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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

Industry: Culinary arts

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Akala

Culinary arts; Cooking

Hailing from Hawaii, this sweet, juicy berry resembles a very large raspberry. It can range in colour from red to almost purple and is good eaten plain or in jams and pies.

Hallacas

Culinary arts; Cooking

Hailing from Colombia and Venezuela, hallacas are South America's version of tamales. They consist of ground beef, pork or chicken mixed with other foods such as cheese, olives or raisins, ...

Italian in origin, carpaccio consists of thin shavings of raw beef fillet, which may be drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice or served with a mayonnaise or mustard sauce. The dish is often topped ...

Gohan

Culinary arts; Cooking

Japanese cooked white rice that has undergone a precooking process of washing, rinsing and soaking to remove as much starch as possible. This lengthy process can take up to an hour and reduces ...

Hibachi

Culinary arts; Cooking

Japanese for "fire bowl," a hibachi is just that — a small (generally cast-iron) container made for holding fuel (usually charcoal). A grill that sits on top of the bowl is used to cook various ...

Goma

Culinary arts; Cooking

Japanese for "sesame seed. " Shiro goma is unhulled white sesame seed, muki goma is hulled white seed and kuro goma is black sesame seed. Goma abura is sesame seed oil. All four products are ...