Culinary arts

Culinary arts

The art of preparing and cooking foods.

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broil

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cook food directly under or above the heat source. Food can be broiled in an oven, directly under the gas or electric heat source, or on a barbecue grill, directly over ...

bake

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cook food in an oven, thereby surrounding it with dry heat. It's imperative to know the accurate temperature of an oven. Because most of them bake either hotter or cooler ...

deep-fry

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cook food in hot fat deep enough to completely cover the item being fried. The oil or fat used for deep-frying should have a high smoke point (the point to which it can be ...

brown

Culinary arts; Cooking

To cook quickly over high heat, causing the surface of the food to turn brown while the interior stays moist. This method not only gives food an appetizing color, but also a rich ...

homogenize

Culinary arts; Cooking

To create an emulsion by reducing all the particles to the same size. In homogenized milk, for instance, the fat globules are broken down mechanically until they are evenly and ...