L’anglais en cuisine : objets, actions, et expressions liées à la nourriture

Vous savez, tout (ou presque) de la culture italienne tourne autour du monde de la cuisine et de la nourriture ! Il y a de plus en plus d’Italiens qui aspirent à devenir chefs ou, plus généralement, qui visent une carrière culinaire internationale : c’est pourquoi l’anglais en cuisine est important et c’est pourquoi vous devez connaître toutes les activités et actions les plus célèbres en cuisine en anglais !  Surtout si vous travaillez à l’étranger, il est important de connaître et de se familiariser avec des termes liés au monde de la cuisine : verbes à particule, expressions idiomatiques et, pourquoi pas, même des proverbes ! Aujourd’hui, vous découvrirez de nombreux nouveaux termes et expressions utiles pour parler de nourriture et de cuisine : en les adaptant à différents contextes, vous vous rendrez vite compte que vous pouvez parler anglais de manière plus naturelle !

L’anglais dans la cuisine : objets, actions et expressions typiques liés à la nourriture

Expressions anglaises du monde de la nourriture et de la cuisine :

• o turn up the heat: to intensify criticism or pressure on someone

E.g. The latest allegations of sexual harassment have turned up the heat on the TV network to fire the director of the show.

• Half-baked ideas: ideas which have not been thought out very well

E.g. Have you done any market research to find out if anyone wants to buy seaweed carpets or is this another one of your half-baked ideas?

• To simmer down: to become calm, especially after being very angry

E.g. Let’s take a 15-minute break so everyone can simmer down and then we’ll try again to reach a compromise on the proposal.

• To stir the pot: to deliberately try to make a situation/person more tense or upset

E.g. My uncles were having a good time at the barbecue until my aunt stirred the pot by saying they were loud and drinking too much.

• To cook the books: to falsify the financial figures in a company’s accounting books

E.g. My uncle’s first company had to go out of business because they were cooking the books.

• To whip something up: to quickly prepare some food

E.g. Just make yourself comfortable and watch the game while my husband whips something up for lunch.

• From scratch: to make something from basic ingredients

E.g. We never buy canned pasta sauce. We always make it from scratch using my great-grandmother’s recipe.

• To cook up a storm: to enthusiastically and energetically cook a large amount of food

E.g. At Thanksgiving, my mother and aunt cook up a storm for all of our relatives.

• To grill someone: to interrogate or intensely question someone to get a confession or answers

E.g. My dad always grills me when I come home late after a night out with my friends.

• To butter someone up: to flatter/compliment someone so you can get something

E.g. I tried to butter my father up by mowing the lawn before asking to borrow his car.

• A bad egg/apple: a bad person

E.g. You can’t trust him – he’s simply a bad egg.

• To eat crow: to admit you made a mistake

E.g. When it became clear that the police had arrested the wrong person, they had to eat crow.

• To sugarcoat: to make something that is unpleasant seem more pleasant

E.g. My boss fired me and tried to sugarcoat the situation by saying he would write me a letter of recommendation.

• To egg someone on: to encourage someone to do something stupid

E.g. He has never been in trouble before, so I’m sure his friends egged him on to start the fight.

L’anglais dans la cuisine : les noms de la vaisselle

• Cup/mug : tasse
• Mixing Bowl : saladier, bol dans lequel on mélange les ingrédients.
• Glass : verre
• Jar : bocal
• Plate : plat
• Teapot : théière

Autres objets dans la cuisine :

• Bin : panier
• Cling film/plastic wrap: film alimentaire
• Grill : grill
• Oven : four
• Dishwasher : lave-vaisselle
• Fridge : réfrigérateur
• Tea Towel : torchon
• Sink : évier
• Tablecloth : nappe
• Pan : poêle

Activités de base et actions typiques en cuisine en anglais !

To do the dishes/to do the washing up : faire la vaisselle/laver les assiettes

To clear the table : débarrasser la table

To set the table/to lay the table : dresser la table

To stir : mélanger

To slice : couper en tranches

To chop : hacher

To slice : couper en tranches

To peel : peler/enlever la peau

Comment faites-vous la cuisine ?

To cook : signifie cuisiner en général

To bake : cuire au four

To steam : cuire à l’étouffée

To grill : griller

To boil :  bouillir

Et d’autres ustensiles …

Bottle opener : ouvre-bouteille

Chopping board : planche à découper

Corkscrew : tire-bouchon

Grater : râpe

Kitchen scales : balance de cuisine

Rolling pin : rouleau à pâtisserie

Whisk : fouet

Saucepan : Casserole

Wooden spoon : cuillère en bois

Proverbes en anglais relatifs à la nourriture

• A watched pot never boils: time feels longer when you’re waiting for something to happen
• If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen: if you can’t manage something, leave the work to someone who can
• It’s no use crying over spilled milk: there’s no point being upset about something that happened in the past
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket: don’t put all of your time/effort/money into one investment
• Don’t bite off more than you can chew: don’t take more responsibility than you can manage
• You can’t have your cake and eat it too: you can’t have everything you want
• You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar: if you want someone to do something for you, it is more effective to use something sweet (being nice) than something sour (being mean)
• The proof is in the pudding: you need to actually do or try something to know if it is good or if it works
• Too many cooks in the kitchen: when there are too many people working on something and the final product suffers