Figurative food

Use similes, metaphors and personification to develop

descriptions

Don’t ‘s

Do’s

Steak is...tough What else is tough?

A steak as tough as gel acrylic nails

Too much sauce.... What does it look like?

The flavours were drowned by a sauce

Chicken bland – needed something Show need through....

The chicken was screaming out for seasoning

Now you try – chose 3 foods to describe using each type of figurative expression:

Simile Metaphor Personification

Read the following extract from an actual food review. Make a note of the figurative phrases the writer uses.

The menu is short and brilliantly desirable. I began with snails and meatballs, which were both musty and meaty, with layers of corrupting flavours that were fugitive and memorable. Thierry had a clean and pale skate terrine that was pressed and precious and pristine, like a mermaid’s packed lunch. A salmon tartare came with cumin and mint. For the main course, we had a shoulder of lamb, a wood pigeon and a beef daube — all dirty-fingered, rustic combinations that grabbed you roughly by the ears and stuck their tongues down your throat — cooked with a slow care, presented with a functional care.