Food glorious food!

“Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are,” wrote the renowned gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825.

The type of food we eat, how we prepare the ingredients to make a certain recipe and even how we consume and share it, they are all very telling of the actual essence of who we are and where we are from. Indeed food is an intrinsic part of our cultural profile.

Food encompasses everything that is important to people; it marks social differences and strengthens social bonds. It is common to all people; yet it can signify very different things from table to table.

If you want to get a taste, you can visit About.com Food where you can find recipes, tips and articles about whatever relates to food and drink.

Cheers!

Set texts for Cambridge English exams

Some exams have optional set text questions as part of the Writing paper. These exams are:

  

   Cambridge English: First (FCE)

     Cambridge English: First for Schools (FCE for Schools)

     Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)

     Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) 

The set text question is in part 2 of the Writing paper for these exams and is one of five questions you can choose from during this part. However,  even if you don’t plan to take any of the above mentioned exams, you could still enjoy reading one of the set books or watching a film based on them.. 

Here are the set texts for 2014. 

EXAM	2014 SET TEXTS
FCE1	LP Hartley: The Go-Between Sebastian Junger: The Perfect Storm
FCE for Schools1	Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The ELT Graphic Novel Anthony Bourke & John Rendall: A Lion Called Christian
CAE	William Golding: Lord of the Flies2 P D James: The Lighthouse3
CPE	E.M.Forster: Howards End5 Nick Hornby: An Education6

¹ For Cambridge English: First and Cambridge English: First for Schools the suggested editions are Graded Readers which have been adapted to the level that is suitable for candidates. Teachers and candidates should be aware that the language level in other editions may be less accessible.

² Teachers may choose to prepare candidates for questions on this set text by studying a film version as well as, or instead of, the novel.

³ There is currently no film version of this book. 

⁴ Teachers may choose to prepare candidates for questions on this set text by studying the film as well as, or instead of, the novel.

⁵ Teachers may choose to prepare candidates for questions on this set text by studying the 1992 film directed by James Ivory as well as, or instead of, the novel.

⁶ Screenplay and film directed by Lone Scherfig 2009. 

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And here are the links where you can read, listen or watch the set books for CAE & CPE.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding - online reading

▶ Lord of the Flies (1963) Film - YouTube

Howards End by Forster, E. M. - online reading

Howards End by Edward M. Forster - Audiobook

▶ Howards End_Film - YouTube

▶ An Education (2009) Film - YouTube