to taste

idiom

: in an amount that results in the taste that one wants

—used in recipes to indicate how much salt, pepper, etc., should be added to food

Salt the stew to taste.

Examples of to taste in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The event, hosted by the Fulton County Schools Nutrition Department, allowed students to taste-test potential new school meal recipes and rate them. —Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

Season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste. —Ashia Aubourg, Outside, 17 Feb. 2026

Place 1/4 of cabbage on lower half of tortilla; place 1/4 of each remaining ingredient on top of cabbage, adding salt and pepper to taste. —Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026

One reader skips the green pepper entirely and adds extra green onions instead, while another suggests seasoning the sauce to taste and finishing it with a layer of mozzarella during the last few minutes of baking. —Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for to taste

• abased
• barefaced
• debased
• defaced
• disgraced
• displaced
• distaste
• effaced
• embraced
• emplaced
• encased
• erased