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A liquid-based food that may consist only of broth or a cream-based substance, either of which may contain other ingredients such as meat, fish, poultry, pasta, noodles, vegetables, and fruit all cooked within the liquid.

A rich flavored soup prepared with small pieces of clam, bits of vegetables, and cooked in a stock that may be cream-based or water-based.

The name given to any food dish prepared with mixed ingredients that include a starch (pasta, potato or grain), a protein (meat, poultry or fish), and vegetables combined with a soup sauce to keep it all together and baked in a covered dish.

A creamy cheese product produced when the whey is drained from yogurt. With a higher concentration of nutrients after the whey is removed, yogurt cheese provides a creamy smooth cheese that is low in calories, sodium, lactose, and cholesterol.

A type of appetizer that consists of melted cheese often combined with other ingredients and served with crackers, potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, fruit, vegetables or other similar foods that are dipped into the cheese.

A long oblong-shaped squash with a cream colored, green striped thick outer skin and a golden fine-textured inner flesh.

A flavorful, starchy tuber that can range in shape from a small and kidney-shaped variety to a larger barrel shaped root, similar to a sweet potato.

A thick soup that may be prepared with a cream or water base cooked in a chicken or seafood broth. Smooth and rich in taste, a Bisque is made with pureed ingredients however, this soup will often contain small bits of the foods used to flavor the soup such as seafood or vegetables.

Shaped like an elongated oval, this variety of winter squash is a relative to the Delicata family squash species.

A variety of a true yam, which is known as “ube” or “ubi” in the Philippines. It has rough textured, dark colored skin and a light purple colored flesh.

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

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

A food dish that has a crust as the base, which holds fillings such as fruit, pudding, ice cream, meat, and vegetables.

Thick and creamy in texture, Corn Chowder is a hearty and rich soup prepared like many other Chowders except with corn.

A famous dish of German origin in which meat is marinated in a sweet and sour mixture for several days and is then braised for several hours in the marinade, producing meat that is very tender and flavorful.

Translated, a Torta means tart in Italian, which describes a small tart-like food that may be baked or made with cold, refrigerated ingredients that do not require baking.

Creamy textured, this soup is produced from various species of squash that not only have excellent flavor but also a dense meat that allows it to pureed well for soup.

A variety of different seafoods and vegetables cooked in a milk base to create a rich and hearty soup.

A meat dish, originating in Europe, that uses meatballs combined with a sauce that is served as a main dish.

A kitchen utensil used to make a hot or cold mousse. It is a circular shaped stainless steel or aluminum ring that is used to hold the rich, whipped ingredients that provide an airy texture to the dish being prepared.