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A sweet dessert that is made with a pastry or bread dough topping that covers a fruit base made from one or several fruits.

A kitchen utensil that can be used to grind, crush, mince, or cut herbs into smaller bits for seasoning sauces, soups, salads, and other foods.

A thin pancake, similar to a crepe, that is made to become a food wrap that is filled with savory foods or sweet ingredients.

A type of pasta that may be made as a large dried tube or as a flat sheet of pasta that will be filled with ingredients and rolled into a tube shape.

1. A term used to describe the process of letting pastry dough set for a period of time to prevent shrinkage.

Very long, thin, strands of noodles made from rice flour and water. They are generally sold in a bundle and are used in soups, spring rolls, cold salads, stir-fries or are deep-fat fried until crispy and then crumbled over Chinese chicken salad.

A multi-layered pastry, which is made by combining thin layers of pastry dough with a very thin layers of butter (or other solid fat) between each layer of dough.

A type of flour produced from cooked, dried, and ground potatoes. It is used as an ingredient in potato based recipes to enhance the potato flavor and is often mixed with other types of flour for baking breads and rolls.

A reference that can apply to several different cuts of pork used for roasting, referred to as: the loin roast, shoulder roast, butt roast, blade loin roast, pork tenderloin, sirloin roast, crown roast or rolled ham roast.

A mixture of flour, a leavening agent, and a small amount of liquid ingredients that forms a mass, which is thick, but pliable.

Translated as ''before the meal'' in Italian, this term refers to an appetizer course served prior to an Italian meal.

A kitchen utensil with a handle and a square beveled blade that is used to scrape, cut, and section ingredients when working with dough.

A kitchen utensil that can be used to mince chop or cut foods into smaller bits for seasoning sauces, soups, salads, and other dishes.

Also known as boned ham, this whole cured ham is a cut of pork that has had the hip, thigh, and shank bones removed, as well as most of the fat before it is rolled, molded, and packaged.

A Chinese term used to refer to various small bite-sized foods served in small quantities (3 to 4) to be eaten as appetizers or snacks.

Individual servings that typically consist of finely ground meat, fish, poultry, or vegetables compacted together and formed into a shape for serving.

A butter that has been flavored by blending together various ingredients such as fresh herbs, shallots, minced garlic, chili powder, pepper flakes, grated citrus zest, or an array of spices.

A sausage made from scraps of cooked pork head, pork cheeks, and organ meat that have been ground and combined with cornmeal or oatmeal, strained broth, sage, onions, and other seasonings.

A thin noodle made from rice flour and water, which is available in various widths. The widths are basically classified as thin, medium and wide.

A thin, crispy Italian wafer cookie that is cooked in a pizzelle iron, similar to a waffle iron. The pizzelle iron has a decorative pattern, which is impressed into the cookie when cooked.