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Cooking
The process of preparing food, usually with heat.
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Estate bottled
Culinary arts; Cooking
A wine label term indicating that 100 percent of the grapes that went into that wine were grown in the winery's own vineyards, or from vineyards (in the same appellation) controlled by the winery ...
Huckleberry
Culinary arts; Cooking
A wild, blue-black berry that closely resembles (and is often mistaken for) the blueberry. The huckleberry, however, has 10 small, hard seeds in the center, whereas the blueberry has many seeds, so ...
Citric acid
Culinary arts; Cooking
A white powder extracted from the juice of citrus and other acidic fruits (such as lemons, limes, pineapples and gooseberries). It's also produced by the fermentation of glucose. Citric acid has a ...
Asadero cheese
Culinary arts; Cooking
A white cow's-milk cheese of Mexican origin that's available in braids, balls or rounds. Asadero, which means "roaster" or "broiler," has good melting properties and becomes softly stringy when ...
Beach plum
Culinary arts; Cooking
A wild, dark purple plum found growing in sandy soil along the Atlantic coast. Its flavour is reminiscent of a grape-plum cross but because it's quite tart and bitter, the beach plum is not good for ...
Cooking wine
Culinary arts; Cooking
A wine labelled "cooking wine" is generally an inferior wine that would not be drunk on its own. It lacks distinction and flavour and in times past has often been adulterated with salt. The rule of ...
Cottonseed oil
Culinary arts; Cooking
A viscous oil obtained from the seed of the cotton plant. Most of the cottonseed oil produced is used in combination with other oils to create vegetable oil products. It's used in some margarines ...