Looking to cook with your English-speaking friends? Cooking is a great social activity. It's fun, can help you learn more about others, and you get to eat some good food in the end!
Here you'll find useful phrases that you can use when cooking with others. You'll learn what to say when deciding what to cook, as well as phrases you can use while cooking. Take a look at the tables below and get ready for the next time you cook with someone!
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Here you'll find useful phrases that you can use when cooking with others. You'll learn what to say when deciding what to cook, as well as phrases you can use while cooking. Take a look at the tables below and get ready for the next time you cook with someone!
Deciding What to Cook
If you and a friend want to cook, you'll first need to decide what to make. Below, we've collected phrases that can help you do this.I'm craving soup
Sometimes there's a dish or type of food that we just really want to eat. To tell someone what kind of food you really want to eat, you can use the sentence pattern I'm craving + FOOD. To crave is simply another way to say that you really want something. A possible response to our example sentence using this pattern is Do you want to make some tonight?.
I'm in the mood for some steaks
A common way to express what you'd like to eat is to use the expression to be in the mood for. You can use it like this: I'm in the mood for + FOOD. This is an idiomatic way of saying I want or I would like. One way someone could answer our example sentence is We could get some and grill on the weekend, if you want?.
While Cooking
Once you've decided what to cook, it's time to get started in the kitchen! The following phrases will come in handy while cooking. Have a look!I usually just make everything from scratch
To make from scratch is an English idiom. When you make something from scratch, it means that you make it using only base ingredients. You do not get help from something already pre-prepared. For example, if you wanted to make a cake from scratch, then you'd need to make the cake itself, any filling, and the icing all with base ingredients. If you bought a cake kit from the store that already had pre-made icing, filling, etc, then you would not be making a cake from scratch. Food made from scratch is often more tasty and impressive than food made from kits.
We have to heat up the oven first
When using a recipe, be sure to pay attention to the temperature that you have to heat the oven. Depending on what country your recipe is from, the temperature could be quite different. For example, in the United States Fahrenheit is the main temperature used, while in the United Kingdom Celsius is used. Fahrenheit and Celsius are quite different from each other. 200 degrees Celsius, for example, is 392 degrees Fahrenheit. So, make sure you know which temperature your recipe is using!
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Practice & Record a Dialogue
Take the next step and use what you’ve learned! Check out this topic’s dialogue unit and practice the phrases in a variety of exercises. Test your knowledge and get ready for real life conversations!
Would you like to cook dinner together?en
Sure, I'd love to. What would you like to eat?en
I was thinking maybe vegetable soup?en
