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Also known as mezedes (the plural form of meze), it is a Greek name for a variety of small bite size appetizer snacks and sauces made from the traditional ingredients of the region.

An Asian sauce, made from vegetable proteins combined with salt, pepper and various spices, that is used as a food flavoring.

A minty green herb with a citrus aroma, which is used to add flavor to tea, vegetables, fruits, custards, seafood, fish, poultry, pasta, and rice.

Meat, generally fatty bacon or pork fat, that is cut into strips 1/4 inch across and 1 to 1 1/2 inches long that is cooked to remove the fat.

A dried kidney shape bean that is reddish brown in color, strong flavored and has a slight mealy (powdery) texture.

A traditional Greek cheese made from sheep's milk, but it can also be made from goat or cow's milk. It is white in color, has a sharp, salty taste, and it usually has a crumbly texture.

A type of cream with a minimum of 48% milk fat, rating it as one of types of Cream with the second highest butterfat content.

A root vegetable grown for the leaves that are used as cooking greens (beet greens) and the firm textured bulbous root, which is served as a cooked vegetable.

Made from cow's milk, this variety of Gouda Cheese is blended with bits of Stinging Nettles to enhance the flavor of the cheese paste.

Thick and creamy in texture, this soup is basically made with cheddar cheese, water and flavorings. It is a type of soup most often prepared for use as an ingredient in other recipes rather than a soup to be served with sandwiches or salads.

Common to Asia, this fruit is a member of the lycium family of berries and is referred to as a Goji berry when harvested in Mongolia or Tibet.

Small in size and round in shape, this variety of pepper has the appearance of a large cherry or a small cherry tomato.

Asian greens from the brassica rapa family of greens that are a hybrid of a stubble turnip crossed with a Chinese cabbage.

A traditional Middle Eastern ingredient made from the sugar in the juice extracted from fresh pomegranates.

A bright yellow skinned apple with some areas of red blushing. It has a firm, crisp texture and a mildly sweet flavor, which makes it a good eating apple.

A variety of kitchen utensils made from the wood of coconut shells. The wood is shaped into the form of the utensil required and sanded to a very smooth surface.

An edible green that contains both a stalk and a leaf that are served in a variety of Asian food dishes.

Onions that remain in the ground and are not harvested until they have matured into a larger round onion with dried leaves.

A vegetable consisting of green clusters of flowering buds, known as florets, which grow on a thick leafy stalk.

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