· 13 lists · 501 words

From field to plate

Growing, shipping, preparing.

What holds these lists together

Three stages of a single chain, and in France that is hardly a figure of speech: the label says which area the produce comes from, the delivery note which port it passed through, and the recipe what to do with it. The lists share few words and still complete each other — whoever knows only the kitchen cannot read the label, and whoever knows only the label stands idle in the kitchen. The traps sit in the plainest words. Le raisin is the grape on the vine, not the dried fruit, which is le raisin sec; and la cave is where the wine is kept, not a hole in a hillside.

The 13 lists

B2Farming and foodGrowing, harvest, origin, labelling — the words between the field and the label on the shelf.50 words B2Trade and logisticsOrder, warehouse, customs, supply chain — the words by which goods get from one place to another.50 words B2Kitchen techniqueSweating, deglazing, letting it steep — the verbs a French recipe hangs on.50 words C1Nutrition and foodNutrients, labels, shelf life — and where the figure on the packet comes from.36 words C1Baking and pastryDough, proof, crust — and why the same recipe comes out differently the second time.37 words C1Coffee and teaRoast, grind, extraction — and what it is down to when the cup comes out bitter.39 words C1Wine and tastingFrom the vineyard to the glass, and how to describe what you are tasting.51 words C1Beer and brewingMash, wort and maturing — and how a fault in the beer tastes.35 words C2Food technologyHow raw material becomes a product that keeps.24 words C2Meat processingFrom the animal to the cut, and what gets checked along the way.33 words C2Distilling spiritsWhat the distiller throws away decides what ends up in the glass.26 words C2CheesemakingMilk deciding whether it turns into cheese or into waste.32 words C2PatisserieSugar stages, emulsions, tempering — a craft measured in degrees.38 words

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.

Level	Words	Share
B2	150	30 %
C1	198	40 %
C2	153	31 %

Practise this category

Multiple choice and gaps, across all 13 lists and all 501 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.