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A combination of water and liquid processed from clam meat that has been cooked. The blend of liquids is used as a cooking base or stock to enhance the flavor of soups, chowders, bouillabaisse, paella, and seafood dishes.

A type of cherry that has been colored red or green and is soaked in flavored sugar syrup. Maraschino cherries are available as either a bright red cherry that has an almond flavor or a bright green cherry with mint flavoring.

A type of tea that is made from the young silky white-haired buds growing on the same tea shrub that also produces green and black tea.

To candy edible flower petals, select clean petals that have sufficient size to be candied, such as rose petals.

A small oval green-colored fruit grown on trees related to the Evergreen family. This fruit typically grows in clusters of twelve or more from a single stem.

An aromatic leaf from the pepper family of plants that is typically grown in southern Mexico and northern South America and used as a food wrap.

A very small amount of a soft food item that can be formed into a small round shape as a serving. Foods such as whipped cream, mashed potatoes, sauces, jams, sherbets, and other similar products are often placed on a plate or on food as a topping and referred to as a dollop of the item.

Pronounced as "fee-jo" this small egg-size and oval-shaped tropical fruit is native to South America but grown in temperate climates throughout the world.

An unrefined or raw sugar coated with molasses and processed into crystals or cubes of sugar during the first crystallization of the cane syrup.

A granulated sugar produced into very fine textured grains of sugar. Often referred to as "castor" sugar in Britain, this sweetener is an unrefined sugar made from unrefined sugar cane.

A pinecone shaped fruit that has a pale green bumpy outer skin with a creamy sweet pudding inner pulp.

A product common in Asia and very popular in Japan that consists of fresh green soybeans picked while they are still young.

A semi-soft cheese produced in North America from pasteurized cow's milk that may, at times be confused with the European Munster cheese.

A fluffy, soft candied food that is made from egg whites, gelatin, and corn syrup. Available in a variety of shapes, sizes and textures, the traditional marshmallow has a spongy texture that provides a sweet flavor for snacks, baked goods and sweet desserts.

An oval shaped, bright yellow citrus fruit that is sought for its tart flavored, highly acidic juice and skin.

1. A kitchen instrument manufactured with a series of thin metal wires, each formed into a loop so both ends of the wires attach to a handle.

A plant that grows in many of the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. The leaves, which are harvested before the plant begins to flower, are used as an herb for cooking or in herbal medicines.

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 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 non-dairy milk substitution, made from dried soybeans that have been soaked, ground and cooked before being processed into a milky liquid.