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What are your favourite fruits?
What are your favourite vegetables?
What are your favourite herbs and spices?
Do you prefer sweet or savoury foods?
Do you eat meat or are you a vegetarian?
What are your favourite pizza toppings?
What foods can’t you stand?
When was the last time you ate out? Would you go back to that restaurant?
Do you have any favourite restaurants? What kind of food do they serve?
Which is your favourite foreign cuisine? And how often do you eat it? Do you ever prepare it yourself?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of fast food?
Do you enjoy cooking? What dishes do you typically make?
What’s your best dish? What are the ingredients and how do you make it?
What’s your favourite dessert?
What are your favourite cakes or biscuits?
Do you like baking? If so, what do you usually bake?
Do you batch cook? (= prepare several meals at the same time)
What do you usually have for breakfast?
What do you tend to drink with your meals?
If someone visited your country what three foods or dishes would you recommend that they try?
Are you a fussy eater or do you eat most things?
Is there something you eat too much of?
Do you like trying new recipes or do you tend to eat the same things every day?
What foods or dishes do people eat when celebrating holy or special days in your country?
What’s the strangest thing you have ever eaten?
How much water do you drink every day?
Do you ever make smoothies?
How much tea or coffee do you drink?
What’s your favourite drink in the summer?
Do you drink alcohol? If so, what do you usually drink?
How often do you meet a friend for a coffee or for a meal?
What was one of your favourite meals when you were a child?
What snacks do you eat?
Do you make an effort to eat healthy every day?
Do you pay much attention to food labels?
How often do you get take-out?
Tell us about the last time you ate out.
If you could have a dinner party and invite three famous people (dead or alive), who would you choose and why?
If you had your own restaurant….
a) what kind of food would you serve?
b) what would the decor be like?
c) where would it be located?
d) what music would you play? (or wouldn’t you play music?)- What are the advantages and disadvantages of a plant-based diet?
- Are the benefits of organic food worth the higher cost compared to conventionally grown food?
- What are the pros and cons of lab-grown meat?
- Do you intentionally purchase from brands which prioritize animal welfare in their food products?
- Do schools in your country educate children on cooking and nutrition?
- Over a billion tons of food is wasted every year. How is food wasted and what measures should be taken to reduce it?
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