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A type of cookware designed for steaming asparagus. The asparagus steamer consists of a long narrow wire basket, a steaming pot, and a lid.

A stainless steel rack that is built to hold asparagus so it can be steamed vertically with the stems standing in several inches of water when cooking.

A cooking process that places foods above, not in, water that is boiling or hot enough to produce steam that cooks the foods with a moist hot air.

A type of cookware made of bamboo that consists of individual cooking trays or layers with openings in the bottom, that are assembled together and used to cook food with the use of steam.

A type of cookware consisting of inserts or layers with perforations in the bottom, that are assembled together and used to cook food with the use of steam.

A vegetable with long, tender shoots that may be white, purple or green in color, all belonging to a plant that is a member of the lily family.

A canner used to cook, sterilize and preserve high acid foods that are to be canned for future use. The steam canner consists of a water pan, a jar rack and a dome steam cover.

A plastic bag used for steam cooking food in the microwave. These sealable bags have special slits cut into them to allow venting during the steaming process.

Common in traditional Asian cooking, this food item consists of soft bun filled with sweet or savory ingredients.

A collapsible basket used to hold vegetables and other foods over boiling water so that they can be steam cooked.

A collapsible basket used to hold vegetables and other foods over boiling water so that they can be steam cooked.

An aluminum stand that is placed in the bottom of a pot and then a plate containing food to be steamed can be placed on the stand.

To cook food in the oven, in a baking dish or pan that is placed in a pan containing water, which will create steam from the heat of the oven.

A table used as a heating device for foods that are waiting to be served. The bottom of the table contains boiling or simmering water that produces steam to keep the food hot.

A cooking green that is a celtuce variety of garden lettuce grown for its thick edible stem instead of the leaf, which is thin and bitter tasting.

The edible leaf or paddle of the prickly pear cactus and other varieties of cactus. It is prepared by removing the thorns and eyes, after which it is served fresh, canned, cooked, steamed, or pickled.

The edible leaf or paddle of the prickly pear cactus. Nopal is the Mexican word for cactus and the leaf growing on the stem is referred to as Nopales.

A small fern plant which sprouts a shoot at the tip of the plant, referred to as a "frond" or a "crosier," that is harvested to be served as a vegetable.

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.

One of the five distinct types of garden lettuce used for salad greens and other dishes. The leaf is similar to romaine lettuce, but unlike romaine, is not considered edible due to the milky sap that forms soon after it matures.