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A critical element for all aspects of food preparation and consumption. Water is an important part of human health as it provides nutrients and oxygen to the body, works to regulate temperatures within the body, helps to hydrate all parts of the body from skin to organs, and is essential in keeping our body in top condition.

An aquatic plant that grows along the muddy edges of bodies of water such as lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams, that is also grown commercially in fields that have been flooded to produce this plant.

A cooking utensil which is used most often to boil water for beverages made with additional ingredients that are best prepared with boiling water.

A corm or fleshy bulb that forms at the base of a plant known as the trapa natan, which is grown in streams and bodies of water.

A water mixture that has been made acidic by combining lemon juice, lime juice, vinegar, or wine with water.

A type of flour ground from water chestnuts, which are the edible tubers of an aquatic plant that grows along the muddy edges of lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams or is cultivated commercially in flooded fields.

A seasoned water that has been produced by distilling rose petals with steam so the fragrance and flavor are introduced into the distilled water, providing a rose aroma and taste to the water.

A preparation technique, used primarily for vegetables, that "shocks" the food item by exposing it to ice water after the food item has been blanched.

A thin, dry, crispy-textured cracker that is made with flour, water and little or no salt. It is a common cracker in Europe and throughout the U.S.

The somewhat clear liquid endosperm that is contained within whole, young coconuts. Often promoted as a health beverage, Coconut Water contains no fat and very few calories.

To make sour or somewhat acidic. Foods are made sour to enhance the flavor or a solution is made acidic to preserve foods.

A method of cooking in which food is prepared (cooked) by placing it in a bath of hot water. The food is initially placed into a pan which is then placed within another pan containing hot water.

Crisp in texture, this food item is basically a cracker that is made with flour and water. Unlike other biscuits that may use some type of fat such as shortening, Water Biscuits provide a very blandly flavor so other ingredients such as meat, cheese, chutney or various cracker toppings can be added without being affected by the flavor of the Biscuit.

An artificially carbonated water that is flavorless. It is used as a mix for alcoholic beverages and soda fountain drinks or is drank on its own.

A type of barbecue cooker that uses indirect heat and smoke from wood chips that combines with the steam from a liquid to cook and flavor various types of meat.

An artificially carbonated water that is flavorless. It is used as a mix for alcoholic beverages and soda fountain drinks or is drank on its own.

A bitter drink served as a cocktail mixer, which is made from carbonated water, citrus extract, sweetener and a bitter alkaloid.

An orange flavored extract most commonly used in Middle Eastern cooking that is starting to be used more in Western cooking.

An olive that is processed by repeated rinsing and soakings in water during a period of time that may be 6 to 12 months in length, and then placed into a salt brine.

A large pot with a lid and a special rack used for holding jars. The pot is filled with water and heated in order to heat-treat pints and quarts of food for home canning.