a) meal, breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner, supper;
b) starter, entrée, appetizer, hors-d’oeuvre, main course, seconds, meat course, fish course, dessert, sweet course, afters, sweets;
c) to lay / set / the table, to clear the table, to wash up, a table-cloth, a table-mat, a napkin, a pepper-box, a salt-cellar, a mustard-pot, a bread plate, a saucer, a sugar-basin / a sugar-bowl /, cutlery;
d) to peel, to scale, to scrape, to grate, to stuff, to garnish, to mix, to stir, to bread, to knead / the dough /, to season, to sprinkle, to dress, to string, to pluck, to crack, to skin, to slice, to carve, to mince, to shell, to toss, to whip, to mash, to beat, to ice, to sauté, to stew, to chop, to strain, to simmer, to boil, to fry, to grill, to roast, to bake, to steam, to bring to the boil, to pour, to serve, to barbecue, to casserole;
e) to chew, to digest, to lick, to consume, to bolt, to polish off, to peck at, to swallow
f) sweet, bitter, sour, hot, spicy, mild, bland, salty, sugary, sickly, savoury, tasty, tastless, greasy, over-cooked, overdone, under-cooked, underdone, done to a turn, stodgy, more-ish, delicious, stale, tough, uneatable, inedible, rare, tender, fatty, fattening;