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A kitchen utensil that grinds whole peppercorns into fine, medium or coarse ground bits of pepper. Pepper mills are available in a variety of sizes, styles and materials, such as wood, plastic or metal.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.

Grown primarily in northern India, this pepper is considered to be the hottest and provide the most intense heat of all chile peppers.

The process of breaking solid food items into smaller particles. Special equipment is available to grind different types of food such as a meat grinder for meat, a coffee grinder for coffee beans, a pepper mill for grinding peppercorns, and a food processor, which is used to grind many different types of food.

A traditional French puff pastry which is made in layers of crisp baked pasty separated by cream fillings.

The process of cracking the grain to expose the floury portion of the kernels and breaking it down to a fine powder, sieving out the unwanted portions of the broken grain.

A kitchen utensil used to puree, mash or coarsely grind various foods. Consisting of a round metal container with a curved blade at the bottom and a hand crank above to turn the blade, food is cut into small pieces and forced through holes in a disk that is positioned just below the blade at the bottom of the mill.

Rice that is processed with the hull, the bran layers and the germ removed. It is the most common form of rice available.