# Cooking & Taste Intermediate

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- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Theme: Food & Drink
- Words: 16
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Cooking vocabulary for kitchen techniques and taste, covering how to chop, whisk and roast an ingredient and describing flavour with words like bitter, sour…

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## Word list

* **chop** /tʃɑp/: To cut food into small pieces with quick, hard strokes of a knife. — “Could you **chop** the carrots while I heat the oil?”
* **stir** /stɜr/: To move a liquid or mixture around with a spoon so it mixes. — “**Stir** the sauce gently so it doesn't stick.”
* **whisk** /wɪsk/: A kitchen tool of thin wire loops used to beat eggs or cream. — “Use a **whisk** to make the sauce smooth.”
* **grate** /ɡreɪt/: To rub food against a rough metal tool so it falls in small shreds. — “Please **grate** some cheese over the pasta.”
* **roast** /roʊst/: To cook meat or vegetables in the oven with a little oil. — “I'll **roast** the potatoes for about an hour.”
* **steam** /stim/: To cook food over a pot of hot water using the wet heat that rises. — “We **steam** the vegetables to keep their colour.”
* **ingredient** /ˌɪnˈɡridiənt/: One of the foods you need to put in when you make a dish. — “The secret **ingredient** in her sauce is orange peel.”
* **defrost** /dɪˈfrɔst/: To let frozen food become soft enough to cook or eat. — “Remember to **defrost** the chicken before you cook it.”
* **microwave** /ˈmaɪkrəˌweɪv/: A small kitchen machine with a door, used to heat or cook food very quickly. — “Heat the soup in the **microwave** for two minutes.”
* **freezer** /ˈfrizər/: A machine, or part of a fridge, that keeps food so cold that it becomes hard. — “There's a bag of peas in the **freezer** if you want some.”
* **homemade** /ˈhoʊmˈmeɪd/: Cooked by a person in their own kitchen, not bought from a shop or factory. — “Her **homemade** soup tastes much better than anything from a tin.”
* **ready meal**: A whole cooked dinner sold in a shop, which you only have to heat before serving. — “I was too tired to cook, so I had a **ready meal**.”
* **bitter** /ˈbɪtər/: Having a sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong black coffee or lemon peel. — “The medicine left a **bitter** taste in my mouth.”
* **sour** /ˈsaʊər/: Having a sharp taste like a lemon, or like milk that has gone bad. — “These grapes are really **sour** — I can't eat them.”
* **crispy** /ˈkrɪspi/: Pleasantly hard and dry on the outside, and noisy to bite into. — “The chips were hot and **crispy** straight from the fryer.”
* **flavour**: The particular quality of a food or drink that you notice in your mouth. — “This ice cream has a strong coffee **flavour**.”

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