Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 31: Cooking

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  Can you cook?
  
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  Who usually does the cooking in your home?
  
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  How do people usually learn to cook in your country?
  
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  What are the advantages of being able to cook?
  

Nouns

cookery cuisine ingredient recipe

home economics bile to eat (= snack) oven

Verbs

become skilled at prepare entertain (=have guests)

Adjectives

yummy full of flavor nourishing hot from

home-cooked famished

Idioms

lip-smacking (= delicious)

When I entertain guests I try to prepare some lip-smacking recipes.

burn to a crisp (= burn food)

Once I tried to prepare steak for my friends but it came out burn to a crisp.

rustle up (= cook sth. quickly without a recipe)

It’s good to be able to rustle up a quick bite to eat when you‘re famished.