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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Honey

Culinary arts; Cooking

A sweet, sticky sweetener that's produced by bees from floral nectar. Honey is now available in more than 300 varieties in the United States. Its flavour depends on the flowers from which the honey ...

Granulated sugar

Culinary arts; Cooking

This white, granular, crystalline sugar is what to use when a recipe calls for sugar without specifying a particular type. White sugar is most commonly available in a fine granulation, though ...

Toss

Culinary arts; Cooking

To mix ingredients lightly by lifting and dropping them using two utensils.

Broil

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cook food a measured distance below direct, dry heat. When broiling, position the broiler pan and its rack so that the surface of the food (not the rack) is the specified distance from the heat ...

Flavouring

Culinary arts; Cooking

An imitation extract made of chemical compounds. Unlike an extract or oil, a flavouring often does not contain any of the original food it resembles. Some common imitation flavourings available are ...

Whipping cream

Culinary arts; Cooking

It contains at least 30 percent milk fat and can be beaten into whipped cream.

Broth

Culinary arts; Cooking

The strained clear liquid in which meat, poultry, or fish has been simmered with vegetables and herbs. It is similar to stock and can be used interchangeably with it. Reconstituted bouillon can also ...

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