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Lean, highly seasoned pork that is served in the southern United States and most often associated with Cajun cuisine.

Dry Italian salami that consists of all pork meat from the head of the hog or leftover pork trimmings.

Grown on a juniper evergreen shrub, this berry is used as a seasoning for various food dishes. Juniper berries are bluish-black in color and have a very strong flavor, so a little goes a long way.

A delicate herb with velvety soft leaves that are dark green on top and somewhat irredescent on the underside.

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.

An herb that is an evergreen shrub containing may light green, aromatic leaves that become bluish green as it matures.

An egg dish made with two or three beaten eggs that are cooked until they set and then eaten as a flat or folded serving of food.

Small chunks of meat or fish that have been seasoned and/or marinated, put on a skewer or into a grilling basket and then grilled or broiled.

A type of soup that contains a variety of ingredients that may include potatoes, other vegetables, milk, cream, meats, and herbs made into a hearty food that is always served hot.

Translated, a Torta means tart in Italian, which describes a small tart-like food that may be baked or made with cold, refrigerated ingredients that do not require baking.

Often considered to be an activity at the seashore, clambakes are events that may be picnics or evening parties where clams and a variety of other foods are steam-baked.

A French cheese made from raw (unpasteurized) sheep's milk, considered pure sheep's milk from Manech or Basco-Béarnaise ewes that are raised along the Pyrénées mountain range in the Basque region of France.

A wide range of woods are suitable for use in a grill. Hardwoods are much better than softwoods because hardwoods burn longer and provide more heat.

Pronounced so-tairn or soh-tehrn. An appellation that produces outstanding sweet wines that have become famous throughout the world.

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Sometimes considered a cereal grain because it is processed and prepared in similar ways, buckwheat is actually an herb that is related to rhubarb and sorrel.

A long, thin Asian bean that can measure from one to three feet in length, but are best eaten when they are 12 to 20 inches long.

A highly prized and rare mushroom (fungus), that grows underground near the roots of trees. Most varieties of truffles that are considered edible are found 2 to 3 inches below the surface of the ground, but can be found as deep as 10 to 15 inches down.

A soft to semi-soft food product which is actually soybean curd and commonly referred to as bean curd.

A device in which food is exposed to smoke and low temperature heat for the purpose of perserving and enhancing the food with a variety of distinctive smoky flavors.