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A cheese that was traditionally made with sheep or goat's milk, but today is most often made with cow's milk.

A rich flavored soup prepared with small pieces of clam, bits of vegetables, and cooked in a stock that may be cream-based or water-based.

Any of a variety of savory toppings and mixtures of ingredients that enhance the flavor of the pasta dish being served.

When applied to wine, it is the practice of giving wine an opportunity to breathe by opening the bottle and pouring the contents into a glass or or a container in order to expose the wine to volumes of air.

A plant native to Europe and Asia that is grown for its fiber or its seeds. Similar to several other plants that are not actually considered grains (amaranth and buckwheat, for example), Flax is often used like one.

A soft, sweet, thin-fleshed food item with many small, edible seeds. Although the Fig is most often considered to be a fruit, it is actually a flower that is picked for eating.

A type of milk that is unpasteurized whole milk condensed by evaporating 50 to 60 percent of the water content in the milk.

A tuber which is common in Asia, Africa, and many tropical countries, that can range in size from several ounces to over 50 pounds.

The outside covering of a pie that will serve as a wrapping to keep the ingredients contained within the dessert.

Produced as a finishing tool for baked goods, this utensil is most often used to add the golden tan surface to crème brulée desserts by caramelizing sugar sprinkled over the top.

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

A highly prized and rare mushroom (fungus), that grows underground near the roots of trees. Most varieties of truffles that are considered edible are found 2 to 3 inches below the surface of the ground, but can be found as deep as 10 to 15 inches down.

A tuber vegetable originating from Central America that is typically referred to as either a Sweet Potato or yam in the U.S.

A tuber, common in Asia, Africa, and many tropical countries, that can range in size from several ounces to over 100 pounds.

A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.

A thickening agent and food item made from pigskins or from beef bones, cartilage, and tendons. It is then processed into an unflavored, transparent protein powder and sold in a powder form, as granules, or as thin sheets which may be referred to as "leaves.

Originating in Switzerland, this cheese is characterized by the large holes ("eyes") found throughout the cheese, which grow larger and increase in number the longer the cheese ripens, due to the gas bubbles enclosed in the ageing cheese.

egg plant, egplant, vegetable, fruit,,

cream, half and half, milk products,