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A mid-sized to large citrus fruit that is grown in several different variations, all similar in taste and aroma.

A cooking container that is made of natural clay in a variety of sizes to evenly and slowly cook foods such as meats, poultry, seafoods, and vegetables.

A sauce made from artichoke hearts that is served over or stuffed into vegetables, added to pasta or rice, or served as a condiment for a variety of foods and appetizers.

A soft, somewhat elastic-textured Mexican cheese made from skimmed cow's milk. It is white in color (Queso Blanco meaning "white cheese") and has a very creamy flavor that may contain a hint of lemon, due to lemon juice being used to coagulate the skim milk and whey when the cheese is made.

A spreadable nut butter used for cooking, baking, as a sauce or a topping for sweets and breads. It is made by roasting almonds and grinding them into a fine texture.

A well-known French dessert that consists of rolled sweet crêpes (thin pancake-like flat cakes) covered with an orange sauce that is ignited to become a flaming dessert.

A small round or flat shaped brush made with nylon, silicone or sterilized natural bristles. This type of brush is used to apply glazes to breads, pastries, cookies, meats, and poultry before or after baking.

A soup or stew popular in Caribbean countries that is prepared with Callaloo leaves obtained from taro root plants.

A method of cooking in which food is placed on a grill directly over a fuel source such as charcoal or wood so that the surface burns or chars slightly.

The tropical fruit from the Tamarind tree, a species that is native to North Africa and Asia. Resembling a vegetable with its large brown pod containing small seeds and a brown pulp, the tamarind provides a acidic flavor somewhat like lemon juice, that enhances flavors when used as a seasoning for meat, chutney, curry dishes, and pickled fish.

An emulsion sauce made with mayonnaise as the base that is colored green with various other ingredients.

A chemical compound, technically referred to as sodium chloride, that can be mined from the ground (mined salt) or harvested from the sea (solar salt).

1. A term used to describe the process of letting pastry dough set for a period of time to prevent shrinkage.

A Greek dessert prepared with phyllo pastry that is filled with a vanilla or orange flavored custard.

An Italian dish that consists of thinly pounded meat, which has been floured, seasoned and then briefly sautéed.

A type of berry that grows in bunches on vines. There are hundreds of varieties grown in many parts of the world.

A subtropical plant that is grown for its knobby root, which is used as a seasoning in foods. The root, which is actually a rhizome, has a tan skin and a flesh that may range in color from ivory to light green.

A yellow-orange fruit harvested from small trees native to China, but are grown in many other regions of the world.

A round or oval shaped fruit that is harvested from lower growing trees found in most of the temperate regions of the world.

A root vegetable that is grown commercially to be processed into sugar and sugar products. The Sugar Beet was developed from the Sea Beet and is a member of the beetroot and chard family of root vegetables.