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    fis | A Blossom Lunch Wa PREPARE TO READ approach ot - Look at the words and phrases in the list. Write the number(s) next to each word to show what you know. You may be able to write more than enhance ‘one number next to some of the words. You will study all of these words i inthis chapter. 4. Lean use the ward in a sentence. ar’ 2. I know one meaning of the word. piyinely _____ scent 3. I know more than one meaning of the word. ea li 4, I know how to pronounce the word. oo _ stay put Work with a partner. Look at the picture and label it with the words or stem phrases from the list. Then ask and answer the questions on the next page. If you don't know a word or phrase in English, ask your partner or stroke look in your dictionary. Then write your new words and phrases on terrace 6 233, bi thrill a.basil c.greenbeans . herbs g. salt and pepper _h. stem grinder b.blossom d. head of celery f. sage zucchini 134 UNIT 8 m Civilized Dining 4. Which of the things in the picture on page 134 have you eaten? Which do you like? 2. Do you like to cook? What do you know how to cook? 3. Do you know anyone who is a good cook? Who? 4. How does someone become a good cook? Reading Skill: Mal ‘Writers do not always explain everything directly in a text. Instead, some texts are like a puzzle that readers have to put together for themselves. The writer expects the readers to pay attention to the details in the reading, and make reasonable conclusions based on that information. Those conclusions are called inferences. When you make an inference, you should be able to identify the information in the text that supports your inference, the answer(s). The writer likes —_. a. city life . eating b. cooking d. meat wa READ C. Preview “A Blossom Lunch.” What can you infer about the writer? Circle @. vegetables f. simple, fresh food Read “A Blossom Lunch.” Check your answers from Exercise C by underlining the parts of the text that support your inferences. A Blossom Lunc | On the piazzal sits Sergin’s frit and 10 vegetable shop, so we look about for things to enhance our blossom-lunch menu. Sergio suggests a stir-fry of vegetables and herbs. He 5 pulls out a handful of sage leaves, each one long and soft as a rabbit's ear, whacks? the is leaves and small stems from a head of celery, picks through a basket of skinny green beans, and adds some to our pile. He asks if we like potatoes but doesn’t wait for us to answer before digging into a box of yellow-skinned ones, still covered in dirt, each no bigger than. a cherry? Four steps away up toward the church and the city hall is a gastronomia (Italian grocery store) where we buy flour and sea satt and peanut oil for frying. I ask for eggs, and the ‘man looks pityingly on me, and says all I need (continued on next page) T piazza: publie square or market place, especially in Italy 2 whack: to hit something hard 3 eherry: small dark red round fruit with a long stem and a CHAPTER 15 mA Blossom Lunch 135 20 30 to do is stop at the henhouse just down the hill from our place. Thave never before gathered eggs from under a hen. Fernando has never before seen a hen, We bend low into the henhouse where there are a dozen or so fat lady birds. I approach one and ask her if she has an egg or two. Nothing. I ask in Italian. Still nothing. T ask Fernando to pick her up, but he’s already outside the henhouse telling me he really doesn't like eggs at all and he especially doesn’t like frittata.‘ Both lies. T start to move the hen, uncovering the place where two lovely brown eggs sit. I take them, one at a time, bend down and put them in my bag. I want two more. I move on to another hen and this time find a single, paler brown-shelled beauty. take it and leave with an unfamiliar thrill This is my first full day in Tuscany, and I've robbed a henhouse before lunch. Back home in the kitchen I beat the eggs with a few grindings of sea salt, a few more of pepper, adding a tablespoon or so of white 45 60 twirl® my frying pan to coat it with a few drops of my oil, and let it warm over a quiet flame. I drop in the blossoms whole, flatten them a bit so they stay put, and leave them for a minute or so while I tear a few basil leaves and give the eggs another stroke or two. I throw a few fennel seeds? into the pan to scent the oil, where the blossoms are now beginning to take color on their bottom sides. Time to increase the heat and add the egg batter.® I perform the motions necessary to cook the frittata without disturbing the blossoms, coating them in the eggs. Next, I run the little cake under a hot rill to form a gold skin on top before stiding it onto a plate, sprinkling torn basil on top. Fernando and I batter and fry the sage leaves and celety tops, eating them right away While standing in front of the stove. We fry | only a few of the blossoms and all of the tiny | potatoes and green beans and carry them out to the terrace with the frittata. wine and a handful of Parmigiano® cheese. I | | gg dish, similar tan omelet S ew ‘urn around and around irmigiano cheese: Ialian cheese, also called Parmesan 7 fennel seeds: seeds from a pale green plant, often used as spice for food 8 batter: mixture of egos or other ingredients, before itis cooked Vocabulary Check ‘A. Complete the paragraph with the boldfaced words from the reading. Use the correct form of the word. First, wash the (1) and cut them into one-inch pieces. Then (2) of the celery in cold water, ___alarge saucepan with oil, and heat it for one minute over a medium 3). ‘Add the vegetables to the pan and cook for one to two minutes, giving them a couple of (4). ‘wooden spoon. When they start to feel a little soft, (5) with a them carefully onto a heated plate. Serve immadiately with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. 136 UNIT 8m iviized Dining B. Complete the sentences with the boldfaced words from “A Blossom Lunch." Use the correct form of the word. 4. Hove the of baking bread. It smells like home! 2. She looked at me________ when | told her had not eaten a home-cooked meal in years. | could tell that she felt sorry for me. 3. The children ____ flowers from the garden to put on the dining room table. 4, It’s a beautiful evening. Why don't we eat outside on the 2 6. The right amount of salt wil ______ the flavor of the meat. 6. “Children, please eating. Then you can leave the table and go outside to play.” until everyone has finished 7. The first time | prepared an entire meal by myself was a(n) | felt very excited and proud of mysef. 8. When the waiter__________our table, we told him we weren't ready to order yet. PA READ AGAIN Read “A Blossom Lunch” again and complete the comprehension exercises on the next page. As you work, keep the reading goal in mind. (LL) READING GOAL: To make reasonable inferences based on the Information in the text CHAPTER 15 MA Blossom Lunch 137 Comprehension Check A. Check (/) the answers that you can infer from the text. Support your inferences with details from the text. 1. Where does the story take place? in a small town ina large city in the United States Details: 2. Who is Fernando? achef the owner of a grocery store the writer's husband Details: 3. Why does the man in the gastronomia feel pity for the woman? because she can't afford to buy eggs because she doesn't know how to cook the local food because she is an outsider and doesn't understand the local customs. Details: 138 UNIT 8 m Civilized B. Read the statements about the reading. Write T (true) or F (false). Support your answers with details from the text. ___1. The writer was born and raised in Italy. Details: 2. Fernando is used to living in the city. Details: 3. The writer appreciates simple food, Details: The writer has invited a group of people for lunch. Details: 5. Fernando does not know how to cook. Details: The writer is visiting friends in Tuscany. Detail 7. The writer and her husband have just moved to Tuscany. Details: 8. The writer writes cookbooks. Details: C. Work with a partner. Compare your answers from Exercises A and B. Did you make the same inferences? Did you use the same details to support your inferences? If your answers are different, decide who has the correct ‘answer by reviewing the information in the text. CHAPTER 15 ™ A Blossom Lunch 139 DISCUSS Survey your classmates. Find out who has had experience growing, raising, finding, or catching their own food. Try to find at least one classmate who has experienced each activity. ere a ets Pern pores Yes= / Cok} No= X pe eeaeere) ‘gathered eggs from a hen milked a cow, goat, sheep, ‘camel, or other animal raised farm animals such as Chickens or pigs for their meat hunted wild animals such as birds, deer. etc. ‘caught fish or shellfish (shrimp, lobster, etc.)

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