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1. A dessert with a crumb topping made from flour, oats, butter, and brown sugar combined into a mixture that is sprinkled over sliced fruit and baked.

Cubes or crumbled pieces of bread that have been dried and seasoned to be used in stuffing (dressing) recipes.

A mild flavored Mexican cheese, which is white in color and is very soft and crumbly in texture. When heated, it becomes soft and creamy but retains its shape and will not become runny.

Very thin sheets of dried seaweed, which has a mildly sweet taste, that are used mostly in Japanese cooking as a food wrap for sushi.

A common sweet or savory pastry that is popular in Bulgaria where it is most often prepared during Christmas.

A pastry crust made with a higher proportion of fat that contains no raising agent to make it rise and expand during baking.

A soft, fresh Mexican cheese made from sheep's milk, creating a white custard-like texture with a somewhat smoky flavor and a subtle aroma.

Very long, thin, strands of noodles made from rice flour and water. They are generally sold in a bundle and are used in soups, spring rolls, cold salads, stir-fries or are deep-fat fried until crispy and then crumbled over Chinese chicken salad.

The Italian word for red chile peppers, this is an ingredient often added to many Italian dishes for a spicy flavor.

An aromatic leaf from the evergreen bay laurel tree used for seasoning foods. The tree from which the Bay Leaves are harvested is native to Mediterranean regions, but grown in the U.

A dessert made with baked fruit that combines a variety of ingredients, which include butter, flour, and cinnamon.

A fresh Mexican cheese, made from cow, sheep or goat's milk, that has a soft, crumbly texture. White in color, this cheese has a slightly salty, yet mild smooth flavor with a somewhat acidic aftertaste.

A farmhouse or homemade cheese from India that is made with cow's milk. White in color and soft in texture, this cheese is similar to a dry version of Ricotta cheese without salt, providing a mild and mellow flavor.

A deep black substance extracted from the ink sack of an ocean squid, a sea dweller that is also known as Calamari.

A soft, somewhat elastic-textured Mexican cheese made from skimmed cow's milk. It is white in color (Queso Blanco meaning "white cheese") and has a very creamy flavor that may contain a hint of lemon, due to lemon juice being used to coagulate the skim milk and whey when the cheese is made.

A creamy, pale yellow cheese with streaks of blue veining, made from cow's milk. It is an Italian blue cheese named for the town in Italy where it originated.

A cheese made from cow's milk that is available as a soft-textured variety consisting of small spreadable curds with a high moisture content or as a semi-dry, firm textured block that has been pressed to remove the moisture and to firm the consistency.

A small, narrow potato (generally 2 to 4 inches in length) that is actually a very young tuber. The potato has a finger-like appearance and a firm texture that varies from moist to dry, with a flavor that ranges from a mildly sweet to rich and nutty.

A process of cooking pie crusts and pastry shells before adding the fillings, sometimes referred to as "baking empty" or "cooking empty." Some pie fillings, quiche ingredients, or other similar added foods may not take as much time to cook as the crust or as the pie or a tart, so the crust is baked before the filling is added to give the crust an even consistency and a golden brown appearance.

A broad leafed green plant, related to kale that is used as an ingredient in green salads, or as a vegetable to be served for a cooked vegetable dish, or combined and with other ingredients to be stir fried and served as part of a main dish.