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A2 Lesson 3 of 3 · Cooking in French

At the table: tastes, compliments and Québec classics

Describe a taste, compliment the cook, refuse politely, discover tourtière and pouding chômeur, and write your own recipe.

13 min · 8 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Describe tastes
  • Compliment and refuse politely
  • Write a short recipe
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1Tastes: sucré, salé, épicé, amer, acide, fade.
  • 2Compliments: ça sent bon, c’est délicieux, tu me donneras la recette ?
  • 3Refuse politely: non merci, je n’ai plus faim, c’était excellent.
  • 4Québec: tourtière, pâté chinois, poutine, pouding chômeur; le souper = dinner.

Key vocabulary

reprendreto have some more
le souperdinner (Québec)
les arachidespeanuts (Québec)
la cabane à sucresugar shack