Cooking

Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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The word "cala" comes from an African word for "rice," and refers to a deep-fried pastry made with rice, yeast, sugar and spices. Calas resemble small, round doughnuts without a hole and are usually ...

cereal grains

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word "cereal" comes from Ceres, a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture. Cereal includes any plant from the grass family that yields an edible grain (seed). The most popular grains are barley, corn, ...

chocolate

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word "chocolate" comes from the Aztec xocolatl, meaning "bitter water. " Indeed, the unsweetened drink the Aztecs made of pounded cocoa beans and spices was probably extremely bitter. Bitterness ...

cabbage

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word cabbage is a derivation of the French word caboche, a colloquial term for "head. " The cabbage family — of which Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and kale are all members — is wide ...

chemisé

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word chemise is French for "shirt" or "vest," and the term refers culinarily to a food that is wrapped or coated — such as wrapped in pastry, or coated with a sauce or aspic.

en chemise

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word chemise is French for "shirt" or "vest," and the term refers culinarily to a food that is wrapped or coated — such as wrapped in pastry, or coated with a sauce or aspic.

cotto sausage

Culinary arts; Cooking

The word cotto is Italian for "cooked," and is used to describe this soft Italian salami. It can be found whole in some specialty shops, but is more often sold sliced. Cotto sausage is excellent ...