秘方: secret recipe...
火焰: blaze, flame...
琢磨: to ponder, to mull over, to think through, Taiwan pr....
急: urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried, worried, to make (sb) anxious...
吃饭: to have a meal, to eat, to make a living...
类似: similar, analogous...
一丝不苟: not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules, meticulous, not one hair out of place...