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A very small pepper, which is only approximately 1 inch long and ½ inch wide. The pepper changes color throughout maturity, starting out yellow, changing to orange and is finally red at maturity.

food thickener, thickening agent, liason, beurre manie,

A Jalapeno pepper, native to Mexico that is smoked, dried and most often served as an appetizer or as an ingredient in sauces, salsas, soups, and stews.

A hot and slightly sweet flavored chile that has a long tapered shape and an orange-red color. Typically smoked, this chile provides a medium hot flavor that tastes slightly like green tea or berries.

Fresh tomatoes cooked for several hours and then strained. The strained tomatoes are then cooked longer to reduce them to a thick concentrate.

A condiment, served with steak and other meats, which is a mixture of cooked tomatoes, spices and vinegar.

Refers to a mixture of butter and sugar that are beaten together until smooth and then flavored with extracts such as vanilla or alcoholic beverages such as brandy or rum.

A thickening agent made from fat mixed with flour that is cooked together to be used to stiffen the texture of sauces, gravies, and soups.

A pungent and spicy tasting condiment made from horseradish root that is served as a sauce for meat, a topping for appetizers, or as a dressing for sandwiches providing a distinctively hot flavor.

A sauce that is typically smooth yet fluid-textured, made of tomatoes and flavored with sugar, vinegar, onions, garlic, and spices.

A variety of sugar, common in Asian countries, which is formed into the shape of a rough crystal. Yellow lump sugar is sticky textured with an irregular surface.

As a shorter and different shaped version of a sauce pan, the saucier is a pan often used for preparations requiring more repetitive motions with the ingredients in the pan, such as stirring or whisking.

A beverage originating in Mexico that is made from vegetable juice, citrus juices and spicy seasonings.

A Chinese pepper grown for its spicy hot flavor. This chile is generally 1 to 2 inches in length and red in color.

jalapeno, halopeno, halopano, hallopaino, hallopano,

The Spanish term for "sauce," salsa can be a mixture of fruits or a mixture of vegetables, or both that are whole and chopped, which are used to complement the flavor of a variety of foods.

An Indonesian dish consisting of raw or slightly cooked vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce that is prepared with peanut oil or ground peanuts, various hot chiles, and coconut milk.

An Italian cornmeal dish that is generally enriched with eggs, butter, cream or cheese. The dish is cooked and served hot with butter, cheese or sauce, but is often cooled, allowing it to harden, and then sliced to be fried, grilled, broiled or baked.

A reddish brown spice ground from dried peppers to be made into a sweet, mild or hot tasting seasoning.

Also referred to as a milk frother this hand-held device is used to aggitate liquids into an airy mixture of bubbles and foam.