Cooking and food
It Starts With U
The actor who said it
Three word phrases
This American City
200

Barilla says this italian phrase which translates to "a firm bite" allows you to taste the pasta better.  

Al Dente

200

This technology uses sound waves to take images inside the body.

Ultrasound

200

You talking to me?  You talking to me?  

Robert DeNiro

200

If you do this, you are either shifting responsibility or literally handing someone a dollar bill 

Pass the buck

200

It's central location helped make it the capital of Maine in 1832.

Augusta

400

This is the name of a French stew consisting of fish and vegetables.  It comes from words that mean boil and low.

Bouillabase

400

Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were proponents of this philosophy that answers the question what ought a person to do.

Utilitarianism

400

A boy's best friend is his mother.

Anthony Perkins

400

When you lavishly entertain a prospective client you are doing this rhyming phrase.

Wine and dine

400

In 1819, a newspaper in this Ohio city boasted that it was justly styled the fair queen of the west.

Cincinnati

600

These are the four basic ingredients of a custard.

Milk, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.

600

This diacritical mark gets its name from German for about and sound

Umlaut

600

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

Ryan O'Neal

600

Someone might tell you to do this when presenting you with 2 unpleasant options

Pick your poison

600

Part of what locals call the metroplex, this Texas city was founded as an Army post in 1849.

Fort Worth

800

This four letter word is a mixture of flour and fat used to thicken soups and sauces.

Roux

800

A street kid or oddly a hedgehog

Urchin

800

I'm walking here!  I'm walking here!

Dustin Hoffman

800

The Barack Obama presidential campaign's rallying cry in 2008

Yes We Can!

800

The final battle of the war of 1812 was fought in 1815 in and around this gulf coast city, famous for its yearly party.

New Orleans

1000

The leaves of this aromatic herb which is also called wild marjoram is used in pasta sauce.

Oregano

1000

There are 3 U's in this term for omnipresent

Ubiquitous

1000

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Vivian Leigh

1000

On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard would say this to make something happen quickly.

Make It So

1000

Named for a capital in ancient Egypt this city is located on a bluff on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River.

Memphis