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An appliance or piece of kitchenware that typically accomplishes the task of brewing the popular drink produced from ground cocoa beans.

An herb that grows wild and has been sought for centuries in various regions of the world as a plant species often associated with properties that promote healing or improved physical and mental performance.

Ground nutmeg is available prepackaged, but fresh whole nutmeg, that is grated or ground, provides more flavor than the prepackaged variety.

A liquid that is made from the cooking and blending of white or brown rice and water. It can also be made from rice flour.

Juice extracted from fresh tomatoes by cooking them and then exposing the heated tomatoes to a process that separates the skins and seeds from the juice.

A spice, native to the Spice Islands, that is used to add a sweet and savory flavor to a variety of foods.

A liquid produced by boiling shredded coconut meat in water and then straining the contents through cheesecloth to extract the liquid from the boiled coconut.

A utensil that has a colorful history and one that dates back many years to age old times. It has been recorded that the first appearance of a utensil used like a napkin was bread dough which was formed into little pieces that were used to blot the face and hands during and after eating.

A food ingredient produced from the cassava tuber or yuca root as it is also known. The tuber provides the base to make Tapioca products, such as pellets (pearls), flour, flakes, or the Tapioca Syrup.

Originating from the Middle East region of Europe, this variety of herb is a flowering plant that grows wild in many areas sprouting a colorful purple, star-shaped flower when mature.

A utensil that is designed to hold loose quantities of herbs, spices or teas to be used for adding various flavors to liquids.

Long and thin in construction, this type of spoon is made for handling a variety of barware tasks requiring a longer depth to the spoon handle.

A descriptor for wines that have become tasteless, most often due to storage for excessive periods of time in a large vessel.

A hard, unrefined brown cane sugar that is most common in Mexican regions as either a light colored variety known as blanco, or as a darker variety, known as oscuro.

A variety of grape that is smaller in size and less meaty than other varieties. The Concord grape has a dark purple to almost black thicker skin that covers a jelly-like inner meat, which can be squeezed out from the skin.

puree, pureed,

A thick fermented liquid popular in Japan that is made from the cooking and blending of white or brown rice and water.

A chemical reaction in which carbohydrates are broken down into carbon dioxide gas and alcohol. This is primarily brought about by the affect that yeast has on sugars.

A Norwegian goat's milk cheese that has a very strong flavor and a texture that ranges from soft to very hard depending on its age.

A fruit, originating in Mexico and Central America, which has several varieties, the white sapote, the black sapote and the mamey sapote.