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A cooking process that places foods above, not in, water that is boiling or hot enough to produce steam that cooks the foods with a moist hot air.

A thickening agent made from fat mixed with flour that is cooked together to be used to stiffen the texture of sauces, gravies, and soups.

A type of cookware consisting of inserts or layers with perforations in the bottom, that are assembled together and used to cook food with the use of steam.

A salty brown Asian sauce used as a seasoning or condiment to enhance and harmonize the flavors of various foods.

A long, thin Asian bean that can measure from one to three feet in length, but are best eaten when they are 12 to 20 inches long.

A type of oven that uses convection currents to cook food. Fans are used to distribute hot air around the oven, which helps to cook the food more evenly and quickly than in a conventional oven that most often contains two heating elements, one at the bottom that bakes foods and one at the top that broils.

A long, thin Asian bean that can measure from one to three feet in length, but are best eaten when they are 12 to 20 inches long.

A long, thin Asian bean that can measure from one to three feet in length, but are best eaten when they are 12 to 20 inches long.

Flat, disk shaped dried beans, high in protein, that have a rich, somewhat sweet and peppery flavor when cooked.

Beginning as a common type of porridge during early British times Burgoo was made from oats, but has changed over the years as different ingredients created different versions of the original recipe.

A type of seasoning made from fermented or germinated soybeans that is used to flavor a variety of Asian foods.

A grain-like plant that is not actually a type of rice, but an aquatic grass bearing edible seeds that grows in wild marshy areas of fresh water lakes and rivers.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.

A large bird ranging in size from 250 to 400 pounds at maturity, that is generally raised to produce meat, feathers, and skin for speciality markets throughout the world.