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Made with a base of creamery butter, this is a seasoned spread infused with tiny bits of truffles for flavoring.

A beef roast cut from the top butt muscle, which is one of two main muscles of the sirloin. The top butt is a bit better in quality than the bottom butt and is very suitable for oven roasting if it is not overcooked.

Any of a variety of alternate ingredients that can be used instead of oil or butter in the preparation of foods.

A type of nut butter made from soybeans that are roasted, crushed, and mixed with soybean oil to form a stiff textured food spread with a mild nutty flavor.

A kitchen utensil used to create decorative curls of butter for serving or garnishing food dishes. The curler is dipped in hot water and then drawn across the top of a 1/4 pound stick of butter that has been refrigerated and remains somewhat hard and cold.

A sweet, creamy spread used as a frosting and/or a filling for cakes, pastries, and cookies. It is prepared by slowly adding hot sugar syrup to egg yolks as they are whipped over a hot water bath.

A processed cut taken from the top half of the leg. The butt end is meatier but contains more fat than the shank end of the whole ham and is harder to carve because it contains the hip and pelvic bone.

A flat, light green to all white in color, this dried bean has a kidney shape and provides a mild flavor with a soft texture.

A variety of pear that has a shape and appearance similar to a Bartlett pear. Very juicy in texture, the French Butter Pear provides a sweet, succulent flavor containing a hint of lemon.

A condiment or an ingredient that is most often served to accompany fall or winter foods, but is certainly enjoyed year around.

A thick tasty paste made from ground peanuts that is used as a food spread or as an ingredient in recipes.

A condiment made basically from pureed apples combined with sugar, cinnamon, and vinegar. It is used as a spread for muffins, bagels, toast, crackers, and cheese sandwiches, as a topping to be added to desserts, or as an ingredient to be used in making a variety of cakes, pies, and pastries.

A French cheese made with cow's milk in which extra cream is added before the milk coagulates. The extra cream gives the cheese a rich, smooth texture.

In pork, the cut of meat that is a ham roast.

Any of a variety of savory toppings and mixtures of ingredients that enhance the flavor of the pasta dish being served.

An edible oil obtained from the nuts grown on argan trees that is used for cooking and seasoning. Native to southwestern Morocco, the argan tree is not common in any other area of the world, although efforts are underway to grow this variety of tree in other countries.

A highly prized and rare mushroom (fungus), that grows underground near the roots of trees. Most varieties of truffles that are considered edible are found 2 to 3 inches below the surface of the ground, but can be found as deep as 10 to 15 inches down.

An edible dry fruit or seed covered with a hard shell that protects the kernel or meat inside. Generally, the shell is removed and discarded and only the kernel, known as the nut, inside is the item to be eaten.