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A creamy Italian rice dish made with starchy, short-grained Italian rice varieties. A basic recipe for risotto includes onions that are lightly sautéed in butter into which rice is added and cooked briefly.

A traditional small block of frozen water that is used to keep beverages and foods cool while they are being stored, prepared, served, and consumed.

A type of salt extracted from seawater through the use of a vacuum evaporation process after which it is sun and wind dried and then distilled into an edible, solid form.

A seasoned mixture that may consist of a variety of seasonings such as coarse or flaked salt (sea salt and kosher salt are common), pepper or peppercorns, sage, allspice, thyme, garlic, cardamom, lavender, juniper, citrus zest, and other selected ingredients.

A round club-like utensil, similar to a pestle, that easily crushes fruit, seasonings and herbs in the bottom of a glass when making beverages requiring the juice or flavor of a fresh herb or fruit to enhance the taste of the drink.

A granulated sugar produced into very fine textured grains of sugar. Often referred to as "castor" sugar in Britain, this sweetener is an unrefined sugar made from unrefined sugar cane.

A chilled cocktail served in warm climates that combines 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 or 3 sprigs of fresh mint, 1 to 2 ounces of white (light) rum, 3 tablespoons of fresh lime juice, and top of the glass with a small amount (or to taste) of chilled club soda.

Meat that is from pork ribs, which are a long cut of meat taken from the side or belly primal cut of the hog, which includes the lower breastbone.

A topping created with egg whites and sugar, beaten until they are stiff enough to form peaks and baked on pies and cookies .

A solution of salt and water used as a soaking medium for whole turkeys for the purpose of moistening the meat and enhancing the flavor.

Different in color from other more common white or grey sea salts, the Hawaiian Sea Salts are harvested from local minerals or lava deposits.

A processed type of cheese that is semi-soft and elastic textured. It is made into a round dowel-like rod that may be slightly wavy in appearance.

1) Derived from various Asian terms meaning "tea", Chai is the name applied to a popular hot beverage served throughout many parts of the world, but particulary Asia.

A process in which a whole turkey is soaked in a salt and water solution for a period of time for the purpose of moistening the meat and enhancing the flavor.

A term commonly used to describe the excess food that is remaining after being prepared for a meal, snack, or a similar food event.

The word "tea" can be used to reference the beverage served as a drink, the leaves used to make the beverage and the shrub from which the leaves are taken.

A single-cell organism or plant that feeds on simple sugars that are converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide through fermentation.

1. A product created by grinding and sifting various types of substances, such as grains, legumes, nuts, and some vegetables into a powdered form that varies from very soft to coarse in texture.

A popular beverage brewed from ground coffee beans and water. It can be served hot or cold and comes in many flavors, depending on the type of coffee bean, the method of roasting the beans, and the flavorings that may be added.