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A cheese substitute made from rice, a small amount of milk protein (casein), food oils, and seasonings.

A goat's milk cheese, native to France, that is similar and synonymous with a French chevre. Semi-aged, ripening for 5 to 10 weeks, Bucheron is produced as short logs that are sliced and sold as small rounds in food stores.

An Italian word used to describe "small bundles" of food stuffed into a rolled food wrap. Foods such as veal, dry sausage, fruits, vegetables, and fish are all foods that can be thinly sliced to serve as a wrap that is placed around stuffings of various ingredients and referred to as involtini, such as veal involtini or eggplant involtini.

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

A handy kitchen tool that is used to easily cut and peel the tough layer of outer skin away from the tender meat within the asparagus stalk.

This type of ham can be a butt or shank portion or it could be a whole or half leg that has the hip, thigh and/or shank bone remaining as part of the ham.

A term applied to a traditional French potato dish from the Dauphine in Savoy region, near the Italian border.

A variety of the honeydew melon that has a hard, salmon colored outer rind with an pale orange inner flesh.

A Japanese dish based on sushi meshi, which is boiled or steamed short-grain rice flavored with sweetened rice vinegar or other seasonings.

A type of cookie in which the dough is prepared, rolled into a log shape, and refrigerated until the dough is firm.

A ham that has been boned, cured and fully cooked using a process that includes boiling the ham in water.

An Italian cornmeal dish that is generally enriched with eggs, butter, cream or cheese. The dish is cooked and served hot with butter, cheese or sauce, but is often cooled, allowing it to harden, and then sliced to be fried, grilled, broiled or baked.

A consommé that contains tomatoes or tomato juice as a flavoring ingredient. When served hot it is in a liquid form.

A small potato dough dumpling that is Italian in origin. Cooked in boiling water and served with butter and Parmesan cheese or a variety of sauces, gnocchi can also be chilled, sliced, and then fried or baked.

A popular Carribean food item dating back to the early 1900's that was basically made as a hot meat sandwich with cheese.

Similar to sweet potato chips, the Beet Chip is made from beets as a snack product similar to traditional potato chips.

A shrub common in Thailand that produces edible leaves and stalks that are rich in proteins and minerals.

A blend of pork and beef seasoned with spices and formed into a coarse textured loaf. The loaf is smoked over hardwoods for added flavor.

A blend of pork and beef seasoned with spices and formed into a coarse textured loaf. The loaf is smoked over hardwoods for added flavor.

A type of meat produced from the eye of the loin or the adjacent area that provides a layer of fat surrounding the meat.