Vocabulary

• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
• at least: As a minimum
• on to: Toward something; forward
• see about: To look into or arrange something.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• food culture: The practices, attitudes, and beliefs as well as the networks and institutions surrounding the production, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• spot: A certain place or area
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• vibe: Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• soggy: Unpleasantly wet
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• lettuce: Salad vegetable that has large thin green leaves
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• bash: To hit something; to criticize
• central: Being in the middle
• sincerely: With honesty and truthfulness
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• mayonnaise: Creamy, thick savory dressing for food
• cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• iceberg: Very large mass of floating ice in the sea
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• boulevard: Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• ranch: Large farm, made mostly of land for raising cattle
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• website: Collection of webpages in one location
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• creamy: Resembling or containing cream
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• charcoal: Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• saucy: Disrespectful in a light and playful way
• scooter: Light motorcycle, usually with small wheels
• honorable: Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive
• excite: To make something or someone become more active
• juice: Liquids (often squeezed from vegetables, fruit)
• char: To become burnt and the outside appears black
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• coleslaw: Finely cut cabbage, etc. in mayonnaise
• tomato: Round soft red vegetable, fruit used in sauces
• gyro: Greek sandwich of sliced roast lamb in pita bread
• pita: Usually small round flat bread