cooking

cuisine, cuisson

Le fait de préparer des aliments en les chauffant.

En anglais simple : The activity of preparing food by heating it.

• I enjoy cooking.
• He does the cooking at home.
• Cooking over a fire takes practice.

Synonymes : cookery

Expressions courantes : do the cooking, cooking time, cooking class

talent culinaire, cuisine

Le savoir-faire d’une personne pour préparer des repas.

En anglais simple : Someone’s skill in preparing food.

• Her cooking is excellent.
• My cooking has improved since last year.
• Everyone praised his cooking after dinner.

Synonymes : culinary skill

Expressions courantes : good cooking, improve your cooking, someone’s cooking

cuisine

Une façon de préparer les aliments propre à un lieu ou à une tradition.

En anglais simple : A particular way of preparing food, typical of a place or tradition.

• I love Italian cooking.
• Traditional cooking uses local ingredients.
• The restaurant specializes in spicy regional cooking.

Synonymes : cuisine, cookery

Expressions courantes : French cooking, traditional cooking, home cooking

de cuisine, à cuire

Conçu ou adapté pour préparer des aliments.

En anglais simple : Made or suitable for preparing food.

• We need some cooking oil.
• She washed the cooking pots.
• These cooking apples are too sour to eat raw.

Synonymes : culinary

Expressions courantes : cooking oil, cooking pot, cooking apples

en bonne voie, en plein essor

Qui se déroule activement et progresse bien.

En anglais simple : Happening actively and making good progress.

• Things are cooking now!
• By Friday, the project was really cooking.
• With everyone contributing ideas, the meeting was cooking.

Synonymes : in full swing

Expressions courantes : things are cooking, really cooking, something is cooking