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The weight of the contents in a container without the container or any other packaging material.

Any of a variety of cooking weights that can be used to keep a pie, tart, or pastry crust from bubbling up, curling and shrinking when blind baking the crust.

1. To use a heavy object placed on top of a prepared food for the purpose of squeezing out excess fat or liquid, or to force a food to form to the contour of a mold.

The gauging of sugar concentration and/or ripeness of grapes.

A tool used by health professionals, nutritionists, and some insurance companies to assess the risk of health problems related to weight and body size.

A tool used by health professionals, nutritionists, and some insurance companies to assess the risk of health problems related to weight and body size.

1. To measure or divide ingredients, batters or dough by weight or measurement. 2. A kitchen device used to measure the weight of ingredients and other food.

Describes the impression of structure, density, fullness, thickness, or weight in your mouth after wine tasting.

Domestic poultry that is allowed to reach an age and weight that allows it to be oven or grill roasted, resulting in tender, juicy meat.

A species of fish living in slow flowing rivers, lakes and ponds, which is sought as both a sport and food fish.

A countertop or stovetop grill that is used to make the traditional panini, a small Italian sandwich.

Descriptor of wine that is light in texture, weight, and alcohol. A characteristic appropriate in some wines, a fault in others.

A large cloth made from a heavier weight cotton material that is used for rolling out pastry dough with a rolling pin.

A kitchen device used to measure the weight of ingredients and other food. Kitchen scales are available in balance or spring models.

A tropical berry fruit, shaped like a football that may range in weight from 1 to 8 pounds and be 4 to 8 inches long when harvested from the sapote tree.

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.

The process of partially baking a pastry shell with no filling. The shell is baked with weight on it to prevent it from rising.

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.

An anadromous fish, meaning it matures in saltwater, but migrates to fresh water to spawn. It averages in weight at 55 to 60 pounds, but some specimens grow much larger.

The yellow liquid of an egg making up about 40 percent of the liquid weight of the egg. Egg yolks are an excellent source of protein and iron, but are high in cholesterol.