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A small fern plant which sprouts a shoot at the tip of the plant, referred to as a "frond" or a "crosier," that is harvested to be served as a vegetable.

A granulated sugar produced into very fine textured grains of sugar. Often referred to as "castor" sugar in Britain, this sweetener is an unrefined sugar made from unrefined sugar cane.

A Mexican cheese that was named for the cheese makers who originally produced this variety, which were the Mennonites living in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Also referred to as Mountain Banzi Cheese, this variety is produced in the mountainous region of Lombardy, Italy where the cows graze in alpine pastures.

An Italian cheese originating from the mountainous region of Asiago where the altitude and lush meadows provide excellent pastures for the cows to develop their milk.

A popular fruit snack or dessert made by coating an apple in caramel. To make the Caramel apple, begin by inserting a wooden stick into the stem end of an apple, so it can be used as a handle to hold the apple.

A brie-type cheese produced in the Comté de Nice region of France. Made from pasteurized and unpasteurized cow's milk, Roucoulon cheese is a soft ripened, soft-textured cheese that provides a mild earthy flavor with a mushroom overtone.

A cheese substitute made from rice, a small amount of milk protein (casein), food oils, and seasonings.

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

A type of cheese that is used for frying or baking. Popular in Caribbean and South American regions, this type of cheese may be crumbly if fresh or elastic in texture and white or pale yellow in color.

A type of mozzarella cheese that is a dried and heavily smoked cured variety. The unsmoked, smoked lightly version of this mozzarella is known as affumicata.

A soft, somewhat elastic-textured Mexican cheese made from cow's milk. It is white in color and has a creamy flavor with a spicy taste from the bits of jalapenos mixed into the cheese.

A semi-soft cheese of Norwegian origin that is made from cow's milk. Often duplicated, it is a cheese that is made commonly in Norway as well as other countries throughout the world.

A traditional hard flatbread from Holland that is toasted, round in shape, flat-surfaced, and crispy.

A Dutch table cheese, made from cow's milk that is firm but not hard and open-textured with large eyes.

A fresh bean that grows in the sea in the form of a long, pencil thin, cylindrical green stem that may have spherical-shaped, spike-like buds on the ends.

A French cheese made with cow's milk that is a dull yellow color with a natural grey, crusty rind. It has a hard texture and a flavor that is similar to cheddar the longer it is aged.

A French cheese made with cow's milk that is a pale yellow to golden yellow color with a hard texture and is produced in large wheel shapes.

A sweet, creamy spread used as a frosting and/or a filling for cakes, pastries, and cookies. It is prepared by slowly adding hot sugar syrup to egg yolks as they are whipped over a hot water bath.

A traditional cow's milk cheese produced in various sized wheels in the Appenzell region of Switzerland.