Cooking

Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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From southern Italy, caciocavallo (meaning "cheese on horseback") is said to date back to the 14th century, and believed by some to have originally been made from mare's milk. Today's caciocavallo ...

Curry leaf

Culinary arts; Cooking

From a plant native to southern Asia, this fragrant herb looks like a small, shiny lemon leaf and has a pungent curry fragrance. Its flavour is essential in a substantial percentage of East Indian ...

Fondue

Culinary arts; Cooking

From fondre, the French word for "melt," the term "fondue" has several meanings. The first three definitions pertain to food cooked in a central pot at the table. 1. Fondue au fromage is a classic ...

Cotriade

Culinary arts; Cooking

From Brittany, France, cotriade is a fish soup made with potatoes and without shellfish. It's usually ladled over thick slices of bread.

à la forestière

Culinary arts; Cooking

French term meaning "of the forest," referring to dishes (usually poultry, meat or game fowl) garnished with butter-sautéed potatoes or potato balls, bacon or salt pork and wild mushrooms such as ...

Fumé

Culinary arts; Cooking

French word for "smoked," referring culinarily to foods that are prepared in this manner.

Café filtré

Culinary arts; Cooking

French term meaning "filtered coffee" and referring to coffee made by pouring very hot water through a philtre holding ground coffee. It's traditionally served black, in demitasse cups.