Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• cut into: To divide something into pieces with a sharp tool.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
• stand up with: To support or defend someone or something.
• kosher salt: A coarse-grained salt, free of iodine and other additives, used in cooking.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• quarter: 25 cents
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• sharp: Person's name
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• poop: Feces
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• cilantro: Herb used in Asian cooking; coriander
• boil: To become extremely angry or excited
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• oyster: An edible marine mollusk
• whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• optional: Being possible or available, but not required
• cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
• add: To include as well
• bamboo: Long light Asian plant with strong, empty stems
• upstairs: On a floor above
• elixir: Hypothetical substance supposed to cure all ills
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
• dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
• ladle: Large spoon with deep bowl for serving e.g. soup
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• lime: White containing calcium used in farming
• bad: Not good; wrong
• kosher: Being honest and correct
• soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area