hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to employ; to hire; to charter
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly