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A moulded crust that serves as an edible container for various food ingredients. Croustades are traditionally formed into a circular or bowl shape to be filled with savory foods, which are then served as a main dish, an appetizer or a dessert.

Pronounced pee-noe-gree. A grape varietal, used in the production of white to slightly pink wine, originating in the Alsace region of France.

Pronounced gra-nahsh or graynahsh. A grape varietal used in the production of white, red, and rosé wine.

A grape varietal, used in the production of red wine, originating in the Beaujolais region of France.

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

A cut of meat and steak dinner made world famous by Delmonico's Restaurant in New York during the mid 1800's.

A slightly sweet, tender fruit covered with a shiny skin that ranges in color from purple, which is the most familiar, to red, yellow, green, or white, depending on the variety.

A slightly sweet, tender fruit covered with a shiny skin that ranges in color from purple, which is the most familiar, to red, yellow, green, or white, depending on the variety.

1. A Mexican tortilla is a soft, thin and flat unleavened round bread. They are made from corn or wheat flour and baked on a griddle called a comal.

An herb that originated in the Mediterranean countries but is now widely cultivated throughout the world.

Traditionally, this term refers to a delicate dumpling made with ingredients of ground or minced meat, poultry, fish or vegetables, which has been seasoned and bound with a paste made with the use of breadcrumbs, eggs, egg yolks, fat, flour, rice or cream.

A wine fortified by adding grape alcohol partway through the fermentation. The wine is kept in oak for a relatively short time, then fortified and aged in bottles.

A common food dish of Norway, Sweden and parts of Finland, made from whitefish, usually cod, soaked in water and lye (caustic soda) prior to cooking, using a process referred to a "luting" which served to dry the filet so it could be preserved.

An electric kitchen tool that is used to chop, grate, mince, slice, puree, and blend a variety of food ingredients.

egg plant, egplant, vegetable, fruit,,

An herb characterized by its long green shoots that are used as a seasoning in food dishes to provide a flavor very similar to a very mild onion.

A spicy, highly seasoned food that may appear similar to a hearty soup at times. Chili is typically made with ground turkey, beef or pork, kidney beans, tomatoes, chiles, and seasonings all cooked in the broth of meat included in the Chili.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.