Is food the key to world peace? With ten days to go before the Olympic Games open in Paris, chefs are preparing to cook 500 different dishes for the many athletes taking part.
Three million bananas to fuel Olympics
Stir fry: Over 15,000 athletes are coming from all over the world, many with their own very different food requirements. Glossary
Olympia - A town in western Greece.
Marseille - A port city in southern France.
Martinique - A Caribbean island that is an overseas region of France.
Bastille Day - The national day of France, celebrated each 14 July. It is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison, which was a major event during the French revolution.
Francophone - French-speaking
Impasse - A situation in which you can make no progress, often due to two sides not agreeing.
Halal - Meaning "lawful", a dietary rule followed by many Muslims. It includes rules on how animals should be slaughtered.
Vladimir Putin - Russia’s ruler since 2000. He is a strong opponent of the West.