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Culinary arts
The art of preparing and cooking foods.
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blue crab
Culinary arts; Cooking
Named because of its blue claws and oval, dark blue-green shell, the blue crab is found along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. It's marketed in both its hard- and soft-shell stages. ...
cantaloupe
Culinary arts; Cooking
Named for a castle in Italy, the true cantaloupe is a European melon that is not exported. American "cantaloupes" are actually muskmelons. When perfectly ripe, these cantaloupes ...
cuisine maigre
Culinary arts; Cooking
French for "meatless, lean or lowfat cooking. " Strict vegetarian cooking is referred to as cuisine vegetarienne.
cuisine bourgeoise
Culinary arts; Cooking
French for "middle-class cooking," referring to plain but good, down-to-earth cooking.
huile
Culinary arts; Cooking
French for "oil," generally referring to cooking oil. Huile d'olive is "olive oil," huile de noix is "walnut oil. "
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