Cooking

Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

Contributors in Cooking

Cooking

History tells us that today's chickens are descendants of wild fowl that roamed the dense jungles of primaeval Asia. Thousands of years later, France's King Henry iv stated in his coronation speech ...

Boysenberry

Culinary arts; Cooking

Horticulturist Rudolph Boysen created this hybrid berry in 1923 by crossing a raspberry, blackberry and loganberry. It's shaped like a large raspberry, has a purple-red hue and a rich sweet-tart ...

Gouda cheese

Culinary arts; Cooking

Holland's most famous exported cheese is Gouda, with its characteristic yellow interior dotted with a few tiny holes. It has a mild, nutlike flavour that is very similar to edam, but its texture is ...

Corn oil

Culinary arts; Cooking

High in polyunsaturates, this odorless, almost tasteless oil is obtained from the endosperm of corn kernels. It has a high smoke point, and is therefore good for frying. It's also used in baking, ...

Country-cured ham

Culinary arts; Cooking

Ham that has been dry-cured in a mixture of salt, sodium nitrate, sugar and other seasonings for a period of days (depending on the weight of the ham). The salt is then rinsed off and the ham is ...

Cobb salad

Culinary arts; Cooking

Hollywood's Brown Derby Restaurant made this salad famous. It consists of finely chopped chicken or turkey, bacon, hard-cooked eggs, tomatoes, avocado, scallions, watercress, cheddar cheese and ...