Food is any substance that can be consumed, including liquid drinks. Food is the main source of energy and of nutrition for animals, and is usually of animal or plant origin.

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uk culture: Food. In this issue we take a look at food. Long derided as bland and overcooked, the UK now boasts some of the finest restaurants in the world and the transformation of what and how we eat has been phenomenal. See this issue

magazine article: Food "When I was at school, our teacher told the class “You are what you eat.” My friends and I would laugh and call each other ‘hamburger’ and ‘biscuits’. Our teacher was trying to show us the importance of eating the right food to stay healthy." Read article

magazine article: Food "Do we live to eat or eat to live? That is the question." Read article

word game: Food & drink idioms. Match pictures to idiomatic expressions about food and drink: Play game

word game: Staple foods. Match the names of staple foods from around the world to their names. Play game

word game: Vegetables. Match the names of different types of vegetables to pictures of them. Play game (1) and game (2)

word game: Recipe. Rearrange the seven sentences to make the recipe for apple crumble. Play game

word game: Restaurant. Read a review of a restaurant and fill in the blanks. Play game

story: The Chaplet. In this amusing story by Saki find out what happens when two big egos - one belonging to a chef and the other to an orchestra conductor - meet head on! Read story

poems: Food poetry. 10 short poems about food from famous and not so famous poets, and an activity in which you compare them. Read poem

cartoon: "How did you find your steak, Sir?" "Quite ..." See cartoon"
"This restaurant must have a very clean kitche." " Yes, I agree. All the food ..." See cartoon
"Waiter! This food isn't fit for a pig!" "Very well, Madam. In that case ..." See cartoon
"Can you vouch for the quality of the water?" "Madam, all drinking water in this establishment has been personally ..." See cartoon
"I'm on a seafood diet." "Seafood? But that's turkey!" "Yes, but the more ..." See cartoon

poll: "Which one of the following groups of foods do you like most?" See results

trivia: Numbers 38: number of lobsters eaten in 12 minutes by Sonya Thomas. 47.63: amount in kilograms (105 pounds) that Sonya Thomas weighed when she set the record listed above!. See more food trivia

links: Wikipedia: food See more links

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