The document provides definitions for various culinary and nutrition-related vocabulary words. It defines terms like savoury, condiment, rodent, fatty acid, cognition, craving, obesity, swap, antioxidant, counterpart, shed, banish, exposure, urge, cuisine, culinary, simmer, blanch, poach, grate, nibble, munch, gobble, sour, tart, acidic, peckish, ravenous, famished, scrumptious, appetising, portion, helping, serving, platter, dishcloth, napkin, staple, eatable, edible, ethnic, leftovers, scraps, beverage, soft drink, beat, and vigorously. Examples are

1. Close-Up (Unit 5)
Eat Up!

2. Vocab. (Word Focus)
Savoury (adj.)
having a spicy or salty quality without sweetness
Ex. Do you want a sweet pancake or a savoury one?

3. Condiment (n)
a substance, such as salt, that you add to food to improve its taste
Ex. By using the condiment produced By this factory, you could certainly make tasty dishes.

4. Rodent (n)
• any of various small mammals with large sharp front teeth, such as mice
and rats
Ex. She worried away at her husband like a small and angry rat tackling
an even smaller rodent.

5. Fatty acid (n)
• an acid that the cells in your body need to function properly
Ex. Olive oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids.

6. Cognition (n)
• the process by which knowledge and understanding are
developed in the brain
Ex. The child psychologist set the child some puzzles to study his cognition.

7. Craving (n)
• a strong desire for sth, usually food
Ex. She has to resist a craving for chocolate if she wants to lose weight.

8. Obesity (n)
• the condition of being very overweight
Ex. Obesity is a serious problem in the Western world, where people eat too much.

9. Swap (v):
• change one thing for another
Ex. I swapped biscuits for fruit and feel much better.

10. Antioxidant (n)
• substance which inhibits oxidation
Ex. Berries are rich in antioxidants so add them to your diet.

11. Counterpart (n)
• sb/sth that has the same job or function as sth/sb
else in a different organisation or place
Ex. The head of the accounts department spoke to his counterpart in the
US office to discuss finance.

12. shed (v.)
• to lose
I shed six kilos when I went on a diet.

13. Banish (v)
• to get rid of
Ex. You should banish thoughts of treats during this strict diet.

14. Exposure (n)
• having no protection from sth harmful
EX. Too much exposure to the sun is bad for your skin.

15. Urge (n)
• a strong desire to do sth
Ex. He had an urge to drink coffee as he walked past the coffee shop.

16. Cuisine (n)
• a style of cooking
Ex. French cuisine is famous for its rich sauces.

17. Culinary (adj)
• to do with cooking
Ex. He is interested in doing a culinary course as he wants to be
a chef.

18. Simmer (v) - blanch (v) - poach (v)
• boil gently.
• cook quickly (for a short time) in boiling water before freezing
food.
• cook in boiling water and fully submerged (usually eggs).
- ex. I’ll simmer the potatoes in water for 10
minutes until they are soft.
- ex. Blanch the spinach for thirty seconds in
boiling water.
- ex. He cracked the egg, dropped it in boiling
water and poached it

19. grate (v)
• cut into very small pieces using a tool with a rough
surface
Ex. I’ll grate some carrots for the salad.

20. nibble (v) - munch (v) - gobble (v)
• eat small amounts by taking very small bites.
• eat/chew noisily.
• eat quickly and greedily.
Ex. The mouse nibbled the piece of cheese.
Ex. He munched his apple.
Ex. The boy was so hungry he gobbled his supper in two
minutes.

21. sour (adj) - tart (adj) - acidic (adj)
• with an acid taste like lemon or vinegar
• sharp or acid in taste
• sharp-tasting or sour
Ex. He made a face when he tasted the sour sauce.
Ex. The berries were not ripe, so they tasted quite tart.
Ex. Don’t add vinegar to my salads because acidic food makes my stomach ache.

22. Peckish (adj.)
Ex. By ten o'clock I was feeling rather peckish, even
though I'd had a large breakfast.

23. ravenous (adj) - famished (adj)
• very hungry
• Extremely hungry or starving
Ex. He hadn’t eaten all day, so he was ravenous.
Ex. I haven’t eaten for days, I’m famished.

24. scrumptious (adj) - appetising (adj)
really delicious looking and smelling delicious
Ex. May I have another of those
scrumptious cupcakes?
Ex. The pies in this bakery look very
appetising.

25. portion (n) - helping (n) - serving (n) - platter (n)
• an amount of food for one person.
• an amount of food served to a person at a meal (usually an
extra portion) .
• The amount of food listed on a product’s
nutrition facts label .
• a large serving dish.

26. dishcloth (n) - napkin (n)
• a towel you dry dishes with
• a piece of material or paper you use to wipe your
hands and mouth when you eat

27. staple (adj)
• Staple food is food that forms the basic part of your
diet.
Ex. Bread is a staple food in European cuisine.

28. eatable (adj) - edible (adj)
• tasty to eat
• safe to eat
Ex. This banana is very ripe but it’s still eatable.
Ex. Potato leaves are not edible and will make you
sick if you eat them.

29. ethnic (adj)
• from faraway or exotic countries
I buy ethnic food from this international supermarket.

30. leftovers (pl. n) - scraps (pl. n)
• food not eaten (untouched)
by the end of a meal.
clean food
There are some leftovers in the pot which
we can heat up and eat tomorrow.
• food left on sb’s plate
either clean or not.
Mum gave the chicken scraps from our
plates to the cat.

31. beverage (n) - soft drink (n)
a drink a drink that has no alcohol

32. beat (v)
• mix food with circular motions, often with a fork
I beat the egg whites to make meringue.

33. vigorously (adv)
• with energy or with strength
Beat the milk vigorously to make it frothy for your latte.

36. Created by:
Mohammed Sultan