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The outer covering of the wheat kernel. The bran is a brown paper-like coating that is high in fiber.

A traditional dish originating in Eastern Europe that has the appearance of a small pie and is most often served as a side dish, but also as a main dish.

A flour similar to refined white pastry flour, however not all of the bran and germ portions of the wheat kernel have been removed during the milling process.

Refers to the entire wheat kernel, without the hull, which contains the bran, germ, and endosperm. Wheat berry or wheatberry, as it is also known, have a tan to reddish brown color and are available as either a hard or soft processed grain.

A powdery substance obtained from wheat kernels. It is very useful as a thickener, but it doesn't have as much thickening power as cornstarch, which requires only half as much to achieve that same level of thickening.

Noodles that are prepared with wheat flour and no eggs that are popular in Asian cooking. The noodles are available fresh or dried and are used in such dishes as chow mein.

Pizzichi means "pinched pasta." This pasta is a short diagonally cut pasta with rippled edges. It is approximately 1 3/4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.

A strand pasta produced in the Umbria region of Italy that is often considered to be a thicker version of spaghetti.

The embryo of a seed or kernel of wheat, located at the bottom center of the kernel next to the stalk.

Translated in Italian, the term Capricci means whimsy which is a good word to use when describing the shape created for this pasta.

Ribbon pasta made from pasta dough that has been made with whole wheat flour in place of a portion of the semolina flour.

Long round or flat noodles made with wheat, water and salt. They are found in various thicknesses and are generally white or light yellow-beige in color.

A cereal grain that has been steel-cut and then processed into small bits or continuous narrow strands of wheat that are combined, shaped, and roasted into a small, medium, or large ready-to-eat biscuit-shaped cereal.

A large shaped pasta that is has the appearance of multiple layers of half-rounded ruffles forming irregular wavy shapes that surround a smooth inner surface.