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A sauce made with the juices released from oven roasted or stove top cooked foods, such as meat, poultry or vegetables.

A root vegetable grown for the leaves that are used as cooking greens (beet greens) and the firm textured bulbous root, which is served as a cooked vegetable.

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

Produced as a finishing tool for baked goods, this utensil is most often used to add the golden tan surface to crème brulée desserts by caramelizing sugar sprinkled over the top.

An Italian yeast bread, considered to be a flat bread that is flavored with various ingredients, which may include herbs, olive oil, tomatoes, eggplant, roasted peppers, olives, and cheese.

A wide flat ribbon pasta that is approximately 5/8 to 1 inch in width. It is available with straight edges or rippled edges.

A vegetable, which belongs to the lily family of plants, that is grown for its edible bulb, which most often serves to flavor a variety of foods.

A salty brown Asian sauce used as a seasoning or condiment to enhance and harmonize the flavors of various foods.

(Scientific Name: Tricholoma magnivelare) A wild mushroom often found in the pine forests of California and the Pacific Northwest.

(Scientific Name: Tricholoma matsutake) A wild mushroom found in the pine forests of Japan growing with a broad stem and an umbrella cap that may grow to a size of 10 to 14 inches in diameter, but is more commonly harvested when it is 3 to 8 inches in width.

1. Working in the food industry, this title is given to a person who has an occupation that involves the preparation of foods.

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

Various marinade and a spice mixtures that are made into seasoned pastes to be used as a rub, a marinade or a seasoning for a variety of foods before they are grilled or roasted.

An aromatic, spicy herb that is native to the Mediterranean regions and Asia, which is also grown throughout the world.

A well known English hard cheese that is produced from sheep's milk in the Berkswell region of England.

A spice blend consisting of one or two types of dried red chiles that are ground and pulverized into a fine powder.

A chemical compound, technically referred to as sodium chloride, that can be mined from the ground (mined salt) or harvested from the sea (solar salt).