UNIT 1. ADJECTIVES FOR HEALTHY AND NATURAL EATING.

Use adjectives like these to talk about food:

Waiter: ¿Would you like some fruit?

Client: No, thanks. i`m on a low-carb diet.

Client: I`d like a salad dressing with no oil, and ¿do you have any fat-free or low-fat milk? 

Client: ¿Do you grow organic vegetables?

Waiter: Yes, we do.

Waiter: Good Eats buys everything from local farms. 

Waiter: this crab is wild, from the atlantic ocean.

PRONOUN REFERENCE.

After you use a noun, such as restaurant or server, you can use a pronoun such as it or she to refer back to the noun. For example, it and that can be used as subject pronouns.

- The organic restaurant gets five stars for its atmosphere. It 's my favorite.

- We ate at 10 pm, but that was fine.

- It and that can also be used as object pronouns.

- I like this dish. I ordered it last time I was here.

- The restaurant had very slow service. I hate that.

- She and he are subject pronouns. they refer back to a person previously mentioned. Use her or him as object pronouns.

- My aunt is on a low-carb diet. She's losing weight.

- The server was very polite. I gave him a bigtip.

- You may also want to ask questions about the food:

- ¿Are the oysters fresh?

- ¿Do you have any local red wine?

- ¿What does lasagna come with?

COUNTERS

You can use the container a food comes in to state the food's amount. Counters such as a bottle of and a package of are especially useful when quantifying an uncountable noun, like water or bread, since these nouns have no plural. Use a bottle of or a liter of to identify some liquids.

A: -I'd like a T-Bone steak and a bottle of Sparkling mineral water. 

B: Certainly. A T-Bone, and would you like a liter of Sparkling mineral water or just a small bottle?

CULTURE NOTE: These are Five main categories of steak 'doneness":"

- Well done 

- Medium well

- Medium well

- Medium rare 

- Rare

- ¿Which one do you prefer?

MAKING YOUR LANGUAGE MORE POLITE. 

You can use continuous forms or a model such as would, could or may - to make your language more formal and polite. 

- I'm wondering if you serve food that's locally grown.

- We were hoping for a 6 o'clock reservation. 

- I would like to make a reservation for Sunday evening. 

- How may I help you?

- Six Fifteen would work just fine. 

- Could You give us a non-smoking table?

Culture Note: Of course, it is always best to be polite, but when you are booking a table, or ordering your meal, you'll find that you get better service if your language is polite and respectful.

Use a package of, to identify amounts of some solids. 

- We didn't have dessert at the restaurant, so after dinner we bought a package of cookies.

Use a carton of, to identify amounts of some liquids. 

- You're still thirsty? I think you' De had a carton of milk already. 

- They brought out four huge cartons of ice cream and let us choose What we wanted.

Use a loaf of, to state an amount of bread that's baked in the Piece. 

She served a loaf of bread hot from the over.

- Another useful counter is a dozen. It means 12 of something. 

- The chef puts a dozen fresh local cops in each quiche. We'd like a dozen oysters, please.