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A round flat cake, which is well known as a breakfast food, but is also enjoyed by many for lunch and supper.

A soft, bread-like cake with a surface of uniform indentations similar to a honeycomb. Waffles are made with a pourable batter that usually consists of flour, milk, oil, sugar, eggs, salt, and baking powder.

A well-known French upside-down fruit tart that is traditionally made with apples. It is made by covering the bottom of a baking dish with sugar and butter, and then the apples are added.

A rich creamy paste, made from sesame seeds and sesame oil, which is used to enrich the flavor and texture of many Middle Eastern sweet and savory dishes.

An Italian dessert that is made to be dome-shaped when served, a design that was supposedly inspired by the design of an Italian cathedral.

A dessert dish that originated in Italy, which is prepared with egg yolks, sugar, and marsala wine. The ingredients are beaten together over very low heat in a double boiler until the egg yolks are cooked and the mixture thickens.

A type of wild berry that looks very similar in appearance to a raspberry, forming small round knobs around the surface of the berry as does the raspberry.

Dry Italian salami that consists of all pork meat from the head of the hog or leftover pork trimmings.

A small oval olive from Italy that has a wrinkled black flesh if they are salt cured or a smoother dark violet flesh if brine cured.

A perennial plant that has celery-like stalks that are greenish pink to dark red in color. Garden variety Rhubarb that is grown outside during the summer months matures from a green into a light pink colored stalk with streaks of green amongst lighter red shades of color.

A written procedure for the preparation of a food item or items. Recipes typically include a list of ingredients and a set of instructions on the necessary steps to prepare the foods being described.

The French term meaning "with juice." Au Jus (pronounced oh zhoo') is a term used to describe the serving of meat, most often beef, that has been surrounded by the meat juices or accompanied by a container of the meat juices produced from the drippings that developed while the meat was being cooked.

A Greek food consisting of lamb that is cooked and served in a bread wrap, such as pita bread. A leg of lamb is most often cooked to be used as the main ingredient for the Gyro.

A type of bread flavored with garlic and butter. The garlic and butter are usually spread onto bread that has already been baked rather than being incorporated into bread dough.

A spreadable processed cheese that is produced in France. Similar to other processed cheeses made by combining natural cheese with emulsifiers, stabilizers and vegetable-based gums, Gourmandise Cheese is a smooth and creamy cheese that may be seasoned with flavorings and/or nuts such as Kirsch liqueur, cherry juice or bits of walnuts.

In France, this is a frozen dessert that consists of egg, whipped cream, sugar and flavoring. It can be a single flavor or a combination of flavors.

An egg dish made with two or three beaten eggs that are cooked until they set and then eaten as a flat or folded serving of food.

A Mexican cheese originating in the Oaxaca region of Mexico that is made from cow's milk. It is a good melting cheese that retains its shape becoming soft and stringy when baked, roasted or grilled.

An Italian cheese-like product made from cream skimmed off cow's milk that is processed to become a spreadable food.

A small, ruby colored Swedish berry that grows on a creeping evergreen plant that is common in woodland forests.