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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Eccles cake

Culinary arts; Cooking

Named for the Lancashire, England, town of Eccles, this small domed confection has a filling of currants and other dried fruit mixed with sugar and butter and encased in a puff pastry shell.

Native throughout most of Europe and also grown in New England, the barberry has elongated bright red berries which, because of their high acidity, are seldom eaten raw. Some varieties produce white ...

Eggs Sardou

Culinary arts; Cooking

Named for Victorien Sardou, a famous French dramatist, this specialty of Antoine's restaurant in New Orleans consists of poached eggs topped with artichoke hearts, ham, anchovies, truffles and ...

Gibson

Culinary arts; Cooking

Named for the famous American "Gibson Girl" illustrator, Charles Dana Gibson, this cocktail is identical to the martini (gin and dry vermouth), differing only in that it is served garnished with a ...

Camembert cheese

Culinary arts; Cooking

Napoleon is said to have christened this cheese with the appellation "Camembert," naming it after the Norman village where a farmer's wife first served it to him. Now world famous, this cow's-milk ...

Choron sauce

Culinary arts; Cooking

Named for the French chef who created it, Choron sauce is a hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce that has been tinted pink by the additon of tomato puree. It can be served with poultry, meat or fish.