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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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Bitters

Culinary arts; Cooking

Made from the distillation of aromatic herbs, barks, roots and plants, bitters are a liquid used to flavour cocktails, apéritifs or foods. They are also used as a digestive aid and appetite ...

Malaysia is the motherland of the coconut palm, which now grows in parts of South America, India, Hawaii and throughout the Pacific Islands. This prolific tree yields thousands of coconuts over its ...

Barnacles

Culinary arts; Cooking

Marine crustaceans (not mollusks, as many think) of the subclass Cirripedia that form calcareous shells. Barnacles attach themselves to submerged surfaces such as rocks, ship bottoms, wharves, ...

Flauta

Culinary arts; Cooking

Meaning "flute," a flauta is a corn tortilla rolled around a savoury (usually shredded meat or poultry) filling, then fried until crisp.

Ginger beer

Culinary arts; Cooking

Made in both nonalcoholic and alcoholic forms, this carbonated beverage tastes like ginger ale with a stronger ginger flavor. It's an integral ingredient in the mixed drink, moscow mule.

Barack

Culinary arts; Cooking

Made of apricots, this Hungarian eau de vie has a distinctive flavour somewhere between apricots and slivovitz.

Fuzzy melon

Culinary arts; Cooking

Of Chinese origin, this cylindrical (6 to 10 inches long, 2 to 3 inches thick) melon has a medium green skin covered with fine, hairlike fuzz. Its creamy-colored, medium-firm flesh is mildly ...