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Eat local to taste the world

Local food to worldwide cuisine

Unit Summary

This unit focuses on the wide range of cuisines, ingredients, cooking techniques and equipment that are used around the world. Pupils explore food imports, food produced in the UK, and food waste. They cook two dishes to highlight cuisine differences, undertaking different types of evaluation.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to locate the origin of ingredients for different worldwide cuisines.

Key Notes

There are a wide range of cuisines, ingredients, cooking techniques and equipment used around the world.
58% of food consumption comes from the UK, 23% from the EU and 19% worldwide, due to season, cost, climate and variety.
Ingredients produced in the UK can be used to prepare a range of dishes, although some ingredients need to be imported.
There are advantages to buying food locally and seasonally in the UK, such as reduced environmental impact and cost.
Reducing the amount of food wasted at each stage of the farm to fork journey has financial and environmental benefits.

Vocabulary To Learn

cuisine: a style or method of cooking (in a country, region or restaurant)
import: bring goods in from another country for sale
export: send foods to another country for sale
cooking technique: the way food is prepared and cooked

Common Mistakes To Avoid

The UK produces all of its own food.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

There are a wide range of cuisines, ingredients, cooking techniques and equipment used around the world. 58% of food consumption comes from the UK, 23% from the EU and 19% worldwide, due to season, cost, climate and variety.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'cuisine'

a style or method of cooking (in a country, region or restaurant).

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: The UK produces all of its own food. Correction: The UK produces 58% of the food it consumes, 42% is imported from other countries. This is due to season, cost, climate, and to add variety to the diet.

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