Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
casualise
A chef is talking about preparing his dish to be ready to eat.
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Apr 15, 2021 23:28: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "casualise " to "Food & Drink"
Apr 16, 2021 09:18: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
make it less formal
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Assem AlKhallouf
34 mins
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Tony M
43 mins
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Cilian O'Tuama
: less formal or less strict, maybe taking a few liberties
2 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
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BdiL
11 hrs
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James A. Walsh
18 hrs
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Daryo
2 days 12 hrs
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make it less fancy
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Cilian O'Tuama
: This doesn't seem to make sense because of the "so I'm going to make mine really pretty".
1 hr
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Tony M
: Can only agree with Cilian here: it's not about making it less visually attractive, so much as less elitist.
8 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
: the opposite of what the ST actually says
13 hrs
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
tone the fact down that it is indeed haute cuisine and concentrate on emphasising the presentation
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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-04-16 02:34:57 GMT)
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Emphasise and emphasize are two spelling variants of a verb that means to highlight the importance of something. Historically, emphasise was standard in British English, but today, emphasize is more common in both British and American English.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-04-16 02:37:10 GMT)
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he's dumbing his culinary genious down and facing reality
make it more casual / less 'formal'
So this chef is holding on to his talent for high-quality food, but trying to make it more 'casual' — maybe keeping its quality, but simplifying it so it can be enjoyed by more 'ordinary' people.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2021-04-16 07:14:17 GMT)
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To a certain extent, this is the Jamie Oliver [UK TV celebrity chef] touch: making 'posh' food less intimidating, accessible to all.
This is quite a general trend in my industry, at least in certain quarters — trying to make 'casual' dining high-quality too, something better than just industrial fast food.
The 'casual' here is mainly about the diners' attitude, not the actual objective quality of the food.
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Assem AlKhallouf
33 mins
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Shukran, Assem!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Exactly 100%! "Fine" dining is seen as being for the rich and those on expense accounts or for special rare occasions for the rest of us mere mortals! Also, more expensive ingredients often used in fine dining
2 hrs
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Thanks, Yvonne!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: That's a lot of confidence Tony. Where does your 'ordinary people' come from? Could also mean providing excellent food but cutting a few corners. And to compensate, he enhances the appearance ('makes it pretty').
3 hrs
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I was simply trying to express in terms that Asker was likely to be familiar with; 'fine dining' tends to be regarded as the exclusive privilege of a few lucky people, and in our industry, 'casualise' is something of a 'buzzword'.
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BdiL
11 hrs
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Grazie, Maurizio!
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Daryo
2 days 12 hrs
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Thanks, Daryo!
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