describing, food

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