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A saltwater game fish from the North Pacific. The lingcod has lean, flaky white meat that is mild flavored and is available in fresh or frozen fillets.

Not to be confused with watercress, this salad green is a member of the mustard family and is also known as English cress, garden cress, land cress and winter cress.

A cheese native to Holland that is produced from cow's milk. Similar to Gouda, Vlaskaas has a creamy yellow meat that is slightly richer tasting than Gouda with a mildly sweet overtone.

A utensil used for pulling the cork up and out from the opening of wine bottles. There are many varieties available, but four basic types are the most commonly used.

A firm, aged Mexican cheese traditionally made from skimmed goat's milk but most often available made from skimmed cow's milk.

A Chinese spice that is made by grinding the brown berries of the prickly ash tree into finer particles.

An herb that is an evergreen shrub containing may light green, aromatic leaves that become bluish green as it matures.

Small black seeds that provide a slightly bitter and somewhat peppery flavor when dried for use in foods.

A specially designed tool for removing strips of Parmesan cheese easily and quickly as it is grated over salads and pasta.

A French cheese made from unpasteurized or pasteurized goat's milk. Typically coated with ash, this cheese is formed into small disks with one flat and one rounded side.

Wine term describing a secondary fermentation occurring in the barrel. The result can be a minor fault if the resulting gas remains trapped in the bottle.

A kitchen utensil or tool that is used to apply pressure on the hard shells of nuts in order to crack open the shell for removal of the nut meat.

A kitchen utensil that is used to cut whole apples into individual sliced wedges, while also cutting around the core so that the seeds and core can be easily discarded.

Another name given to cilantro because of its popularity in Asian cooking. Chinese parsley is as commonly used in China as regular parsley is used elsewhere.

A Dutch cheese made from cow's milk. The rind is a golden tan that covers a cream-colored cheese with a semi-hard texture.

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.

A knife blade with concave beveled edges created by starting midway or lower from the top of the blade and grinding or tapering each side of the blade thinner toward the bottom or cutting edge by grinding a inward curvature.

A cool refreshing herb, available in many varieties, that is used to flavor desserts, teas and meat dishes, especially lamb.

A Greek cheese that is pale yellow in color and has irregular holes. It is a hard cheese made from sheep and goat's milk.

Cooking greens from the mustard plant that are grown in both red and green varieties. This green provides a peppery flavor to assorted cooked dishes or when eaten raw.