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A slice of beef, cut from various areas of the beef carcass, ranging in thickness between one-half to one inch and of a size intended to be one serving (many steaks can easily feed two people).

Any of several types of sea salt that have been "cured" with smoke in order to add flavor to the salt as a seasoning, similar to a smoked meat.

A cheese made with pasteurized cow's milk from the Catalan Pyrenees mountain region of northern Spain.

An ocean fish that commonly jumps out of the water and glides airborne over the surface for a distance of 10 to 20 feet.

A soft cheese made from cow's milk that is produced in the Flanders region of Belgium. This cheese is typically formed into a shape similar to a round bread loaf with an outer rough rind that is covered with a dusting of fine white mold.

A farmhouse cheese originating in Holland that is made from unpasteurized cow's milk. Semi-hard in texture, this cheese is a gouda cheese that is typically made by small manufacturers producing raw milk cheeses.

A German cheese made from cow's milk that is considered to be a semi-hard factory cheese. Tilsit is made into a wheel that has a thin off-white or almost yellow crusty rind.

A sheep's milk and milk whey cheese originating in the Basque and Navarre regions of Spain. It is a hard, unpasteurized cheese that comes in various sized cylinders.

Also referred to as a Dolphinfish (but unrelated to the well known dolphin species of fish that is a mammal), a Dorado, or a Mahimahi, this fish is found worldwide in tropical ocean waters.

A lightweight metal-based material produced in very thin thicknesses that can be easily formed for cooking, wrapping, covering, or lining processes when preparing or storing foods....

A French cheese that for years was a farmhouse cheese made in the Jura mountains, but now is made in local cheese factories.

A cheese that was traditionally made with sheep or goat's milk, but today is most often made with cow's milk.

The Italian name given to any fresh, medium aged or matured cheeses made from sheep's milk, unless classifed otherwise since some Pecorino Toscano cheeses may also be made with a combination of sheep and cow's milk.

A soft, sweet, thin-fleshed food item with many small, edible seeds. Although the Fig is most often considered to be a fruit, it is actually a flower that is picked for eating.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. The cylindrical variety is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

One of the most common and most popular of spices, the peppercorn is derived from the berries grown in clusters on the vine-like pepper plant.

A bivalve mollusk, which is eaten raw or cooked. The Oyster's size, shape, texture and flavor will vary according to the area in which it is found.

A soft to semi-soft food product which is actually soybean curd and commonly referred to as bean curd.

A cold-blooded, backboned, aquatic animal that lives in every region of the world. Fish are harvested for their highly nutritious meat and for the oil that is extracted and used as a food product or as an ingredient for a wide variety of commercially prepared products.

A cheese made from the whole milk of cows that may be creamy white or orange in color if the natural additive known as annatto has been added to create the traditional orange colored cheddar.