Hometown Cooking

Assignment #4

This week you will read an article about immigrants that have food sent to them from their home countries.

Click here to read the article "Hometown Cooking for Immigrants in New York".


Writing Topic:

1) If you could have any food sent to you from another country, what would it be? Whitney would like sweet and sticky rice desserts sent to her from Japan. Susan would like bread and cheese sent from France. What would you like?

2) Several of the immigrants in the article complained that some foods in the United States just don't taste the same as foods from their home countries. Is this true of a food you've eaten here? Explain.

Writing Focus

Good writers give a clear and interesting mental picture of things they write about. Describe your food using positive adjectives like these: Sweet, savory, delicious, tart, juicy, smokey, smooth, hot, spicy, healthy, fresh, tasty, rich, tender, light.

Here are some negative adjectives that can describe food: bland, greasy, tough, plain, overcooked, not fresh, unhealthy, fattening. Use these words to describe foods that you think taste bad or are bad for your health.

Thanks! Susan and Whitney