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A hard-boiled egg in which the yolk is removed and blended with other ingredients such as mayonnaise, mustard, and seasonings.

A generic name given to various plants in the legume family including kidney, navy, fava, pinto, lima, black, red, green, chickpea, and lentil.

A very tiny seed that is edible as a seed or is used for planting to produce sprouts. Easily digested, the chia seeds are black to white in color and are covered with a highly absorbent shell that can absorb over seven times its weight in water, producing a gelatin-like substance.

1. A French term meaning "candy." 2. A type of candy that has taken on the name of "bon bon" to describe its general shape and form, such as candy made with a semi-hard outer shell that covers a sweet inner filling.

A Mexican meat dish that is made with pork and sausage, slowly cooked in a spicy chile sauce and then served in a traditional food wrap such as a tostada, a tortilla or a taco shell.

A flat, light green to all white in color, this dried bean has a kidney shape and provides a mild flavor with a soft texture.

A variety of bean often considered being an immature kidney bean, about a half-inch in length, with a pale green color.

A useful kitchen tool for removing meat from lobster and crab legs and for deveining shrimp. When using the scissors, the first step in removing meat from a lobster is to crack the claws with the serrations located on the inner edges of the handles.

An Asian delicacy that consists of a whole egg containing a duck or chicken fetus. Unlike a traditional egg that has not been fertilized which contains only the white and a yolk, Balut is an egg that has matured for approximately 17 to 21 days so the embryo of the chick begins to form within the shell.

A nut butter, made from the nuts grown on argan trees which are native to southwestern Morocco. Uncommon in other areas of the world, argan trees are twisted and gnarled in appearance with thorny branches.

Varieties of small round legumes that are typically classified as fresh, field or pod peas. The fresh pea is a small, round green vegetable, which is grown in a pod and is generally harvested in the early summer.

A method of cooking an egg in which the egg is cooked more slowly than a boiled egg, but basically yields the same results, except that the egg is more tender.

(Scientific Name: Volvariella volvacea) An Asian mushroom which is cultivated to sell in two forms, unexpanded (unpeeled) or expanded (peeled).

A mature stone crab has an oval body that is dark, brownish red, and mottled with gray spots and it has two huge claws.

A popular shellfish valued for its rich juicy meat. The European and American Lobster are the most popular of the Lobster family.

Other than being a smaller version of a Tart pastry, this food item is basically the same as a Tart or Tarte in appearance.

(Scientific Name: Lyophyllum shimeji) Small in size, this type of Asian mushroom is one of the numerous Shimeji varieties common to Japan.

A kitchen utensil that serves as a tool to remove the intestinal black vein when preparing either cooked or raw shrimp.

A pastry originating in Spain, that is basically fried dough extruded through a fluted tube, resulting in a star shaped stick that is cut to a desired length.

A nut that is starchier and less oily than other nuts, allowing it to be cooked in a number of ways, such as roasted, steamed or boiled.