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The green leaf that grows on a banana tree, which can be dried, cleaned, cut to size, and then used as a wrap for steaming or heating food.

A combination of nuts (such as hazelnuts, almonds or chickpeas), seeds (such as sesame seeds, cumin seeds), or ground spices (such as coriander, cumin and pepper), and occasionally other desired ingredients blended together to produce a coarse ground mixture that is served with food or on food.

A type of noodle soup common in Vietnam that is made with rice noodles (banh pho), vegetables, pieces of meat thinly sliced, and various herbs.

A product that is generally made from fermented and partially cooked soybeans, but is also made from other legumes and grains, such as barley, rice or quinoa.

A type of sausage made from a combination of onion, suet, matzo meal, and flour, which is packed into kosher beef intestines and then steam cooked and roasted.

A Japanese condiment made from ume plums that are harvested before they are ripe, and then soaked in a brine with red shiso leaves to be pickled.

Common in Japan, this variety of plum is very popular for it health benefits. The ume plum is a fruit that is harvested when it is green before it ripens to be used as a pickled condiment, which is referred to as umeboshi.

A small Asian dumpling that is stuffed with a variety of ingredients such as meats or fish, vegetables and seasonings, that are wrapped and pan cooked before serving.

The flower, which may also be called banana blossom, grows on the end of the stem holding a cluster of bananas.

A Chinese appetizer that began as a traditional food served to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year, which occurs during the spring season.

A deep-fried Chinese pastry of flour and eggs that contains a variety of ingredients, such as minced vegetables, meat, herbs, and spices that are wrapped inside the pastry and served as an appetizer.

A group of flowering plants that are most often used to garnish or enhance the appearance and flavor of various foods.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. The cylindrical variety is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

A mixture of herbs, either fresh or dried, that are placed into savory foods as they cook to enhance the flavor of the foods being prepared.

A tall cereal plant (growing to a height of up to 10 feet) that is immediately recognizable because of its long, drooping leaves extending from an inner stalk and strong jointed stems supporting large ears ranging in length from a half foot to one foot, which contain the corn kernels.