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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Tahini

Culinary arts; Cooking

A flavouring agent, often used in Middle Eastern cooking, that's made from ground sesame seeds. Look for tahini in specialty food shops or Asian markets.

The root of a semitropical plant that adds a spicy-sweet flavour to recipes (also called gingerroot). Ginger should be peeled before using. To peel, cut off one end of the root and use a vegetable ...

Unsweetened chocolate

Culinary arts; Cooking

Usually used for baking and cooking rather than snacking. This ingredient contains pure chocolate and cocoa butter with no sugar added.

Chiffonade

Culinary arts; Cooking

In cooking, this French word, meaning "made of rags," refers to thin strips of fresh herbs or lettuce.

Reduce

Culinary arts; Cooking

To decrease the volume of a liquid by boiling it rapidly to cause evaporation. As the liquid evaporates, it thickens and intensifies in flavor. The resulting richly flavoured liquid, called a ...

Iodized salt

Culinary arts; Cooking

Iodized salt is table salt mixed with small amounts of various iodine such as as potassium iodide, sodium iodide, and sodium iodate. Iodine is required by the human body in very small quantities and ...