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A kitchen utensil used to cook, sterilize, and preserve low acid foods that are to be canned for future use.

A traditional blend of seeds used to season foods for east Indian cooking. Panchpuran, which is also referred to as panch puran or panchphoran, is a blend of mustard seeds, cumin seeds (jeera), nigella seeds (kalonji or kalwqanji), fennel seeds, and fenugreek seeds.

The browned, crusty layer of rice that forms on the bottom of the common Italian or Spanish dish known as paella.

The French term used to describe the residue or particles of food remaining after meat and/or vegetables have been browned or cooked.

An aromatic herb, with an aroma similar to nutmeg or black pepper, that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and is commonly used for seasoning Mexican food dishes and mole verde.

A berry that is grown on trees in tropical areas that is not actually a true peppercorn. The pink peppercorn is a very small berry, similar in appearance to a peppercorn, that has a thin papery texture and a mildly sweet flavor.

An Greek food dish traditionally made with a head of garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, chopped almonds, and pureed or mashed potatoes.

A berry, much like a small grape, native to France and northern Europe that is related to the gooseberry.

A piece of cookware, often referred to as a riffle pan, that is used to grill foods in the kitchen using stovetop burners.

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 traditional Mexican sauce or marinade of Mayan origin, that is made by grinding annato seeds with spices, chiles, and added to other ingredients such as fruit to create a mild red paste used to flavor foods.

A variety of sausage that is harder and denser than fresh sausage, but not as hard in substance as a dry sausage.

A term used to describe a variety of food tastes, methods of preparation, food products, food dishes, wines, and liqueurs that come from the Abruzzo region of Italy.

A traditional Greek soup or sauce. Most often, when it is made as a soup, bits of chicken are added to make it similar to a cream of chicken base.

cumquat, kumquate, cumquate, cumquawt, kumquawt,

A person who does not consume meat or meat products. There are different categories of vegetarians based on the type of foods consumed and desired for their daily diets.

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.

1. A small shaped mold, that may have short or high sides which taper slightly toward the bottom. The Timbale Mold may be round or oval and is often referred to as a tart or tartlett mold.

An olive paste or puree that is made from blending anchovies, capers, garlic, and olives. Either green or black olives can be used to make the Tapenade, which may also include other ingredients such as tuna, almonds, and selected spices.

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