1.	The importance of food

2.	People have different attitudes to food and eating

3.	Food and health

4.	Meals during a day

5.	Christmas, Easter

6.

Fast food

7.	Eating habits

8.	British cuisine

9.	Eating while travelling

“ People have different attitudes to food and eating

There are people who love eating, sometimes even cooking very much. It´s the biggest pleasure for them to prepare meal, then sit at the table and eat it. In my opinion it´s typical for men. But they usually don´t prepare their meal on their own. They wanted to be served. They just sit and wait for the food, read newspaper or watch TV. It can be seen in many families. Women have to do everything for them. Men require this service. A typical question is: Is the food ready? or When will we have our dinner? or What will we have for dinner? In our family it is so. Not my father, but my brother does that. He is so lazy and disabled. In my opinion he wouldn´t be able to prepare even tea on his own. He got used to be served all the time. It makes me angry. For example we are sitting at the table and eating our dinner. My brother says: well, the food needs ketchup. He expect me or my mother to stand up and bring him the ketchup. At the time I would like to pour the ketchup on his head. I get really angry. What does he think? He takes my mother for his servant.

Women usually have to cook every day for their family. This activity becomes boring for them soon. They are fed up with cooking. So they don´t want to spend a long time in the kitchen. They prepare the same food all the time, try to do it quickly, without interest. They are often tired after all day working. On the top of that they have to prepare dinner. That´s why they buy sausages or microwave food, which you just put in a microwave an in a few minutes it is ready. But the disadvantage is that it doesn´t taste very good and it´s not healthy, at all.
The situation may change when they retire. Finally they have free-time and they can enjoy cooking. Grandmothers like cooking and baking very much. It´s a downright pleasure for them. What´s more their food is delicious. Some older women love exchanging recipes and trying them. They buy and collect recipes, cookery books. My grandmothers do that. They often meet their friends and talk about cooking for hours. They argue about preparation or ingredients, if it is better to put in a cake 4 or 5 eggs and so on.
My both grandmothers are wonderful cooks. They prepare traditional Czech meals. Such meals aren´t healthy enough. They are too fatty and sweet. I have always qualms of conscience that I have too much. But you can´t withstand the temptation. My grannies don´t save at all, they put the best ingredients in dishes they prepare. That means kilos of fat and sugar. There´s a typical streak which is the same for all grandmothers. They hustle you into eating. After you have eaten enormous dinner consisting of soup, main course and dessert, they give you often something more. Or they want to give you another portion. You can´t even move and don´t want to eat anything more. But it´s impossible to explain that to your grandmother. They think you are too slim. Whenever I visit my grandmothers I can hear: you are too slim, I´ll give you something to eat, I have prepared cake for you and your favourite meal. What´s more, in my opinion they usually prepare so much food just like for the whole army. Of course, I don´t want to criticize grandmothers. They mean well by us. They are very happy when you compliment their food. They are very contented that they see you like the food."