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A narrow spatula that is built with a thin, flexible stainless steel blade. This spatula is used for frosting cakes and to spread toppings or mixtures smoothly over the food being prepared.

A kitchen utensil that is used for placing cooked foods onto a surface that will enable the food to be cooled on all sides after being baked, either food still in a hot pan or food removed from a baking sheet or pan and placed directly onto the rack.

Dried cranberries are made in a similar process to making raisins from grapes in which the fresh cranberries are partially dehydrated or dried in some manner.

A type of baking chips that has a peanut butter flavor. Peanut butter chips are added to cookies and bars to add peanut butter flavor.

A type of sweet treat, or sweetmeat (a small piece of something sweet), popular among the Jewish populations of Middle Eastern and Balkan countries.

Made from a hard nylon plastic, this type of utensil is designed to be used for cutting fresh vegetables such as salad greens.

A heat monitor and gauge used to measure temperatures of 100°F to 400°F or higher in hot substances and liquids, when heating sugar for making candy, jam, syrup, and grease for deep frying.

Common in home and commercial bars, a Shaker is used to mix ingredients prior to pouring in a beverage glass.

Constructed of a heavy cast iron or a coated aluminum surface, this type of pan is made for baking shortbread cookies.

One of the naturally occurring chemicals that are produced in food as it is cooked or baked. Typically, foods with higher levels of starch, such as potatoes or products made from potatoes, produce Acrylamide when they are fried, due to the temperatures reached during the cooking process.

A type of candied food spread made from rice that is similar in appearance to a marshmallow creme. Produced and flavored with rice syrups, Rice Crème is sweet flavored and can be served as a sandwich spread over peanut butter, as a hot chocolate topping, as a dessert topping, or as an ingredient for sweet bars and baked goods.

One of two related terms created by food industry technicians and scientists to describe the effect of or to describe foods having non-living microorganisms added to a base substance in order to create and develop a beneficial result for the health of humans.

A food industry term derived by technicians and scientists as a way to describe the effect of adding or a way to describe foods that have added live microorganisms to a base substance in order to create and develop a beneficial result for the health of humans.

A baking pan commonly found in every kitchen. Cake pans can be round, square, or rectangular and are available in several sizes.

carmel, carmal, caremel, caramal,

Nonadjustable V-racks are made of v-shaped pieces of metal that are attached to a frame that has handles on it.

A variety of apple that grows well in cooler climates. Zestar apples are harvested late in the summer season maturing into a bright red fruit with some greenish yellow coloring.

A type of flour made from barley grain. The flour is usually produced from “pearled” barley, which refers to barley that has been scoured and polished to remove the husk and the bran.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. The cylindrical variety is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

Often referred to as a preserve, this fruit spread can be used like a jam or a preserve to be spread on crackers, bread, toasted foods, or baked goods.