Cooking

Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Bivalve

Culinary arts; Cooking

Any soft-bodied mollusk, such as a clam, scallop, oyster or mussel, that has two shells hinged together by a strong muscle.

Beet

Culinary arts; Cooking

Commonly known as the garden beet, this firm, round root vegetable has leafy green tops, which are also edible and highly nutritious. The most common colour for beets (called "beetroots" in the ...

Bread machines

Culinary arts; Cooking

Computer-driven machines that mix, knead, rise, punch down, bake and sometimes cool bread. The ingredients are measured and added to a single, nonstick canister, which becomes mixing bowl, baking ...

Choctaw Indians from the Louisiana bayou country are said to have been the first users of this seasoning made from the ground, dried leaves of the sassafras tree. It's since become an integral part ...

Crenshaw melon

Culinary arts; Cooking

Considered one of the most sweetly succulent members of the melon family, the Crenshaw is a hybrid muskmelon. It has a golden-green, smooth yet lightly ribbed rind and a beautiful salmon-orange ...

Chafing dish

Culinary arts; Cooking

Chafing dishes found in the ruins of Pompeii prove that this style of cookery is nothing new. Used to warm or cook food, a chafing dish consists of a container (today, usually metal) with a heat ...

Extracts

Culinary arts; Cooking

Concentrated flavourings derived from various foods or plants, usually through evaporation or distillation. Extracts can come in several forms including solid (as in a bouillon cube), liquid (such ...