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A rich, Italian wine to which brandy has been added to convert the sugar into a higher alcohol content.

A timing device most often used when cooking poultry such as chicken or turkey. Made from plastic, this type of timer consists of a hollow pointed section or probe containing a heat sensitive mechanism that pops out as the meat reaches the desired cooking temperature.

Native to Italy, this olive variety is medium in size and oval to elongated in shape. Grown in the Apulian (Puglia) region in the southwestern part of the country, Baresi Dolci olives are harvested both for their oil and as an eating olive.

Found in regions adjacent to the Himalayan mountain range, the Himalayan Pink Salt is a natural, coarse-grained salt containing a high concentration of minerals.

1) In reference to poultry, the drumstick is the lower, meaty leg portion of the bird, such as a chicken, turkey or duck, which exists from the knee joint down to almost the foot.

A round, lidded pan with small handles that is often used to sauté or braise a variety of foods. With short to medium height outward sloping sides, a sauteuse pan is a utensil for cooking casseroles, stews, and pasta dishes as well as meat and poultry dishes.

An African flat bread that is very thin and somewhat crepe-like in appearance. Made from flour ground from teff, a grain cultivated in Ethiopia, the bread begins as a batter that is poured into a skillet or baking pan and made into a round-shaped flexible flat bread that is baked only on one side.

Various marinade and a spice mixtures that are made into seasoned pastes to be used as a rub, a marinade or a seasoning for a variety of foods before they are grilled or roasted.

A small chile pepper that is typically harvested when it is approximately an inch in length and matured from green to red or purple in color.

A variety of sausage that is harder and denser than fresh sausage, but not as hard in substance as a dry sausage.

Aioli,

A vegetable bird nest is made in the same manner as a noodle bird nest. Shredded vegetables, such as carrots, potatoes, and parsnips, are placed in the bottom of a bird nest basket.

A bird nest is a deep fried nest typically made of noodles or shredded vegetables. The noodles or vegetables are placed in the bottom of a bird nest basket and then a smaller bird nest basket is placed on top of the food and pressed down to flatten the food to form a shape of a basket.

Often referred to as "grey" in France, this berry is very similar to the traditional black peppercorn or "poivre noir" that is common throughout the world.

Natural salts gathered from the salt ponds of the Atlantic Ocean surrounding the coast of France. Three of the most common varieties available are known as Fleur de Sel and Sel Gris.

A cooked grape juice that is produced from the unfermented residue referred to as "must" that is produced from red and white grapes (Salamino, Fortana, Trebbiano Bianco, and Lancellotta)as they are processed into wine.

The French term used to describe the residue or particles of food remaining after meat and/or vegetables have been browned or cooked.

The process of lowering the temperature of a liquid or solid to its freezing point. At this point the item becomes solid.

A variety of egg that comes from the large bird known as the ostrich. An ostrich ranges in weight from 250 to 400 pounds at maturity and is generally raised to produce meat, feathers, and skin for specialty items and markets throughout the world.

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