Fantastic food

By Ajarn Helen Jandamit
Photos courtesy of Bangkok Post

University Tips is here to help you prepare for the English exams and tests that are coming your way. It gives you practise answering questions similar to those you may have at school and also on the University Entrance Examination.

Read the following story by Duangphat Sitthipat from the Bangkok Post. Then, answer the questions that follow.

People become great cooks for a reason. Some have culinary school training or are born with talent or an outstanding palate. Others inherit the skills from their parents who have their own secret recipes. Others are able to cook because they follow cookbooks.

EVERYDAY IDEAS

If cooking from cookbooks is what you do, chances are you will know Englishman Jamie Oliver, one of the most famous cooking personalities in the world, who has written many books and performed on many television shows. Oliver inspires people to enjoy cooking from scratch and using fresh ingredients.

His latest book is titled Everyday Super Food. Like the title suggests, the book contains recipes made from the best ingredients - those that promise to make you happier, healthier and more productive.

MIX AND MATCH

To write this book, Oliver went on a journey through the world of health and nutrition. He did research by mixing and matching wholesome ingredients and coming up with recipes that taste good and make your stomach happy. Oliver says it’s the most personal book he has ever written.

There are different sections in the book, with chapters entitled Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks and Drinks and Live Well. All of the recipes chosen to be in the book are detailed and contain information about calorie intake. The vivid, mouthwatering illustrations make you fall in love with the book just by looking at it.

ROUND THE CLOCK

For the Breakfast chapter, there are a number of recipes that can be prepared quickly including magic poached egg, smooth pancakes and Mexican pan-cooked brekkie.

In the Lunch chapter, recipes include skinny carbonara, orange garden salad and hot smoked trout.

The recipes in the Dinner chapter take more time to prepare and they include seared golden chicken, golden chicken skewers and Asian steamed fish.

The Snacks and Drinks chapter presents you with appetisers and refreshments you can make to accompany your meal.

LIVE WELL

The last chapter, Live Well, contains everything you need to know about food. It will make you appreciate what you put in your stomach. It talks about why you shouldn’t be afraid of fat, why you are better off with organic food and how you should change the way you shop for groceries.

You will love food even more after you read this book!

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Exercises

Section 1

Read the story and answer the following multiple-choice questions.

1. Who wrote Everyday Super Food?

a. Duangphat Sitthipat.
b. Jamie Oliver .
c. Asia Books.

2. How many chapters are there in the book?

a. Five.
b. Six.
c. Seven.

3. What does Jamie Oliver inspire people to do?

a. He inspires people to enjoy cooking from scratch.
b. He inspires people to enjoy using fresh ingredients.
c. Both a and b are correct.

4. According to the book review, what can make you make you fall in love with the book just by looking at it?

a. Information about calorie intake.
b. Recipes made from the best ingredients.
c. The illustrations.

5. Which dish appears in the Lunch chapter?

a. Skinny carbonara.
b. Golden chicken.
c. Smooth pancakes.

6. How do you poach an egg?

a. You cook the egg by simmering it in or over water.
b. You cook the egg by searing it with intense heat.
c. You cook the egg by pan-cooking it.

7. Which chapter includes recipes that can be prepared quickly?

a. Snacks and Drinks
b. Live Well
c. Breakfast.

8. What nationality is the book’s author?

a. Mexican.
b. British.
c. Asian

Section 2

Specify whether each of the following statements is true or false.

9. The book features a Liquor chapter.

…………………

10. The book’s last chapter is called Eat Well.

…………………

11. Readers can read about appetisers and refreshments in the Dinner chapter.

…………………

12. The Breakfast chapter features recipes that can be quickly prepared.

…………………

Section 3

Read each of the following sentences and underline the grammatically correct words in each from the choices given.

13. The book contains/conveys/convoys everything you want to know about food.

14. You will love eating even more before/after/whereas you read his book.

15. He inspires people to enjoy cook/cooking/cooked.

Section 4

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the correct words from the choices given.

Jamie’s Everyday Super Food makes eating …..16….. and fun. His recipes are short and …..17….. Most of them …..18….. fit on one page of the book. The ingredients …..19….. suggests are easy to find. Interestingly, …..20….. recipe includes nutritional information per portion serving.

16.

a. excited
b. exciting
c. excitement

17.

a. simply
b. simplicity
c. simple

18.

a. is
b. can
c. been

19.

a. his
b. him
c. he

20.

a. each
b. each of
c. in

Section 5

Find vocabulary words used in the story that are antonyms of the following words.

21. Vague ……………..

22. Worst ……………..

23. Maintain ……………..

24. Cold ……………..

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