| 100% | HONEYGLAZED | 11 | Cooked with a sweet sauce, as carrots or ham |
| 43% | WHISK | 5 | Whip eggs or cream, as someone with cooking as a hobby may do |
| 43% | BAKE | 4 | Make cookies or muffins, as someone with cooking as a hobby may do |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | Fish often glazed with a sweet soy sauce |
| 39% | BROILS | 6 | Cooks with direct heat, as a steak |
| 38% | BAKE | 4 | Cook, as a pie or brownies |
| 38% | EEL | 3 | Sushi fish often garnished with a thick, sweet sauce |
| 37% | SEAR | 4 | Cook in a way, as tuna or beef tenderloin |
| 37% | GENRE | 5 | A category or type, as with music and film |
| 36% | VOLAUVENT | 9 | Very light puff pastry case filled with a savoury or sweet mixture |
| 36% | UPTEMPO | 7 | Played with a fast speed, as with music or basketball |
| 36% | BELLBIRD | 8 | Australasian songbird with a ringing call such as the New Zealand — or crested — |
| 36% | GROSBEAK | 8 | Brightly coloured songbird with a stout beak such as the Pine — or Collared — |
| 35% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Rhizome starch, used as a flour or sauce thickener |
| 35% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried grape, eaten as a snack or in cooking |
| 35% | SPURGE | 6 | Plant with a milky sap and small flowers such as the wood — or sun — |
| 35% | MARINATED | 9 | Soaked in a sauce before cooking, like meat or fish |
| 35% | WOK | 3 | Perfect vessel to cook a stir-fry with soy sauce |
| 35% | PINNIPED | 8 | Sea mammal with flippers such as a walrus or seal |
| 35% | LARD | 4 | Pig fat used as a cooking ingredient (rhymes with "bard") |
| 35% | WALK | 4 | Abandon, as with a job or commitment |
| 34% | JULIEANDJULIA | 13 | 2009 movie with Amy Adams as a novice cook: 3 wds. |
| 34% | REACT | 5 | Respond, as with a laugh or a grimace |
| 34% | EELROLL | 7 | Sushi order with a salty-sweet sauce |
| 34% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 34% | CROUTON | 7 | Small piece of fried bread served with soup or as a garnish |
| 34% | ESTATES | 7 | Properties with land, such as a wine or housing __ |
| 33% | COULIS | 6 | Thin puree of vegetables or fruit served as a sauce surrounding a dish |
| 33% | TIMBALE | 7 | Mixture of meat or fish in a rich sauce cooked in a mould lined with potato or pastry |
| 33% | BEEF | 4 | & 20A Dish of thin strips of meat cooked with onions and mushrooms served in a sour cream sauce |