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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Haricot vert

Culinary arts; Cooking

French for "green string bean", these beans are particularly thin and tender.

Chill

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cool food to below room temperature in the refrigerator or over ice. When recipes call for chilling foods, it should be done in the refrigerator.

Bread flour

Culinary arts; Cooking

This flour contains more gluten than all-purpose flour, making it ideal for baking breads, which rely on gluten for structure and height. If you use a bread machine, use bread flour instead of ...

Made from whole milk, canned evaporated milk has had about half of its water removed; it lends a creamy richness to many recipes, including pumpkin pie. Measure it straight from the can for recipes ...

Crisp-tender

Culinary arts; Cooking

A term that describes the state of vegetables that have been cooked until just tender but still somewhat crunchy. At this stage, a fork can be inserted with a little pressure.

Cake flour

Culinary arts; Cooking

Made from a soft wheat, cake flour produces a tender, delicate crumb because the gluten is less elastic. It's too delicate for general baking, but to use it for cakes, sift it before measuring and ...

Al dente

Culinary arts; Cooking

An Italian phrase meaning "to the tooth," used to describe pasta or other food that is cooked only until it offers a slight resistance when bitten into, but which is not soft or overdone.