Food & Drink Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/food-drink/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:25:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 French Wine – Ultimate Guide to Regions, Labels & Vocabulary https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-wine-in-france/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:33:00 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=11943 How to Order Wine in France: Decoding French Wine Labels, Regions, Phrases & Tips Knowing how to order wine in France takes much more than a few “essential phrases” in a guidebook. That’s because French wine labels are virtually impossible to decode if you don’t speak French (or don’t know the first thing about wine). Read More >>

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]]> South American Wines: Vocabulary, Regions, Tasting Tips, and More https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/south-american-wine-regions-vocabulary/ Tue, 04 May 2021 16:39:48 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=26830 A Tour of South American Wine Regions and Spanish Wine Vocabulary Yes, it’s hard to beat French wine. I should know—I spent a year living in Bordeaux, sipping bold supermarket reds on the shores of the Garonne. But then I moved to South America, and I thought I had left behind the days of ridiculously Read More >>

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]]> French Wine Vocabulary, Regions, Tasting Tips, and More https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:59:30 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=26579 A Tour of France Through French Wines Imagine France. What do you picture?  If you’re thinking of cosmopolitan Parisian streets, full of culture, historic buildings, and well-dressed people that could have walked out of a scene from Emily in Paris, you’re not wrong.  But get outside the capital city and you’ll find the country is Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/feed/ 1 How to Use Your Love of Cooking and Food to Learn a New Language https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-through-cooking-and-food/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-through-cooking-and-food/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:42:06 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=20837 Learn a New Language, Go on a Culinary Adventure, and Discover Other Cultures—All at the Same Time! I am a language teacher. One of the most common questions my students ask me is how to learn a new language—and actually get fluent? Well, it helps to find a great language course. And, creating an effective language immersion program that Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-through-cooking-and-food/feed/ 2 SA SHI SU SE SO: The 5 Essential Building Blocks of Japanese Cuisine https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/sa-shi-su-se-so-japanese-cooking/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:58:12 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=18651 The Secrets to Japanese Cooking If you are a Japanese food lover, you may wish to enjoy authentic Japanese food without traveling to Japan or going to expensive Japanese restaurants in your country. While certain Japanese seasonings may be hard to find outside of Japan, the essentials can most likely be found in your local Read More >>

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]]> Know Your Coffee – Latin America Coffee by Region https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/where-is-coffee-grown-in-latin-america/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:38:48 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=14242 Coffee Growing Regions of Latin America Coffee may be a staple in your morning routine, but it’s also a staple in the economy of many different Latin American countries. Colombia and Brazil are the largest producers of the region, but smaller countries like Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Ecuador depend on the export to stabilize their respective Read More >>

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]]> European Languages: Exploring Languages Spoken In Europe https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/essential-phrases-for-european-travel/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:54:27 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=12760 The European continent includes a multitude of cultures, customs, norms, nationalities and, of course, languages! For such a relatively small continent, Europe’s diverse geography and plentiful national borders helped create an interesting linguistic landscape.If you’d like to know how many languages are spoken in Europe, which ones are the most widely spoken, and even a Read More >>

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]]> Italian Coffee Culture: A Local’s Guide on How to Order Coffee in Italy https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-coffee-in-italy/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-coffee-in-italy/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:05:36 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=11491 How to Order Coffee in Italy & Avoid Faux Pas (Includes Italian Coffee Vocabulary and Phrases) If there’s something that I’ve learned from living as an ex-pat in Italy (and being married to an Italian), it’s that Italians take their coffee very seriously.  That’s why learning how to order coffee in Italian is as complex Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-coffee-in-italy/feed/ 1 102 Spanish Restaurant Phrases: How To Order Food in Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/102-spanish-restaurant-phrases-how-to-order-food-in-spanish/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:13:04 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=9728 Ultimate Guide to Ordering Food in Spanish Traveling to Latin America or Spain? On today’s menu, we’re serving up the Spanish Restaurant and Food Guide so you can enjoy the local cuisine stress-free. Don’t go hungry because you don’t know how to order in Spanish!   Essential Spanish Restaurant Phrases Let’s start off with an appetizer (aperitivo) covering Read More >>

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]]> Miami Food Tour Part 2 – Learn Spanish Through Food https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/miami-food-tour-part-2-learn-spanish-through-food/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=5116 Miami, Florida– Art deco, roller blades, and one of the biggest Latino areas in the U.S. The food scene 100% reflects their diversity and passion, all of which you order in Spanish. In Miami Food Tour – Part One, we discovered Cuban and Colombian food staples, learned some vocabulary, and absorbed some Latino culture.  But Read More >>

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