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A kitchen tool that enables eggs to be easily cooked when poaching is desired. There are a variety of different utensils for this purpose, such as individual metal cups, groups of connected cups, poaching spoons, microwavable poaching cups, poaching pans with poaching cups, and electric egg poachers.

An old-fashioned tan-colored confection made with brown sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla. The ingredients are cooked in a saucepan and are stirred constantly until heated to the soft ball stage.

Similar in purpose to a sieve, this kitchen utensil is most often used to retrieve foods that are being cooked in pots or pans of hot water.

A Japanese term referring to a rice mixing bowl made of cypress wood that is used in the preparation of sushi rice.

A boned chicken breast, typically with the wing bone attached and cut off at the second joint, that has been stuffed with a large spoonful of chilled garlic and herb butter, and tied closed for cooking.

sauce pan,

A utensil to hold and spread liquids or juices over meats and poultry as the foods roast. Bulb Basters provide a method of moistening food, adding flavor and creating a glaze or crisp coating during the cooking process.

A heat monitor and gauge used to measure temperatures of 100°F to 400°F or higher in hot substances and liquids, when heating sugar for making candy, jam, syrup, and grease for deep frying.

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.

A kitchen tool, typically made of materials such as wood, metal, or silicone plastic, that are specifically constructed to withstand high temperatures when used for baking or cooking foods.

A kitchen device that is most used to strain liquids away from other ingredients but also to ocassionally sift fine ingredients away from larger ingredients.

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.

cream, half and half, milk products,

A tall flowering plant related to the thistle family of plants that is native to Mediterranean regions and now grown in a variety of locations throughout the world.

A rich sauce made with Marsala wine as a key ingredient is used to enhance the flavor of pasta, poultry, pork, veal, fish, and game.

A large round fruit, native to Southeast Asia, that grows on trees and is distinctive in appearance with its spiked outer shell.

A kitchen utensil with an open-celled texture that is semi-hard when dry or soft and porous when wet.

Pronounced as "fee-jo" this small egg-size and oval-shaped tropical fruit is native to South America but grown in temperate climates throughout the world.

An orange colored autumn fruit with a smooth skin and a reddish orange jelly-like flesh, which has a very tart flavor prior to ripening and a delicately sweet flavor, somewhat like a sweet plum when ripe.

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