Translating recipes - 6 Minute English

Rob and Sam talk about the recipe translators, who help to make the recipes of famous chefs accessible across barriers of language, culture and cuisine - and they teach you some useful vocabulary along the way. This week’s question: It may be true that British cooking is better than it used to be, but there’s still some pretty bad food out there. So, according to a 2019 YouGov survey, which UK food was voted the worst? a) steak and kidney pies b) scotch eggs c) haggis Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary: ingredient - item of food that is combined with other food to prepare a particular dish gastronomy - the art and knowledge involved in preparing and eating good food specialise - focus on studying and learning about one specific subject or skill to cut a long story short - (Br Eng) used when you are explaining what happened in a few words, without giving all the details replicate - make or do something again in exactly the