FOOD AND COOKING QUESTIONS

• About how many different color foods did you eat for dinner last
night?
o Do you think about color when you are preparing a meal?
• Are there any foods that you wouldn't eat as a child that you eat
now?
• Are you a good cook?
• Are you a vegetarian?
• Are you concerned about your daily calorie intake when choosing
something to eat?
• At what times do you usually eat your meals?
o Breakfast?
o Lunch?
o Dinner?
• Can you cook well?
• Did you drink coffee this morning?
• Did you eat lunch today?
• Do you always eat dinner with your family?
• Do you always eat vegetables?
• Do you cook? If yes, what food do you cook the most often?
• Do you drink milk every day?
• Do you drink tea every day?
• Do you eat beef?
• Do you eat bread every day?f
• Do you eat breakfast every day?
• Do you eat fruit every day?
• Do you eat lunch at school every day?
o How much does lunch usually cost at school?
o Do you bring your lunch to school?
• Do you eat rice every day?
• Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often and why?
• Do you have a favorite cafe? If so, where is it? Why do you like it?
• Do you have coffee for breakfast?
• Do you know someone who struggles with an eating disorder?
• Do you like Thai food?
o Chinese food?
o Spanish food?
o American food?
o Mozambican food?
o French food?
o Italian food?

• Do you like Japanese food?

o What kind of Japanese food do you like?
o Do you like deep fried food?
o Do you like food from other countries? If yes, which do you like
the most?
o Do you like peas and carrots? How about spinach?
o Do you like to cook? Why or why not?
o Do you like to eat a lot of food every day?
o Do you like to eat at fast food restaurants?
o Do you like to eat cakes?
o Do you like to eat junk food?
o Do you like to eat some desserts after dinner?
o Do you like to eat? Why or why not?
o Do you like to have breakfast each morning? Why or why not?
o Do you like to try new food and drinks?
o Do you often eat out?
o Do you prefer fish or meat?
o Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?
o Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food?
o Do you read the nutritional information on the foods you buy?
o Do you take vitamin pills?
o Do you think a vegetarian diet is better than a diet that
includes meat?
o Do you think fast food, soda and sweets should be sold in school
cafeterias?
o Do you usually want to eat dessert after dinner?
o Have you ever been a diet? If so, how long did you stayed on it?
o Have you ever eaten dog meat?
o How long do you take to eat lunch?
o How many calories do most people need every day?
o How many meals do you usually eat every day?
o How much do you eat when you are sad or happy?
o How much does it cost to eat dinner at a hotel in your country?
o How much rice do you eat?
o How often do you eat at a fast-food restaurant?
o How often do you eat bread?
o How often do you eat fresh fruit?
o How often do you eat in a restaurant? (How often do you eat
out?)
▪ Where do you usually go?
▪ Who do you usually go with?
▪ About how much do you spend?
▪ Do you ever go to an Indian restaurant?
o How often do you eat steak?
o How often do you go drinking? What's your favorite drink?
o How often do you go shopping for food?
o If you are living abroad, what is the food that you miss most
from home?
o Is there any food that you really dislike to eat?
o What are some foods that are considered unhealthy?
o What are some foods that you know are healthy for your body?
o What country's food do you like the most?
o What did you eat for lunch yesterday?
o What did you eat the last time you ate at a restaurant?
o What did you have for breakfast this morning?
o What did you have for supper last night?
o What do you eat for breakfast every day?
o What do you eat when you feel sad?
o What do you like to drink?
o What do you like to eat for your dinner?
o What do you think of Thai food? Chinese food? English food?
o What do you usually eat for lunch?
o What do you usually like to drink when you go out?
o What food can you cook the best?
o What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?
o What foods do you hate?
o What foods do you love?
o What foods have you tasted which you will never forget for the
rest of your life?
o What fruit do you eat the most often?
o What have you eaten so far today?
o What is a typical meal from your country?
o What is one of your favorite foods?
o What is the cheapest place to eat that you know?
▪ About how much is a meal?
▪ Where is it?
▪ How often do you go there?
o What is the food you like about your country.
o What is the last meal you cooked for someone else?
o What is the most expensive meal you have ever eaten?
o What is the most expensive restaurant that you have ever been
to?
▪ What did you eat there?
▪ When did you go?
 ▪ Who did you go with?
o What is the most unusual thing you've ever eaten. Did it taste
good or bad?
o What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten?
o What is your favorite food?
▪ Please describe your favorite food.
o What is your favorite dessert?
o What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
o What is your opinion of Chinese food?
▪ American food?
▪ British food?
▪ India food?
▪ Greek food?
o What kind of beverages do you usually drink?
o What kind of desserts do you like to eat?
o What kind of food do like to eat when you are angry?
o What kind of food do you eat between meals?
o What kind of food do you like the most?
o What kind of food do you like to eat?
o What kind of food does your mother make?
o What kind of food that you think is the least healthy?
o What kind of food that you think is the most healthy?
o What kind of food you usually eat?
o What kind of fruit do you like the best?
o What kind of restaurants you like?
o What kind of vegetables do you like?
o What kinds of food do you usually eat for lunch?
o What restaurant in this city do you recommend?
▪ Why is it a good place?
▪ About how much does a meal cost?
o What special foods do you eat on holidays? (Christmas, New
Year's Day, etc.)
o What time do you usually eat breakfast? How about lunch and
supper?
o What vegetable do you like best?
o What's the best restaurant you've ever been to?
o What's the best restaurant you've ever been to? Why did you
like it?
o What's the strangest food you've ever eaten?
o What's your favorite dessert?
o What's your favorite drink in the summer?
o What's your favorite fish?
o What's your favorite food?
o What's your favorite fruit?
o What's your favorite junk food?
o What's your favorite kind of ethnic food?
o What's your favorite kind of food?
o What's your favorite kind of meat?
o What's your favorite restaurant? Why do you like it?
o What's your favorite snack?
o When was the last time you ate at a restaurant?
o When was the last time you ate dinner with your mother?
o Where do you usually eat dinner?
▪ Breakfast?
▪ Lunch?
▪ Dinner?
o Which country's food do you like the most?
o Which do you eat more often, rice, bread or potatoes?
o Which fast food restaurants do like?
o Which fast food restaurants do you eat at the most often?
o Who do you usually eat dinner with?
o Why are diets usually short?
o Why can't people stop eating?
o Why do you think obesity is becoming such a problem in the
United States and throughout the world?
o What do Chinese people eat for lunch?(Substitute the
nationality of your students.)
o Do you know the nutritional value of the things you eat every
day?
o Do you believe that "we are what we eat?"
o How many meals a day do you think should be eaten?
o Do you usually eat at home or eat at a restaurant?
o Can you name a spice or flavoring that is good for your health?
o If you were on death row, what would you request for your last
meal?
o Do you pray before each meal?
o Have you ever eaten something that made you ill?
o How many calories are in one hamburger?
▪ If you don't know, can you make a guess? Is it more or
less than an ice-cream cone?
o Have you ever had pot-luck?
o Have you ever tasted African food?
o Does your family have any special recipes that are passed down
from generation to generation?
o What would you bring to a pot-luck lunch?
o Do you like brunch?
o How much should you tip the server in a restaurant?
o What type of restaurants would you not tip in?
o Have you ever found something disgusting in your food?
o Have you ever sent food back in a restaurant?
o Have you ever left a restaurant without paying ("dined and
dashed")?
o Do you like trying new foods?
o What new foods have you tried this month?
o What is the strangest food you have ever tried?
o Do you have any food allergies?
o Which food from this country do you like the least?
o What do you think about super-sizing?
o Should fast food restaurants serve healthier food?
o Are food portions too big for our health?
o What food would you like to see in a restaurant in this country?
o Do you think it is good to count calories when you are eating?
o Which food is overpriced?
o What differences do you notice in the preparation of
American/British/Australian and Chinese/Japanese/Korean
foods?
o Do the utensils we use to eat affect the kind or way we prepare
the foods we eat?
o Do you think that food defines a culture? If so, how?
o Do you notice any differences in the way food is served at the
table when you travel?
o Do you enjoy eating intestines? (Substitute in other foods that
students are not likely to enjoy.)
o How does the etiquette of eating together in your country
differ from other countries?
o Are there any foods that bring back special memories for you?
What are they?
o What can you do when a fishbone is caught in your throat?
o If you were invited to a fancy dinner with the president or a
celebrity, what would you do to prepare?
o Name a spice or flavoring that is good for your health?
o What to do when you cut your finger preparing food?
o Have you ever thought food was your only friend?
o What types of foods do Japanese people eat?
o What types of foods do Chinese people eat?
o How often do you have unhealthy food?
o When you are alone do you always cook a meal.
 o Do you like pizza?
o What is your favorite pizza topping?
o How often do you eat pizza at a restaurant?
o How often do you order pizza to your home?
o Are there pizzerias near your home that deliver pizzas?
o What do you like to drink with your pizza?
o Do you know how to make a pizza?
o Do you know who invented the pizza?
o Why is pizza popular?
o Have you ever called for pizza delivery?
o How do you make pizza at home?
• Do you like to eat fruits? What's your favorite one?
• How often do you eat fresh fruit?
• In your opinion, what's the most delicious fruit?
• Do you like vegetables? What's your favorite one?
• Do you think that fruits and vegetables are good for your health?
Why or why not?
• Are you or would you like to be vegetarian?
• How often do you drink fruit juice? What kind of fruit juice do you
drink?
• Do you like to eat fruit salad?
• What kind of vegetables and fruits do you buy at the supermarket?
• What the means the saying: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away?"
• What are the most common fruits and vegetables in your country?
• Can fruits and vegetables help you cure diseases?
• Can fruits and vegetables help you lose weight if you are on a diet?
• Do you cultivate fruits or vegetables in your garden?
• Do you like to use things that have a fruit smell? ( E.g: Perfumes,
erasers, etc)
• What's the most delicious fruit in your opinion?
• Do you think that fruits and vegetables are good for your health?
Why (not)?
• Are you / would you like to be vegetarian?
• How many vegetables and fruits do you buy at the supermarket?
• What is the meaning of the saying: "An apple a day keeps the doctor
away?"
• What are the most common fruits and vegetables in your country?
• Do you like to use things that have fruit smell? ( E.g: Perfumes,
erasers, etc)