By Rachel Mitchell Text Copyright 2018 by Rachel Mitchell

To eat like a horse [Expression] (to eat a lot).
She's very thin but she eats like a horse!
If you are very hungry, you can eat like a horse.
To follow a recipe [Expression] (to cook a meal following a set of instructions).
When she bakes a cake, she follows a recipe.
Carmen always follows a recipe when she makes a cake.
To foot the bill [Expression] (to pay the bill; to pay for something).
You paid for lunch last week. Let me foot the bill for dinner tonight.
She ordered drinks and then left him to foot the bill!
To grab a bite to eat [Expression] (to eat something in a hurry).
I need a few minutes to grab a bite to eat.
I usually grab a bite to eat before I see a movie. Let's grab a bite to eat if you didn't have lunch yet.
To have a sweet tooth [Expression] (to enjoy eating sweet food).
I have a sweet tooth, so I will definitely have dessert! Mary eats candy all the time. She must have a sweet tooth.
To play with your food [Expression] (to push food around the plate without eating it).
He plays with his food, and all he wants is his milk. She just plays with her food, she's not really hungry.
To spoil your appetite [Expression] (to make you want to eat less).
I didn't take biscuits, as it will spoil my appetite when I go for lunch.
The school-age kid spoils his appetite for dinner because he ate too many snacks after school.
To wine and dine [Expression] (to entertain someone with food and drink, usually at a fancy restaurant).
He has not had a chance to wine and dine with her yet. The company wined and dined the prospective clients.
Ingredients [Noun] (substances that you use in making a particular meal).
The ingredients for this recipe are a little expensive. She tried to turn her ingredients into delicious meals.
Speciality [Noun] (a type of food that a particularly place is famous for, because it is extremely good).
Pancakes are my speciality.
Oysters are a local speciality of the area.
Overeating [Noun] (the act of consuming more food than your body needs).
Habitual overeating had distended the boy's stomach. She is sick from overeating.
Obese people find it difficult to stop overeating.