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A tool used to trim the outer skin of an apple from the apple flesh. This device will most often remove the core while removing the skin around the apple, leaving it cored and either whole or sliced.

A variety of apple that is very firm with sweet and slightly tart flavor. It may range in color from greenish-gold to red and is popular as a snack or served in salads and desserts.

A round or oval shaped fruit that is harvested from lower growing trees found in most of the temperate regions of the world.

A kitchen tool used to remove the layers of flesh from vegetables and firm fruits, such as apples, by peeling off thin narrow shavings.

A good all-purpose apple that is greenish yellow in color. Its light yellow, juicy flesh is extra crispy and slightly tart.

A small narrow utensil designed to remove peels from oranges, lemons, limes and other similar sized fruits with citrus skins.

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 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.

A kitchen utensil made to simplify the process of making julienne strips used for decorative garnishes.

Native to tropical regions, a banana has a tough outer peel that may be yellow, red, green, or black when ripe.

A water mixture that has been made acidic by combining lemon juice, lime juice, vinegar, or wine with water.

A chemical reaction that is the result of a substance being expose to oxygen. When the oxygen is exposed to certain elements it causes a change to occur, such as when some foods like apples and bananas have their peels removed and are exposed to oxygen, they turn brown.

Candied fruit, also referred to as crystallized fruit, is fruit that has been cooked in sugar syrup and then allowed to set in the syrup for a long period of time.

A creamy yellow, long root vegetable that resembles a carrot. The Parsnip has a rich sweet nut-like flavor and can be boiled, fried, glazed, creamed, and used as an ingredient for soups and stews.

A perennial plant that has celery-like stalks that are greenish pink to dark red in color. Garden variety Rhubarb that is grown outside during the summer months matures from a green into a light pink colored stalk with streaks of green amongst lighter red shades of color.