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The most popular tuber vegetable in the world, which is available in hundreds of varieties. Some varieties are better for specific purposes than others, such as red potatoes, which are best for boiling, and russets, which are best for frying and baking.

Yellow potatoes have skins and flesh that ranges from pale yellow to golden yellow. Their flesh has a buttery flavor and they are used for baking, boiling, roasting, and mashing.

A strong, well-known Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the blue agave plant, a member of the lily family, that is grown in designated regions of Mexico.

Most varieties of squash are placed into two categories: summer and winter squash. Winter squash varieties have hard skins and firmer, denser flesh than summer squash varieties.

The word "tea" can be used to reference the beverage served as a drink, the leaves used to make the beverage and the shrub from which the leaves are taken.

A tuber vegetable originating from Central America that is typically referred to as either a Sweet Potato or yam in the U.S.

A salty brown Asian sauce used as a seasoning or condiment to enhance and harmonize the flavors of various foods.

A variety of russet potato known as Russet Burbank or Russet Brown, which is referred to as an Idaho potato because they are grown in the state of Idaho.

A name used to refer to different varieties of white potatoes. Potatoes were a major crop in Ireland and were brought to New England by the Irish immigrants in the beginning of the 18th century.

A very sweet, thick fluid produced by honeybees from flower nectar. It is a natural sweetener that is used in many food dishes to increase the intensity of the flavor desired for the food.

A paste, originating from Thailand that is used to make sauce for seasoning a variety of meat, rice and vegetable dishes, which become "curried" food.

A tropical fruit that has a yellow flesh and a prickly peel that has a diamond shaped pattern to it....

A small, round off-white vegetable (legume) grown in a pod similar to a pea or bean. They have a delicious nutty flavor and can be used as an alternative to the lima bean.

Mustard is available in several different forms, all originating from the mustard plant. Mustard is first harvested as whole mustard seeds, which can then be ground into powdered or dry mustard.

A group of traditional Mexican pastes that are made into sauces that range in flavor from delicately spicy to very rich and spicy.

An amber red to reddish brown colored Sauce produced as a liquid byproduct from fermenting salt-cured fish.

A soft, sweet, thin-fleshed food item with many small, edible seeds. Although the Fig is most often considered to be a fruit, it is actually a flower that is picked for eating.

A large seed that is the edible fruit harvested from the coconut palm tree grown in tropical regions around the world.

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 mild, sweet flavored, large pepper, which is one of the most common varieties of peppers grown. Distinguished from spicy types of peppers with its sweet taste, the bell pepper is green when it begins to grow and then, depending on variety, turns red, yellow, orange, purple, white, or brown as it ripens and matures.