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A term that is used to describe the process of pressing fruit, seeds, and nuts to obtain oil without the use of additional heat to extract the oil.

A process that is used to extract oil from fruits, nuts, and seeds. Expeller pressing is similar to cold pressing except that extreme pressure is added during the pressing.

A type of low grade olive oil that must be refined before it can be sold for human consumption. The oil is obtained from the residue that remains after the "first cold pressing." Up to 90% of the oil is obtained from the olives during the first cold pressing, but the remaining 10% is contained within the residue.

An oil obtained from the seeds of the flax plant. When it is processed, Flaxseed oil is first cold pressed from the seeds, providing an edible oil.

A type of seasoning or cooking oil that uses the tea seeds harvested from the tea plant (Camilla sinensis), cold-pressing them to produce the oil.

A tool used for pressing garlic cloves through small holes to extract the pulp, oils, and juice from the garlic.

A kitchen utensil designed to create meat patties that are consistent in shape, size and weight. A typical burger press is made from plastic or stainless steel and consists of a round container with a circular cover or "press" that can be forced downward against the ground meat to form it into a patty shape.

A kitchen tool that is used to hold specific amounts of cookie dough so that it can be manually or electrically extruded from this tool onto a baking sheet or pan to create a desired cookie shape.

The process, when making wine, of pressing the juice out of grape skins.

A medium size, very common olive grown in California that is dark black in color and round in shape....

A utensil used to remove juices from the meat and carcass of a whole duck after it has been cooked. The juices are used to season the slices when served.

A kitchen utensil used for brewing coffee. It consists of a cylindrical glass pot and a plunger mechanism that has a metal mesh screen at one end and a handle at the other.

Oils for cooking are used to fry and sauté foods, for making salad dressings, and for use in baking....

A type of oil obtained from the nut of the macadamia tree. The tree is native to Australia, which leads the world in production of the nut and the oil.

A metal utensil that is built with a top and bottom plate used to compress or flatten tortilla dough in preparation for baking.

A heavy metal kitchen utensil that is placed on top of fresh bacon to flatten the bacon as it cooks, keeping it from curling.

A device for cutting the pasta dough into pieces when making spaetzle. It is a flat, rectangle shaped device, resembling a hand grater that contains large holes and a square hopper with rounded corners on top.

A term used in the U.S. to describe a medium size olive that is native to Spain but grown in California.

A meat specialty consisting of cooked beef and pork that has been pressed into a loaf and generously seasoned with chopped red and green peppers.

The oil produced from manual or machine pressing of the fruit (olives) from the olive tree. The flavor and color of the olive oil produced from the same variety of olive may vary significantly from one region to the next as well as from grower to grower, since soils and environment will have an effect on creating different flavors within olives grown in the same area.