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A root vegetable that comes from the Burdock plant a member of the thistle family, which can be readily identified by the large green unsplit and wavy leaves with tall bare stalks....

A method involving the soaking of food in a liquid solution consisting of water, salt, sugar, and possibly herbs and spices in order to preserve, tenderize or flavor various food and cuts of foods.

One of three main categories of basic nutrients (the others are protein and fat) that are used by the body for energy.

The kernel or seed of food plants that are used as a staple food source throughout the world. Plants such as wheat, barley, corn, oats, rye, and rice, are among the most popular cereal grains.

A somewhat small, round berry that is dark blue in color with a crowned opening at the opposite end of its stem.

A term that is most often used to describe whole grains that have been processed to remove the outer layer on each kernel of grain resulting in a kernel that cannot be classified as whole,/i> once it has been Refined.

Small in size, this variety of winter squash is grown to make homemade pumpkin pies and a variety of foods containing the flesh of this squash.

A variety of flour that is ground from the full wheat berry. All parts of the wheat berry are used in the flour including the bran, germ, and the endosperm, which when milled, creates the speckled brown color that is characteristic of the flour.

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.

A type of flour produced from grinding polished rice (the bran and germ have been removed) into a powder.

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

A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

A type of winter squash that develops an orange outer skin with a golden inner flesh. The sizes of Pumpkins can range from very small to very large weighing close to 1000 lbs when exceptionally large.

A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit that is a dried plum, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

An ancient cereal grain that originated in southern Europe, which is related to modern wheat. Many people think of spelt as a type of wheat and although they are of the same family, spelt is of a different species.

As a member of the blackberry family, this cane fruit has a very similar appearance to its blackberry relatives.

A widely grown cereal grass that produces a grain, which has been a primary food source of many cultures for thousands of years.

A type of flour milled from seeds obtained from the amaranth plant. The small, lens shaped seed or grain is light tan in color and provides a very mild tangy, somewhat peppery or nutty flavor, which may be quite noticeable if the flour is not combined with another flour when preparing baked foods.

A plant that produces a cereal grain that has a very assertive and hearty flavor with a slightly bitter taste.

A tuber vegetable originating from Central America that is typically referred to as either a Sweet Potato or yam in the U.S.