Select a topic to learn French vocabulary for food, ingredients, meals, cooking, shopping, restaurants, and eating.
Alcoholic drinks
Learn French vocabulary for beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks, including how to order drinks in bars, cafés, and restaurants.
LessonAt a café
Learn how to order drinks and food, make simple requests, and pay at a café in French.
LessonAt a restaurant
Learn useful French phrases for getting a table, ordering food and drinks, responding to a server, and paying at a restaurant.
LessonAt the grocery store
Learn grocery store vocabulary in French, including store sections, packaging, finding products, and paying at the checkout.
LessonBistrot, brasserie, or café?
Learn the differences between a bistrot, brasserie, and café and what to expect at each in France.
LessonBoulangerie, pâtisserie, and viennoiserie
Learn the difference between boulangerie, pâtisserie, and viennoiserie in French.
LessonBread and baked goods
Learn common French words for bread, pastries, and other baked goods.
LessonCommunicating food allergies and intolerances
Learn how to explain food allergies and intolerances in French, recognize common allergens, and ask about ingredients.
LessonCooking and preparing food in French
Learn French verbs and expressions for preparing ingredients, cooking food, and following cooking instructions.
LessonDairy products in French
Learn French vocabulary for milk, butter, cream, yogurt, and other common dairy products.
LessonDesserts and sweets in French
Learn French vocabulary for common desserts, pastries, ice cream, sweets, and flavors.
LessonDrinks and drink vocabulary
Learn common drinks in French and how to specify the type, container, and way a drink is served.
LessonFish and seafood in French
Learn common fish and seafood vocabulary in French and how to recognize these foods at markets, shops, and restaurants.
LessonFood preferences and dietary needs in French
Learn how to talk about food preferences and dietary needs in French.
LessonFood quantities and portions
Learn how to talk about portions and servings of food in French, including slices, pieces, serving sizes, and sharing.
LessonFruit in French
Learn common fruit vocabulary in French, including berries, tropical fruits, parts of a fruit, flavors, and how fruit is sold.
LessonHow to describe food in French
Learn French words for describing the taste, texture, temperature, cooking, and quality of food.
LessonMeals of the day in French
Learn the names of meals in French, how to talk about breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and how meal names vary across the Francophone world.
LessonMeat and poultry
Learn meat and poultry vocabulary in French, including common cuts, prepared meats, cooking methods, and useful phrases for buying and ordering meat.
LessonMenus and ordering food
Learn how to read a French restaurant menu, understand set menus and common choices, order food, and respond to questions from a server.
LessonQuantities and measurements
Learn common French quantities and measurements for food, including metric units, portions, containers, and expressions used in recipes.
LessonReading a French restaurant menu
Learn how to read a French restaurant menu, recognize its main sections, and work out what unfamiliar dishes mean.
LessonReading recipes in French
Learn how to read a French recipe by recognizing cooking instructions, quantities, time, and heat.
LessonShopping at a French market
Learn how to talk with vendors, ask about products, and shop at a French market.
LessonSpices and seasonings
Learn common spices, herbs, and seasonings in French, and understand how they are used to describe flavor and season food.
LessonThe kitchen and cooking equipment in French
Learn French words for the kitchen, cookware, and common tools used to prepare food.
LessonUnderstanding and buying cheese in French
Learn French vocabulary for cheese, including common cheeses, types of milk, and buying cheese.
LessonVegetables
Learn common vegetables in French and the words used to describe, buy, prepare, and recognize them on menus.
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