Holiday food, regular and organic December 21, 2012

Students in Level 2 have been talking and writing about the differences between organic and regular produce, locally-grown and well-traveled fruit and vegetables.

Class discussion brings about many opinions on the quality and expense of food to be found in New York City.  Ordinary supermarkets provide a large variety of produce from many parts of the world, but is this type of produce free of chemical preservatives?  Then there are “natural foods” stores which claim to have more healthful selections at greater expense.

Many New Yorkers shop at the Farmers’ Market in Manhattan’s Union Square to buy locally-grown produce.  Some students say that they have also found fresh, tasty items that are brought to the city from farms in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and Long Island.  This market sells many traditional holiday foods through December and into the new year.

New words and phrases were added to the students’ vocabulary:  local, pollute, environment, it’s worth it, in season, out of season, and many more.

It is time for the holiday break throughout the United States.  There are many foods associated with this time of year.  Students  in the various levels learn about Christmas and New Year’s gingerbread, eggnog,  caramel apples, fruit cake,  and other “comfort foods.”

PC TECH: English language school in New York City