Overview
Develop your students' knowledge and food preparation skills for the new GCSE; approved by AQA, this title caters to all ability levels.
- Ensures your students understand even the most challenging topics, such as nutrition and food science, with clear, accessible explanations of all subject content and simple definitions of key words
- Helps students apply their understanding of food, nutrition and healthy eating with engaging and cost-effective practical food preparation and cooking activities throughout
- Supports all abilities and learning styles with varied activities that aid progression, including extension activities to challenge more able learners
- Prepares students for Non-Exam Assessment with guidance on the Food Investigation and Food Preparation Assessment.
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How to use this book
Introduction to AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
Section 1 Food Preparation Skills
Skill 1 General practical skills
Skill 2 Knife skills
Skill 3 Preparing fruit and vegetables
Skill 4 Use of the cooker
Skill 5 Use of equipment
Skill 6 Cooking methods
Skill 7 Preparing, combining and shaping
Skill 8 Sauce making
Skill 9 Tenderising and marinating
Skill 10 Dough
Skill 11 Raising agents
Skill 12 Setting mixtures
Section 2 Food, Nutrition and Health
Topic 2.1 Macronutrients
Topic 2.2 Micronutrients (and water)
Topic 2.3 Nutritional needs and health
End of section practice questions
Section 3 Food Science
Topic 3.1 Cooking of food and heat transfer
Topic 3.2 Functional and chemical properties of food
End of section practice questions
Section 4 Food Safety
Topic 4.1 Food spoilage and contamination
Topic 4.2 Principles of food safety
End of section practice questions
Section 5 Food Choice
Topic 5.1 Factors affecting food choice
Topic 5.2 British and international cuisines
Topic 5.3 Sensory evaluation
Topic 5.4 Food labelling and marketing
End of section practice questions
Section 6 Food Provenance
Topic 6.1 Environmental impact and sustainability of food
Topic 6.2 Food processing and production
End of section practice questions
Section 7 Preparing for Assessment
Topic 7.1 Non-exam assessment
Topic 7.2 The written exam
Glossary
Index