What's cooking?

Have the pupils listen to the podcast "What can you cook?" In the podcast, Carrie and Rita talk about their cooking experiences. The questions below will help you to start a discussion about cooking and your pupils' favourite food. You might want to extend the discussion to cultural differences concerning food and eating habits.

1. Discuss what the pupils usually eat at home. What things can they cook themselves?

2. Discuss generally how confident Carrie and Rita sound about their cooking abilities.

3. What kind of things does Rita make in the kitchen? Give examples. Have the pupils describe in their own words what happened when Rita made rice pudding a few weeks ago.

4. Finally, discuss what kind of food is expensive and what's cheap. How is it possible to eat enough without spending too much money?