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A French term used to describe a light custard sauce that is prepared with egg yolks, sugar, hot milk, and cream.

1. A Mexican tortilla is a soft, thin and flat unleavened round bread. They are made from corn or wheat flour and baked on a griddle called a comal.

A preparation technique, used primarily for vegetables, that "shocks" the food item by exposing it to ice water after the food item has been blanched.

An ingredient added to various food products, such as ice cream, snack bars, sour cream, yogurt, or salad dressing as a thickening, stabilizing and emulsifying agent.

A popular dessert made with cream, sugar, and various flavorings that are blended together, infused with air, and frozen.

One of three main categories of basic nutrients (the others are protein and fat) that are used by the body for energy.

A delicate herb with velvety soft leaves that are dark green on top and somewhat irredescent on the underside.

An herb, which is actually an evergreen plant native to the Mediterranean region but cultivated throughout Europe and America.

A plant bearing seeds, which are not a true grain, but are used as one. Quinoa (pronounced “KEEN-wah”) is of the same botanical family as beets and produces clusters that contain thousands of tiny bead-shaped seeds that range in color from light beige to yellow to almost black.

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A flat, round cake originating in France made with flaky pastry dough, yeast dough, or unleavened dough.

1. Cucumbers that have been preserved in vinegar brine, along with pickling spices, such as fresh dill.

A peppermint flavoring, used in baked goods and other desserts, which is made from the essential oils of fresh peppermint leaves.

A combination of a ground, mashed, or pureed ingredient and some type of liquid. Some types of ingredients produce their own liquid to make the paste, while others require some type of liquid be added.

A reddish brown spice ground from dried peppers to be made into a sweet, mild or hot tasting seasoning.

A group of traditional Mexican pastes that are made into sauces that range in flavor from delicately spicy to very rich and spicy.

A thick, strong flavored syrup, produced as a by-product when sugar is refined through several boilings of sugar cane or sugar beets.

A food flavoring extracted from oils within sugar maple trees that is processed into a combination of maple flavoring with an alcohol base.

An underwater Asian root vegetable, with a shape similar to a long squash, which may grow up to four feet in length.

A popular name for ground beef and also a name for a traditional sandwich that consists of ground beef (or other ground meats) formed into a patty, cooked, and placed between two halves of a bun.