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A perennial plant that has celery-like stalks that are greenish pink to dark red in color. Garden variety Rhubarb that is grown outside during the summer months matures from a green into a light pink colored stalk with streaks of green amongst lighter red shades of color.

A ham that is first treated with a salt mixture and then exposed to a natural air-curing process that dries and flavors the meat.

Milk that has not been pasteurized. It is thought to be healthier because it has all its natural nutrients but it is at more of a risk of becoming diseased.

A canning method where jars are filled with raw, unheated food. This method is acceptable for low-acid foods, but for acid foods it allows rapid loss of quality.

A partially refined sugar, which is light brown in color, coarse textured, and contains the natural molasses that is present in sugarcane.

A descriptor of wine that is too young to consume, may be too acidic and unbalanced.

An olive that is green in color and ready to be cured.

A stewing method used when the natural flavor from all the ingredients is desired rather than the flavor from the browning of the meat.

A rippled leaf vegetable with a white or red stalk and green leaves that have white veins running throughout the stalk.

A rippled or smooth-leafed vegetable that has a white, red or yellow stalk with white veins running throughout the stalks.