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Food - vocabulary, idioms

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  • easy to cut or chew
    chewy
    gristly
    tender
    tough
  • smooth and soft in texture
    sticky
    rough
    coarse
    velvety
  • making something unpleasant seem more acceptable or attractive
    sugar coating
  • to cause a feeling of disappointment or unpleasantness
    leave a sour taste in your mouth
  • to be one’s main source of income or livelihood
    be your bread and butter
  • soft and soaked, often unpleasantly
    succulent
    soggy
    fluffy
  • protective coating for wood
    glue
    wood varnish
    paint
    wax
  • to be embarrassed or look foolish because of something you did
    have egg on your face
  • something that makes a good situation even better; an additional benefit
    the icing on the cake
  • something that is temporarily popular or fashionable
    flavor of the month
  • wanting two incompatible things; trying to have it both ways
    you want to have your cake and eat it
  • extremely hot
    scalding
    scolding
    lukewarm
  • a small stick used to hold food together or as a skewer
    cocktail stick
    straw
    toothpick
    chopstick
  • oily or fatty
    greasy
    bitter
    stodgy
  • light and airy in texture
    fluffy
    dense
    sticky
    stodgy
  • you can’t enjoy two mutually exclusive things at the same time
    you can’t have your cake and eat it
  • continuing until the very end, even if it is unpleasant or difficult
    to the bitter end
  • to be considered an excellent or innovative idea or product
    be the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
  • tough and fibrous, hard to chew
    gristly
    mouldy
    tender
    crispy
  • heavy, filling, and difficult to digest
    succulent
    watery
    stodgy
    light
  • to be out of date, no longer current or relevant
    be past
  • to attempt or try doing something
    refuse
    ignore
    try your hand at (something)
    quit
  • to make viewers eager or excited to see more
    whet viewers’ appetites
  • a secret method or recipe in business
    trade secret
    public recipe
    gossip
    rumor
  • to stimulate interest or desire for something, especially before experiencing it fully
    whet one’s appetite
  • juicy and tender
    succulent
    soggy
  • to quickly prepare or make something
    knock (something) up
    knock (something) off
    knock (something) for
  • to improve or intensify flavor or quality
    remove
    herbs
    add
    enhance
  • to produce positive results or success after effort
    bear fruit
  • the end part of a loaf of bread
    heel
    crust
    crumb
    slice