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Sharing favorite home cooking recipes – HearSay

English A2

Join Ethan and Ava for conversations about sharing favorite home cooking recipes, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

Lessons

Looking at an old recipe
Ethan welcomes Ava into his home and asks her about her grandmother's handwritten recipe card.
Revealing what you are cooking
Ava tells Ethan that they are going to make her grandmother's famous mac and cheese.
Asking about recipe ingredients
Ethan asks what ingredients they need, and Ava explains how much cheese to use.
Preparing ingredients for cooking
Ethan offers to grate the block of cheddar cheese and starts boiling water for the pasta.
Making a roux for sauce
Ava guides Ethan through melting the butter and stirring in flour to start the sauce.
Adding liquid while stirring
Ethan slowly adds milk to the pot and keeps stirring until the sauce thickens.
Adding cheese to a sauce
Ava tells Ethan to turn down the heat and stir in the grated cheese before mentioning a secret.
Talking about secret ingredients
Ava reveals to Ethan that her grandmother's secret ingredient for mac and cheese is mustard.
Making a bet about food
Ava bets Ethan that he will like the dish, promising to do the dishes if he hates it.
Describing a family member's habits
Ethan tells Ava about his sister Lily's picky eating habits ahead of her visit for dinner.
Tasting and evaluating food
Ethan combines the pasta with the sauce, tastes the finished dish, and praises how good it is.
Deciding who washes the dishes
Ethan concedes the bet, agrees to clean the dishes, and accepts that he must cook next week.
Discussing future cooking plans
Ethan shares that he will make his dad's tomato soup next week and hints at his own secret ingredient.
Playfully teasing a friend
Ava tries to guess Ethan's secret ingredient while Ethan tells her to wait until next week.

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