Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• thicken up: To become denser or more viscous, especially a liquid.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• have to: Must do
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• cut into: To divide something into pieces with a sharp tool.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
• go on: To continue doing something
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• go in with: To join with others in a business venture or undertaking.
• chop it up: To have a casual or informal conversation.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• get it on: To start doing what you say you will do
• break up
• on to: Toward something; forward
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• go down on: To perform oral sex on someone.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• leave: To go away from; depart
• sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• mug: Large ceramic drinking cup with a handle
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• quit: To leave a job
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• stove: Device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• burn: To destroy with fire
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• marshmallow: Spongy candy made of gelatin and sugar
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• asparagus: Green vegetable with long thin stems
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• cracker: Something excellent or that you really like
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• creamy: Resembling or containing cream
• basil: Green mint herb with broad leaves used in cooking
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• nick: Person's name
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• mousse: Cold, creamy, usually sweet food eaten for dessert
• thicken: To make something more dense or concentrated
• teriyaki: Spicy soy sauce for grilling or broiling meats