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A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

1) An Italian term for "cream" that can be used to refer to cream in a food, a cream sauce, or the topping on a dessert or an espresso coffee.

A wine sauce that is made from Madeira wine as the key ingredient. Although this sauce may consist only of Madeira wine and broth, there are also numerous variations that include other ingredients to enhance the flavors of the foods topped with the sauce.

The brand name for a type of grain that is closely related to durum wheat and is often considered a specialty grain.

1) A French term used to refer to a bread appetizer that has been buttered and covered with jam, honey, melted cheese, or other similar ingredients.

A popular French cow's milk cheese that is produced as a spreadable cheese in small cylindrical shapes.

A sweet pepper is a mild to sweet flavored pepper that can be eaten raw or cooked. Some varieties have a sweet but bitter taste.

A wrinkled shiny skinned fruit that is a dried plum, which is native to America, Europe and Asia. There are many varieties of this fruit, which have flesh that ranges in flavor from tart to very sweet, but there are only a few varieties that are suitable for drying.

A seasoning that contains no sodium or small amounts of sodium and replaces regular salt for anyone with health concerns when flavoring foods.

A plant that is a member of the mustard family and is used as an herb and a salad green. It originated in eastern Europe and western Asia and now grows throughout the world.

A flat pan with straight sides that are ¾” or taller, which is used for baking food in the oven. There are many sizes and depths available, but the most common sizes is 9 x 13 x 2 inches.

A nut harvested from trees that are grown in many of the temperate regions of the world. The nuts are oval in shape and the hard shell looks like a pair of domes that have been fused together along a ridged seam.

A fruit developed from the crossbreeding of pears with apples to produce a crisp, mildly flavored pear.

A fortified wine that has been cask-aged and been blended with grape brandy following the fermentation process.

The generic name given to any of the numerous varieties of plants that have fragrant leaves and stems used to season foods.

1) A thin crisp fried pastry that is made by dipping a fancy shaped iron into a sweet batter and then dipping the iron in hot fat that is deep enough to cover the battered iron.

1. Olives, pickles and pieces, slices or sticks of raw vegetables, such as carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, cucumbers and peppers, which are served as appetizers.

A type of berry that grows in bunches on vines. There are hundreds of varieties grown in many parts of the world.

The outer skin or rind of a fruit and vegetable. Vegetables that have this outer skin will generally have the peel removed and discarded before the vegetable is used but there are occasions when it is left on.

A French pastry that uses a distinct preparation method, different from other pastry procedures, to produce a silky smooth batter for a light pastry shell with an inner open chamber and thin crumb.