Food Stories

by Daniel Barber (Editor)

Macmillan Literature Collections
These advanced-level Readers contain a variety of original short stories written
by famous classic and modern writers. They are perfect for those students who
are ready to make the transition from gtaded readers to unadapted English
literature texts.

Each collection provides substantial language support including vocabulary,
comprehension questions and language-study exercises. There is also a literary
analysis section to help students examine themes, characterisation and plot
thus increasing their understanding and appreciation of each story.

Food Stories
This 'tasty' collection brings together five stories and extracts all with food at
their heart. Food and literature have a long relationship and food is, used to shed
light on characters and relationships, from meals as the centre of family life 10
food as a political symbol. With all kinds of stories and all kinds of foods, there
wilt be something for all literature (and food) lovers to enjoy.

--back cover

205 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2014

About the author

Daniel Barber is a teacher, teacher trainer and writer with twenty years’ experience in the classroom. He writes for Macmillan and Richmond and, with Duncan Foord, runs a blog LearnerCoachingELT. He appears regularly on OneStopEnglish.com, at conferences, and he occasionally tweets.

Reviews

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This collection includes five short stories by well-known authors. The one called A Piece of Steak by Jack London was sad.