Food

Questions

1. Is food an important part of your life?
2. Can you go without food for a whole day?
3. Do you try to watch what you eat?
4. Do you think “you are what you eat”?
5. What is the most popular dish in your country?
6. What kinds of international cuisine do you like?
7. Are you fussy or particular about the food you eat?
8. Have you ever eaten anything strange?
9. Do you care where the food you eat comes from?
10. How big is your food bill?
11. Can you eat anything?

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Videos

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Are Swedish Meatballs Even Swedish?

Great Big Story

It’s hard to send an entire country into an identity crisis, but one single Tweet managed to do just that—and all under 150 characters. When Sweden’s official Twitter account claimed that Swedish meatballs may in fact

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actually be Turkish, Swedes around the world were set into outrage. How could such a beloved touchstone of Swedish cultural history all be a sham? To get to the bottom of it all, we enlisted the help of an expert. Come along as we try to unlock the great meatball mystery.

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Category: Food | Geography & Travel

Keywords: Food | Sweden

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Have a Bite of the Garbage Plate

Great Big Story

It might look like, well, garbage, but there’s an art to Rochester’s infamous garbage plate. It starts off with sides—an impossible choice of french fries, home fries, macaroni salad or beans. Next comes the meat, hotdogs,

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hamburgers or cheeseburgers. And finally, the whole shebang is topped off with mustard, onions, ketchup and hot sauce. If you’ve got the guts for it, no one does it better than Nick Tahou Hots. They’ve been perfecting the marvelous mess for the past three generations.

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Category: Food

Keywords: Food | New York

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Hilarious Restaurant Menu Fails

The Graham Norton Show

Stanley Tucci, Kim Cattrall, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse react to hilarious menu translation fails, some of these are ridiculous!

Category: Education & Language | Food

Keywords: Eating out | Food

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How a sandwich CHANGED MY MARRIAGE

Smarter Every Day

EAT WHAT YOUR SPOUSE COOKS!
I didn’t say it was good… I simply ate what I was given and asked for seconds. Feel free to forward this

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marriage advice on to younger couples.

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Category: Food | Psychology

Keywords: Food | Marriage | Meals | Relationships

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How the food you eat affects your brain

TED-Ed | Mia Nacamulli

When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless

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at night? Mia Nacamulli takes you into the brain to find out.

Lesson by Mia Nacamulli, animation by Private Island.

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Category: Food | Science

Keywords: Brain | Food

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Kids eat foreign Christmas food | Kids Vs. Food

REACT

Kids try Christmas food! Watch to see their reaction!

Category: Food | Geography & Travel

Keywords: Children | Christmas | Food | Reacting

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The science of spiciness

TED-Ed | Rose Eveleth

When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire — because that’s essentially what you’ve told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into

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why some people continue to pay the painful price for a little spice.

Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.

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Category: Food | Science

Keywords: Food | Pain | Spicy

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The Try Guys Try To Find The Best Pizza • NY Vs. LA

BuzzFeedVideo

Is New York’s pizza better than LA’s New-York-style pizza is bad?
It’s The Try Guys Coast-to-coast Pizza Party Challenge Part 1 of 1!

Category: Food | Geography & Travel

Keywords: Food | Friends | New York