roasting
Dry heat method
Roasting is cooking with dry heat, typically in an oven: roasting a chicken, roasting vegetables.
The method produces browning and concentrated flavors.
Roasting also means subjecting someone to intense, often humorous criticism: His friends gave him a roasting at his birthday party.
As an adjective, roasting describes oppressive heat: It's roasting in here.
Browning with intense heat
- bastingMoistening meat while cooking
- caramelizingHeating sugars until browned
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
baking · braising · smoking · barbecuing · marinating · glazing · brining · seasoning
Judgment of faults
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- lambastingHarshly criticizing someone
- skeweringPiercing with a pointed rod
grilling · ripping · savaging · tearing apart · takedown · scolding · reproach · condemnation
Professional humor performer
- stand-upSolo comedic performance
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
jabs · zingers · one-liner · banter · quip · insult · mockery · heckling
Extremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- bakingCooking with dry heat
broiling · burning · sun-baked · hot · torrid · parched · wilting · overheated
searing
Browning with intense heat
- bastingMoistening meat while cooking
- caramelizingHeating sugars until browned
- grillingCooking on metal grates
broiling · baking · braising · smoking · barbecuing · marinating · glazing · brining · seasoning · crisping
criticism
Judgment of faults
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- lambastingHarshly criticizing someone
skewering · grilling · ripping · savaging · tearing apart · takedown · scolding · reproach · condemnation · rebuke
comedian
Professional humor performer
teasing · jabs · zingers · one-liner · banter · quip · insult · mockery · heckling · improv
scorching
Extremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- sizzlingHissing from heat
baking · broiling · burning · sun-baked · hot · torrid · parched · wilting · overheated · sunstroke
beans
Edible pod seeds
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- arabicaDominant coffee species
- robustaHardy, bitter coffee species
espresso · green beans · single-origin · cupping · crema · artisanal · batch · micro-lot
- cooking techniquessear, simmering, boiling, frying, saute
- cooking termsbaste, baking, blanch, braise, sear
- culinary knowledgecooking techniques, knife skills, baking, grilling, sauteing
- food prepchopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, peeling
- beef preparationgrilling, braising, stewing, pan-frying, broiling
- cooking methodsfrying, boiling, baking, grilling, poaching
roastingpraising
Voicing admiration
lauding · celebrating · honoring · toasting · complimenting
- roasting panLarge baking vessel for meats
- roasting marshmallowsHeating confections over fire
- roasting meat
- slow roastingProlonged gentle oven cooking
- coffee roastingHeat-treating raw beans
- spit roastingRoasting meat on rotating skewer