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Royal Mandarin is actually a tangor, which is a variety of mandarin orange that is a cross between a tangerine and an orange.

A square piece of pasta, similar to a very short length of a lasagnette noodle, that is flat in the center and rippled on two sides.

A plant belonging to the parsley family that is a common vegetable grown primarily for the pale green stalks or Celery ribs as they are also known.

Also known as "goose-neck or goose barnacles", pecrebes are a shellfish that have the appearance of a goose with a long neck that extends out from a soft body.

(Scientific Name: Lycoperdom pyriforme) Unlike its larger relative known as the Giant Puffball, this species is small in size with a round, button-like appearance that looks somewhat like a pear.

A popular spice, used like black pepper to season foods in countries such as India, Africa, Morocco, and regions of Asia.

A variety of rice that was produced from cross breeding an Italian rice known as Rb rice, with long grain rice from the U.S.

A variety of bean, which is also referred to simply as a Runner Bean that can be eaten as a fresh green bean, a fresh podded bean or a dried bean.

Made in the manner of an artisan food, Molloni Pasta is produced in southeastern section of Italy in a region known as Apulia or Puglia in Italian.

A Spanish cheese made from Churra and Castellana sheep's milk. Translated to mean "mule's leg" or "mule's foot" due to its shape, this cheese has a heritage in the northern plateau region of Spain, where the cheese is aged by laying it on wooden planks, flattening out the edges of the cheese and creating a brick of cheese with a rough grey rind as it matures.

Pronounced Mah-dee-rahn. An appellation in the Languedoc region of France. Although a small appellation, it is well known for producing robust, age worthy red wines.

A type of orange that is more commonly known as the blood orange and features an orange-red skin and deep red flesh.

A coarse grained salt that has been prepared according to Jewish laws and procedures, thus keeping it "kosher." Free of additives combined with the salt particles, the grains have been compressed, creating a flatter, yet coarsed grain with a lighter weight that sticks better to food and dissolves easily.

A type of orange is slightly smaller than a typical orange, with an orange-red skin and a deep red inner flesh.

Produced as a Italian farmhouse cheese from cow's milk, Bra Duro Cheese is a "sister" cheese to the Bra Tenero cheeses which differ only in the length of aging.

Translated in Italian, the term Capricci means whimsy which is a good word to use when describing the shape created for this pasta.

A type of pasta made by artisans in southern Italy that have a long heritage of producing unique and high quality pastas.

A ground substance that is a purple colored starch made from the meat of purple yams, a tuber that has a gnarled appearance.

A kitchen utensil that is used to open or remove the top from a metal can. There are a wide variety of different designs available ranging from manually operated small tools to automated openers that quickly and easily remove the top of the can.

A wooden rolling pin, which is used to prepare dough for baking, that does not have handles. This kitchen utensil is most often made from tight-grained hardwoods such as boxwood or beech wood.