cooks up a storm
Makes exceptional meals
To cook up a storm is to cook enthusiastically and prolifically, producing impressive quantities of food: She cooked up a storm for the holiday dinner.
The phrase follows the pattern of other "up a storm" expressions—dance up a storm, talk up a storm—where the storm suggests intense, energetic activity.
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- master chefHighly skilled culinary expert
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- Sunday dinnerWeekly family meal ritual
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
sautéing · ambitious · baking · dinner party · energetic · inspired · creative · flambéing · celebratory · determined · showstopper · grilling · banquet · roasting · focused · buffet · frying · joyful