Importance of food in the Czech Republic is different in every family. But I thing it isn’t too much important also in Britain. But for some people in our country food, eating, sometimes also cooking is a downright pleasure. We eat more than the British or American and our food is known to be less healthily. The Czechs are used to eating many floury, sweet and fatty meals, such as dumplings, pastry, fat pork and sausages. Traditional Czech cuisine is however a bit unhealthy and people can get fat. But we are beginning to cook health meals. Many families prefer to cook more vegetable meals; they become vegetarians or try some kind of foreign (Chinese ...) food. We eat more vegetable and fruit, too. We can go in restaurant with Chinese, French, Italian…meats. In supermarket we can buy everything: fruits, vegetables, ingredients for cooking, rice…which is transporting from other countries. Pork and beef is being replaced by poultry and fish. The main fish cooked in our country is carp (it is a traditional Christmas meal – battered carp and potato salad) and trout.