gastronomy
/ɡæˈstɹɑnəmi/
nounthe art, science, or activity of exploring how to prepare and eat good food
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1. I did look into molecular gastronomy.
2. And they're using in modern gastronomy.
3. Gastronomy takes on a spiritual dimension for Dali.
4. The market in Cantho is an example of the rich gastronomy of Vietnam.
5. - What is molecular gastronomy?
bistro
/ˈbɪstɹoʊ/
nouna small restaurant that is not expensive
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1. - I like the Bistro.
2. - I vote Bistro.
3. - Bistro has already the open restaurant.
4. I love bistro lights.
5. Stop number one is Jack's Bistro.
confectionery
/kənˈfɛkʃəˌnɛɹi/
nouna store where chocolate, sweets, etc. are sold
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1. But with the Wrigley's portfolio of Staple Gum Brands, the deal helped solidify Mars as the top confectionery company in the world.
2. In the summer of 2004, Trolli confectionery brand released road kill themed gummies.
3. And wagashi is the very traditional Japanese confectionery traditionally served with tea.
4. But this confectionery treat didn't start as, well, ice cream.
5. Licorice tea Licorice is traditionally associated with candies and confectionery items, it turns out it is also known for its holistic health benefits.
diner
/ˈdaɪnɝ/
nouna small restaurant
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1. Menus are for diners.
2. Diners at a cafe in Lod hid in the kitchen area for safety.
3. Diners at a cafe in Lod hid in the kitchen area for safety.
4. New York diners want new, new, new!
5. Diners that started out in the late 1800s as mobile food wagons from horse-drawn carts.
drive-through
/dɹˈaɪvθɹˈuː/
nouna restaurant or other service provider where one is served without needing to leave one's car
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1. All right, I'm here at the Taco Bell drive-through.
2. This is a Wendy's drive-through.
3. A drive-through is where you can order food from your car.
4. They offered drive-through testing stations where people were tested in their car.
5. You were in the drive-through?
food court
/fˈuːd kˈoːɹt/
nounan area in a public place such as a shopping mall, etc. where multiple small restaurants are located
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1. Think dollar store with a food court.
2. Today we hacked the mall food court.
3. Alright Link, this is the food court cake.
4. Q: No, he hates food courts.
5. This moral quandary is being solved here in the food court.
patisserie
/pˈæɾɪsɚɹi/
nouna store that sells cakes and pastries
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1. And finally chef, I was always told that a cuisine chef can't make patisserie.
2. I'm making an Australian Pavlova with my buddy over here, Chef Jones at the CIA, and now we're ready to make, the creme patisserie.
3. Now this particular creme patisserie is, we're using corn starch in it.
4. With corn starch, you're gonna get a very stiff creme patisserie.
5. I’ve been spending hours playing this game and that’s what inspired me to make this mini patisserie.
cholesterol
/kəˈɫɛstɝˌɔɫ/, /kəˈɫɛstɝəɫ/
nouna substance high in fat found in blood and most body tissues, a high amount of which correlates with an increased risk of heart disease
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1. The cells in your body need cholesterol as part of their cell membrane.
2. Cholesterol is an essential part of each of your cell’s membranes.
3. What is cholesterol?
4. The fiber reduces cholesterol while the iron prevents anemia.
5. Our body actually produces cholesterol.
greasy
/ˈɡɹisi/
adjective(of food) containing or cooked in a lot of oil
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1. Fritos are greasy.
2. - Fritos are greasy.
3. Your default mode is greasy.
4. And things get greasy.
5. Then your fingers get greasy.
oily
/ˈɔɪɫi/
adjective(of food) containing a lot of oil
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1. - Oily, these sun dried tomatoes. -
2. The skin is not super oily.
3. My fingers are too oily!
4. Oily Fish: People in Japan have one of the longest life expectancy in the world.
5. My skin is already oily.
savory
/ˈseɪvɝi/
adjectivesmelling or tasting pleasant
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1. I like savory.
2. I really like savory.
3. This one was savory.
4. One is a little bit more savory.
5. This fraiche is savory.
stale
/ˈsteɪɫ/
adjective(of food, particularly cake and bread) not fresh anymore
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1. Like, the meat is kinda stale.
2. These donuts are kind of stale.
3. These donuts are kind of stale.
4. Stale gas is one of the most common causes of engine problems.
5. Your customers are stale.
tasteless
/ˈteɪstɫəs/
adjectivewith no particular flavor
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1. It's tasteless.
2. - It's too tasteless.
3. It's tasteless.
4. And Caliper CBD is completely tasteless.
5. It is tasteless.
tender
/ˈtɛndɝ/
adjectivedescribing food that is easy to chew or cut
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1. So tender.
2. Wow. - Top fat skin, still tender inside.
3. The apples are tender.
4. - I tender the witness.
5. Chicken tenders.
yummy
/ˈjəmi/
adjectivetasting very good
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1. Ham dinner kind of sounds yummy.
2. Oh, yummy, drink!
3. Is that snow yummy?
4. Tentacles yummy yummy -
5. Tentacles yummy yummy -
self-service
/sˈɛlfsˈɜːvɪs/
adjective(of a restaurant, store, etc.) providing customers with the chance to serve themselves and then pay for it
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1. The first self-service supermarket, Piggly Wiggly, opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee.
2. There'll be no self-service at all.
3. Now, there are, of course, lots and lots of self-service solutions.
4. Yeah, self-service is so powerful.
5. Self-service machines are pretty much everywhere, but they've got nothing on this smart checkout.
appetizer
/ˈæpəˌtaɪzɝ/
nouna small dish that is eaten before the main part of a meal
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1. Appetizer course is over.
2. Appetizer is done.
3. but no no not our appetizers, Person B's appetizer arrives.
4. We got appetizers.
5. My appetizer had some zucchini sticks.
entree
/ˈɑnˌtɹeɪ/
nounthe main segment of a meal
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1. For instance, you can share an entree.
2. My entree is done.
3. For your entree I have a lobster roll for you!
4. We put the main entrée, then the appetizer, then the French fries, then the salad.
5. You're going to see some entrees, some desserts.
specialty
/ˈspeɪʃəɫti/, /ˈspɛʃəɫti/
nouna type of food or drink or other product that an establishment is known for because it is delivered in high quality
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1. The only big differentiation between any of these is honestly, specialties.
2. Specialties are self-selecting to a certain degree.
3. Oh and by the way these are specialty made edible bubbles.
4. My specialty is putting out offerings.
5. His specialty is bagging first ascents.
a la carte
/ˈælæ kˈɑːɹt/
nouna menu in which each dish has a separate price
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1. That's what's fun about our à la carte shop, is we're able to experiment, think outside of the box of our typical designs.
2. While some resorts will just charge for sitting at the à la carte restaurant, others will charge an additional fee for specific meals.
3. They're buying a la carte features a little bit less frequently.
4. On the other hand, European hotels offered rooms and meals à la carte.
5. A nod to Italian barbecue, they serve it in a variety of ways, even slicing it up a la carte style for brunch.
gourmet
/ˈɡʊɹˌmeɪ/
nounsomeone who enjoys and knows about food and wine very much
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1. As gourmet as jerky gets.
2. Drinking gourmet coffee.
3. Cook a gourmet meal.
4. Then dinner was gourmet.
5. - Oaks Gourmet!
regular
/ˈɹeɪɡjəɫɝ/, /ˈɹɛɡjəɫɝ/
nouna person who buys something from a place or visits it very often
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1. So, basically, you can use it as a regular alarm clock.
2. Women over 21 can undergo a regular pap smear, where a sample of tissue is gently scraped from the lining of the cervix to test for abnormal cells.
3. The solar cells demanded regular cleaning.
4. Such precision flying requires regular maintenance, especially in the rain.
5. Just put on regular clothes.
burrito
/bɝˈitoʊ/
nouna dish of a tortilla wrapped around a mixture of ground meat or beans, originated in Mexico
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1. The hash brown toasted burrito.
2. Every burrito needs a tortilla.
3. - Make a burrito. -
4. Getting a burrito?
5. Breakfast burritos for dinner!
caviar
/ˈkæviˌɑɹ/
nounthe preserved eggs of some fish, especially one called sturgeon, eaten as food, which is considered a very expensive dish
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1. Ossetra caviar gathered from the Caspian Sea.
2. I love caviar.
3. - I love caviar
4. Make caviar the Boz way.
5. The high demand for a nearly extinct fish's eggs raised caviar prices.
schnitzel
/ʃnˈɪtsəl/
nouna thin slice of meat that is coated with breadcrumbs and then fried
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1. You know the schnitzel.
2. What is schnitzel?
3. Put the schnitzel on top.
4. So chicken schnitzel is Caleb's all-time favorite dinner.
5. What's schnitzel?
spring roll
/spɹˈɪŋ ɹˈoʊl/
nouna dish that consists of a pancake that is filled with vegetables and sometimes meat and then fried until crispy, originated in China
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1. Next, This Is How We Spring Roll.
sushi
/ˈsuʃi/
nouna dish of small rolls or balls of cold cooked rice flavored with vinegar and garnished with raw fish or vegetables, originated in Japan
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1. I love sushi.
2. My favorite food is sushi.
3. 'I love sushi!'
4. I love sushi.
5. - I love sushi.
taco
/ˈtɑkoʊ/
nouna dish that consists of a folded tortilla filled with ground meat, beans, etc., originated in Mexico
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1. Hometown Bar-B-Que does tacos.
2. - Everyone loves tacos.
3. - I got tacos.
4. you beefy tacos.
5. Azra loves tacos.
port
/ˈpɔɹt/
nouna type of dark-red wine with a sweet taste, originated in Portugal
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1. Current Mac models will have USB-C ports.
2. The ports tore off my shirts and sports bra.
3. Today, the port again facilitates the movement of capital.
4. USB-A ports you had to plug it in a certain way
5. "Port" describes the left side of a ship.
to wine and dine
/wˈaɪn ænd dˈaɪn/
verbto entertain someone with lavish food and drink
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ale
/ˈeɪɫ/
nouna type of beer that is dark in color and does not contain bubbles
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1. American pale ale is sort of the original American craft beer style.
2. Look at that, thank you Ale.
3. So here's Ale.
4. So Ale owns a pizza shop.
5. Ale gave in.
pina colada
/pˈiːnə kəlˈɑːdə/
nouna drink made with pineapple, coconut, and rum
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1. - This is the pina colada?
2. - This is pina colada.
3. - That might be pina colada.
4. - You look like you like pina coladas.
5. - Drinking their pina coladas.
frappe
/fɹˈæp/
nouna drink served with a lot of small pieces of ice
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1. Pound for pound, it actually has less calories than the UK's chocolate frappé, with only 410 calories compared to their 439 calories.
2. The Greek frappé is said to have been invented by mistake by a Nescafé representative who mixed cold water with instant coffee in a shaker after they couldn't find any hot water.
3. How to Make a Frappe.
4. Did you know The first coffee frappe was served in 1957 at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair in Greece.
5. It's a frappe.
pilsner
/ˈpɪɫznɝ/
nouna type of light beer, flavored with hops
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1. Pilsner is a brand.
2. That is this original Pilsner style, but in the Czech Republic, that's the only beer that carries the name of Pilsner.
3. That is this original Pilsner style, but in the Czech Republic, that's the only beer that carries the name of Pilsner.
4. Actual cocktails, for gals who couldn't pound pilsners.
5. Now, you know, what do you call Pilsner lovers?