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A tropical berry fruit, shaped like a football that may range in weight from 1 to 8 pounds and be 4 to 8 inches long when harvested from the sapote tree.

Native to Italy, this relative of the broccoli and cauliflower family grows as a lime green colored head having an appearance somewhat similar to cauliflower except for the cone-shaped florets that swirl upward forming peaks.

A fresh bean that grows in the sea in the form of a long, pencil thin, cylindrical green stem that may have spherical-shaped, spike-like buds on the ends.

A bean, sometimes referred to as an Italian flat bean, that can eaten as a snap bean when it is very young or as a dried bean during later stages of maturity.

A fruit that is a cross between a melon and a cucumber. It is native to southern Africa and grown in the United States, Portugal and New Zealand.

A fruit that is a cross between a melon and a cucumber. It is native to southern Africa and grown in the United States, Portugal and New Zealand.

A large oval shaped green and tan colored squash that has a watermelon appearance in shape and color.

A Japanese noodle that is thin and translucent in appearance, similar to cellophane noodles. They are made from potato, rice, corn, or mung bean starches.

A light green or purple bean that is similar to a common green bean except that it is flatter in shape and broader in dimension.

The tender uppermost leaf and Tendril of the snow pea sprout that grows during the early stages of development of the snow pea plant.

A member of the Chinese cabbage family, but it is smaller and has wider leaves, which along with the stalks are a pale green color.

A dry onion grown mostly in Georgia that is well known as a popular variety of a sweet onion. Mildly sweet in flavor, the onion has a yellow to tan outer skin covering a white inner flesh.

A food flavoring derived from the tiny seeds contained in the pod of an orchid plant. The most common types of beans are grown primarily in Madagascar, Mexico or Tahiti.

With an appearance similar to traditional celery but much smaller, this plant is most often used for a variety of Asian recipes.

The process of warming food that has been frozen so that the food can be eaten or prepared to be served.

A plant native to Mexico, growing low to the ground and bearing small tomatoes encased in papery husks that range in size from 1 to 2 inches in diameter.

A tomato that has been sliced or cut in half and then dried in the sun (or in an oven). Drying the tomato gives it an intense, sweet flavor, that may also be somewhat tart, and a very chewy texture if completely dried and not marinated in oil.

(Scientific Name: Stropharia rugosoannulata) An umbrella shaped mushroom with a cap that may grow up to 12 inches in diameter but is generally in the range of 2 to 6 inches.

A vegetable often referred to as a wild leek or wild onion that has broad, dark green leaves that can be eaten along with the bulb.

One of the varieties of nuts harvested from the hickory tree that has a hard, thin, tan outer shell containing a beige and brown nut on the inside.