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In that sentance, the word UP is used sort of as a slang word.
And I can not think of a REAL defination for its use.

To break down the sentance it means-


If you are cooking some chinease food, cook enough for me too

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metaphoricalness (I think I made up a word)
Weather or not we realize it people often speak in metaphor.

words like up and forward have positive connotations, whereas words like down and backwards get negative ones.

most of this comes form the fact that when people talk about abstract things like thinking or love they use physical descriptions to help understand the concepts.

in a fight someone who is on top of someone is often the one who appears to be winning.

Many animals vehicles are designed to go FORWARD and even when they do reverse they usually move slower going BACKWARDS.

buildings go UP when they are being built. The word UP in that sentence gives gives building a positive meaning since constructing something useful is considered positive.

if you have to travel somewhere you generally move FORWARD. So, FOREWORD thinking might involve being open minded or planning ahead.

likewise an army who is attacking up a hill is at a disadvantage. Such situations often give down a negative or lesser meaning.


so in the sentence,"I would like to cook you UP some chinese food" the speaker is using up as a positive metaphor that refers to other things like constructing building or moving UP in life.

I could give endless examples of how we use metaphors in langauge. A large percentage of everyday sentences carry these metaphors.

Sailors used to speak of a storm blowing up.

When they got ashore they tacked "up" to all sorts of verbs.

"To cook up some Chinese Food" is an example.