Cooking food =
The term cooking involves ingredients, a method and equipment
The methods you use for cooking may come from different cultures from around the world
The ingredients that you use in your method can be grown or made from countries all around the world
The equipment used is from different countries depending on what piece of equipment you are using

Restaurants =
you can go to different types of restaurants where they cook and serve the food of their country e.g. Chinese, Indian and Italian

When You are eating at a table everything you see on the table comes from around the world . the table itself was probably made in a different country and then flown to the country where you bought it

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WHAT IS FOOD :food is anything we eat and provides nutrients for the body. The food we eat is usually from an animal or plant. the nutrients we need in our body are fat. protein, carbohydrates, minerals , vitamins. food is very important for giving us energy during the day.

HOW WE GOT FOOD IN THE PAST AND HOW WE GET IT NOW : in the past people used to get food by hunting wild animals and collecting berries and nuts and others used to farm their own crops such as barley and farm animals such as cows.Nowadays we can go down to the shop or supermarket to buy all or the food we need !

DIFFERENT MEALS IN THE DAY : we have three main meals in the day. these are breakfast, lunch and dinner. we eat breakfast in the morning usually around 7 - 8 . a lot of people eat cereals and toast for breakfast  . we would then have lunch at about 1:30 we would usually have a sandwich  and then dinner from 6- 8 which is the biggest meal and the food we eat varies from family to family.

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