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A liquid or sauce made with ingredients, such as fruits or vegetables, that have typically been puréed and strained to create a thick sauce-like consistency.

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

Considered to be a traditional Catalan type of food sauce, which originated in the Catalonia region of Spain.

An Italian word used to describe "small bundles" of food stuffed into a rolled food wrap. Foods such as veal, dry sausage, fruits, vegetables, and fish are all foods that can be thinly sliced to serve as a wrap that is placed around stuffings of various ingredients and referred to as involtini, such as veal involtini or eggplant involtini.

A traditional Italian onion with a flat oval shape that ranges in size from 1 to 3 inches in diameter.

Made with a base of creamery butter, this is a seasoned spread infused with tiny bits of truffles for flavoring.

Any of a variety of savory toppings and mixtures of ingredients that enhance the flavor of the pasta dish being served.

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.

1) In reference to poultry, the drumstick is the lower, meaty leg portion of the bird, such as a chicken, turkey or duck, which exists from the knee joint down to almost the foot.

A combination of nuts (such as hazelnuts, almonds or chickpeas), seeds (such as sesame seeds, cumin seeds), or ground spices (such as coriander, cumin and pepper), and occasionally other desired ingredients blended together to produce a coarse ground mixture that is served with food or on food.

A traditional meat dish served in South America that consists of beef (flank steak or similar) that has been spread with a mixture of ingredients and rolled into a log shape to be cooked together.

A butter that has been flavored by blending together various ingredients such as fresh herbs, shallots, minced garlic, chili powder, pepper flakes, grated citrus zest, or an array of spices.

Reddish brown to dark purple in color, sumac berries grow from a wild decorative bush, which is found in Middle Eastern countries and parts of Italy.

A Greek food consisting of lamb that is cooked and served in a bread wrap, such as pita bread. A leg of lamb is most often cooked to be used as the main ingredient for the Gyro.

(Scientific Name: Pleurotus eryngii) A variety of mushroom that grows in clusters and develops a trumpet-like shape.

(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.

A seasoning that may be made with wine or vinegar, dill, salt, garlic, possibly sour cream, mayonnaise, butter, and combinations of other ingredients.

A farmhouse or homemade cheese from India that is made with cow's milk. White in color and soft in texture, this cheese is similar to a dry version of Ricotta cheese without salt, providing a mild and mellow flavor.

A Middle Eastern seasoning that is made from the gummy sap released from the stalks of the giant fennel plant.