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Refers to the heart, liver, and gizzard of domesticated poultry and game birds. Sometimes the neck is also considered to be in this group.

Also known as a garbanzo bean or chick-pea, this legume is a round, tan-colored bean with a slightly nutty flavor, that is a member of the pea family.

The seed from a wild form of celery, which is used as a spice. It has a strong celery flavor, so a little goes a long way.

cheese,

A type of flour that dissolves easily in liquids regardless of the temperature of the liquid. The flour dissolves as easily in cold liquid as it does in hot.

A short, stout pumpkin squash that is a true field pumpkin and an heirloom variety of squash native to France.

A dried or dehydrated form of garlic that has been sliced into flakes or minced bits to be used as a cooking and flavoring ingredient.

Varieties of legumes that are among a family of peas, which consist of fresh, field, or pod peas. Fresh peas and field peas are grown to be removed from the pod and eaten raw or used as ingredients for salads, soups, stews, casseroles, and other dishes.

A Chinese pepper grown for its spicy hot flavor. This chile is generally 1 to 2 inches in length and red in color.

Korean noodles made from buckwheat flour and potato starch. They are brownish in color with a translucent appearance.

Wide pasta noodles approximately 2 inches in length that have been slightly twisted to provide a shape similar to a ruffled strand of ribbon.

A large cooking utensil containing slots or holes enabling moist foods or items to be lifted out of fluids while the excess liquid drains out the slots and holes in the base of the spoon.

The Italian word for red chile peppers, this is an ingredient often added to many Italian dishes for a spicy flavor.

A metal ball, containing tiny holes, that is used to hold tea leaves, herbs and spices. The ball with the flavored contents is placed in boiling water where it may be used to make tea or flavor sauces and soup or meat stocks.

Shell shaped pasta that comes in a variety of sizes. The larger pasta shells, called "conchiglie" in Italian, are used for stuffing with ingredients such as meat, vegetables, cheese, and legumes.

A garden herb with smooth, oval to spade shaped leaves that grows on a smooth, fleshy, reddish stem....

A French term that refers to a combination of vegetables, such as carrots, onions and celery, with herbs sautéed in butter, that are all combined and mixed together.

A tuber vegetable, similar to a taro root, that has a white crispy texture. Used much in the same manner as a potato, this vegetable is not eaten raw but instead is fried, boiled and cooked to a tender consistency for use in soups, stews, casseroles, and main dishes.

A seasoning that contains pepper, lemon peel granules, salt, sugar and other spices. It gives lemon and pepper flavoring to the food on which it is applied.

Asian in origin, this herb is a member of the snap-dragon family of plants and is an aquatic plant grown in the flooded rice fields of Asia.