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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 soft spreadable nut butter made from the slightly sweet, round nut grown on shrubs and trees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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

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 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.

1) A French term used to refer to a bread appetizer that has been buttered and covered with jam, honey, melted cheese, or other similar ingredients.

A round, leavened bread that is usually about four inches in diameter and is cooked on a hot griddle instead of oven baked, giving it a flattened appearance.

A traditional Jewish breakfast or brunch food that is made by moistening broken pieces of matzo with hot water and then drying the Matzo before dipping it in egg batter.

A type of winter squash that resembles an acorn in shape and typically measures from 6 to 10 inches in length.

A bread flavored with oatmeal or rolled oats that is prepared with only a small portion of oat flour.

A natural sweetener produced from the sap of maple trees, especially the North American sugar maple and the black maple.

Most notably known as "Pinot Gris". A grape varietal, used in the production of white to slightly pink wine, originating in the Alsace region of France.