1 definition by GoLightly
Used by cooks, chefs and enthusiastic amateur cooks to describe the process of piling, stacking or otherwise composing food so that it gains height on the plate. The term is used in the professional practice of Culinary Arts to reference the other measurement words: width, breadth and depth, by adding the 'th' suffix.
Chef: Please make sure to put the salad on a cold plate, you'll get a lot more heighth that way!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: All napoleons need to be stacked with the utmost care so that we maximize heighth! I want them TALL!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: If the plate does not have enough heighth, it'll look like it came out of Grandma's kitchen. We are NOT Grandma's kitchen!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: Get some more goddamn heighth out of that appetizer, we are not shoemakers!
Chef: Oui, Chef!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: All napoleons need to be stacked with the utmost care so that we maximize heighth! I want them TALL!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: If the plate does not have enough heighth, it'll look like it came out of Grandma's kitchen. We are NOT Grandma's kitchen!
Cook: Yes, Chef!
Chef: Get some more goddamn heighth out of that appetizer, we are not shoemakers!
Chef: Oui, Chef!
by GoLightly September 5, 2013