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Chestnut brown in color with a small white-eye, this variety of dried bean is grown on a bush and then dried for use in a variety of foods.

A seasoning originating near the city of Baltimore during the early 1900's that is named for the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland.

A variety of parsley, also known as Italian parsley that has dark green flat leaves and a somewhat strong peppery flavor.

A round or oval-shaped fruit that ranges in size from 3 to 5 inches in length, from its woody stem to its end, which can be pointed or round.

A large oval shaped green and tan colored squash that has a watermelon appearance in shape and color.

A variety of parsley, also known as Flat Leaf Parsley, that has dark green flat leaves and a somewhat strong peppery flavor that is more intense than other varieties of Parsley.

A nut harvested from the branches of the Chestnut tree, a member of the beech family of plants. A prickly outer casing is removed to expose a dark brown, glossy shell that covers a sweet, but mealy fleshed nut.

A common herb that is native to Europe and western Asia, but is also grown in many other parts of the world.

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

A vegetable often referred to as a wild leek or wild onion that has broad, dark green leaves that can be eaten along with the bulb.

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.

A type of cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk that can be whole, part skimmed, or skimmed. Whole-milk Cottage Cheese contains 4% fat while part skimmed provides 2% fat as a reduced-fat product or 1% fat as a low-fat product.

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

An herb that is technically not a grain, but is often used like a grain because of its abundance of grain like seeds.

A grain-like plant that is not actually a type of rice, but an aquatic grass bearing edible seeds that grows in wild marshy areas of fresh water lakes and rivers.