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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Black bun

Culinary arts; Cooking

Not a bun in the sense of bread, the Scottish black bun is a spicy mixture of nuts with dried and candied fruit enclosed in a rich pastry crust. Traditionally, Scots serve it at Hogmanay (the New ...

Natural food enzymes that, when taken with gassy foods, help reduce flatulence — sometimes even stopping it before it begins. Gas-producing foods like beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, grains ...

Avocado

Culinary arts; Cooking

Native to the tropics and subtropics, this rich fruit is known for its lush, buttery texture and mild, faintly nutlike flavor. The fruit's name comes from ahuacatl, the Nahuatl word for "testicle," ...

Head cheese

Culinary arts; Cooking

Not a cheese at all, but a sausage made from the meaty bits of the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that are seasoned, combined with a gelatinous meat broth and cooked in a mold. ...

Boston cream pie

Culinary arts; Cooking

Not a pie at all, this dessert consists of two layers of sponge cake with a thick custard filling, topped either by a dusting of confectioners' sugar or chocolate glaze.

Headcheese

Culinary arts; Cooking

Not a cheese at all, but a sausage made from the meaty bits of the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that are seasoned, combined with a gelatinous meat broth and cooked in a mold. ...

Bombay duck

Culinary arts; Cooking

Not a duck at all, this pungent, flavorful food is actually dried salted fish. It can be found in East Indian markets and some specialty markets. Bombay duck is most often used to flavour curried ...