food prep
Readying a meal
Food prep is the work of preparing ingredients before cooking—washing, chopping, measuring, marinating.
In restaurant kitchens, food prep is a specific job: She started as food prep before becoming a line cook.
At home, meal prep or food prep often means preparing multiple meals in advance: I do all my food prep on Sundays.
- choppingCutting into pieces
- slicingCutting into portions
- dicingCutting into cubes
- sharp knifeWell-honed cutting implement
- mise en placePre-cooking ingredient arrangement
cutting vegetables · cutting board · knife · mincing · peeling · marinating · seasoning · measuring · mixing · whisking · kitchen · counter · apron · ingredients · recipe · sautéing · blanching · julienne
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food prepcooking
Preparing food with heat
cleanup · plating · serving · dishwashing · washing up
food prepeating
Ingesting sustenance
consumption · dining · disposal · food waste · composting
food preptakeout
Restaurant food for elsewhere
ordering in · delivery · eating out · convenience food · microwave dinner
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