Exercises and Activities

V. Who's Cooking?

1. Participants read a recipe and make the dish. (Or post online. All of these can be published together for each different culture mix.)
2. The amount of ingredients and assembly process must follow exactly the instructions laid out in the recipe, and must include roles for multiple persons for teamwork. For example, women may wash vegetables, but men always cut them.
3. The participants eat the dish they have prepared, all together and as fast as possible, because whoever finishes the five tasks first wins the entire competition. (In an online situation they can play the roles listed on the recipe card with their own families or any group they have available locally.)
   
   This game not only reinforces food vocabulary, but it also tests the ability of students to comprehend written instructions. This is also good for introducing cross-culture topics. Recipes may vary depending on what food terms and cultures the teachers wishes to cover. Salads and sandwiches are easy-to-prepare recipes. The eating part adds an additional element of fun to the game.
   
   The main focus of this game is to find out if there are pre-concieved notions about gender or leader/follwer in teamwork situations.

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