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The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Hashi

Culinary arts; Cooking

Japanese chopsticks, either wood or bamboo, sometimes lacquered and decorated. Also called o-hashi. Long chopsticks used for cooking are called sai-hashi.

Gemelli

Culinary arts; Cooking

Italian for "twins," referring culinarily to short, 1 1/2-inch twists that resemble two strands of spaghetti twisted together. See also pasta.

Bûche de Noël

Culinary arts; Cooking

Literally translated as "yule log," this traditional French Christmas cake is shaped and decorated to resemble a log. It's made of a sheet of genoise that is spread with mocha or chocolate ...

Basmati rice

Culinary arts; Cooking

Literally translated as "queen of fragrance," basmati has been grown in the foothills of the Himalayas for thousands of years. Its perfumy, nutlike flavour and aroma can be attributed to the fact ...

Hasenpfeffer

Culinary arts; Cooking

Literally translated from German as "hare pepper," this dish is a thick, highly seasoned stew of rabbit meat. Before stewing, the meat is soaked in a wine-vinegar marinade for 1 to 3 days. ...

Long a staple of soul food, collard (also called collard greens and just plain collards) is a variety of cabbage that doesn't form a head, but grows instead in a loose rosette at the top of a tall ...

Chiffonade

Culinary arts; Cooking

Literally translated, this French phrase means "made of rags. " Culinarily, it refers to thin strips or shreds of vegetables (classically, sorrel and lettuce), either lightly sautéed or used raw to ...