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A plastic or stainless steel kitchen utensil that has various sized scoops that are inserted into the flesh of a melon and twisted to form the shape of a ball.

A small kitchen utensil which looks like a spoon or melon baller with teeth, thus the reason for the shark-related name.

A metal ball, containing tiny holes, that is used to hold tea leaves, herbs and spices. The ball with the flavored contents is placed in boiling water where it may be used to make tea or flavor sauces and soup or meat stocks.

A hollow, round ball containing tiny holes or mesh screening which is used to hold tea leaves, herbs and spices that are used for flavoring liquids.

Common in Jewish kitchens, this type of soup consists of a broth that contains several round, soft dumplings known as Matzo Balls.

A round dumpling that is most often served in a chicken broth soup. The Matzo ball is made by combining Matzo meal (crushed dried flatbread), oil or butter, eggs, and seasonings together, forming the mixture into round balls approximately 1 inch or so in diameter.

A utensil that is designed to hold loose quantities of herbs, spices or teas to be used for adding various flavors to liquids.

Most often, the utensils used for cutting fruits, vegetables and meats into unique shapes are classified as Garnishing Tools.

Common in Asian cuisine, this round-shaped food is a meatball-like product made from fish meat that is most often sold by street vendors as well as restaurants.

The stage or temperature at which a small quantity of heated sugar syrup forms a hard ball when dropped into cold water.

A kitchen utensil that is best used to blend sauces, whip eggs and stir batters. Each of the wires on the head of this whisk contains weighted balls that can effectively stir ingredients, conforming to the shape of the container in which the ingredients are mixed.

A method of testing sugar syrup to see if it has boiled to the proper stage of cooking. It is the point when a drop of boiling syrup is dropped into cold water and forms a soft ball which will flatten on its own when removed.

An hors d'oeuvre made with spreadable cheese that is blended or covered with a variety of other ingredients to enhance the flavor of the cheese.

A kitchen utensil that is primarily a series of whisks combined to create a tool that will develop more air in the mixture, making it lighter for a better consistency and/or outcome from the food being prepared.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. The cylindrical variety is much like a cucumber in size and shape.

In plant families, the tomato is classified as a fruit (berry), but when eaten it resembles a vegetable, which it is most often considered to be.

A tall flowering plant related to the thistle family of plants that is native to Mediterranean regions and now grown in a variety of locations throughout the world.