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Cooking

The process of preparing food, usually with heat.

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fats and oils

Culinary arts; Cooking

There are myriad culinary uses for fats and oils including cooking, tenderizing baked goods and adding richness, texture and flavor to foods. Fat is one of the body's basic nutrients, providing ...

There are over 100 varieties (most of them grown in Japan) of this firm, amazingly juicy pear whose season is late summer through early fall. In size and color, they range from huge and golden brown ...

currant

Culinary arts; Cooking

There are two distinctly different fruits called currant. 1. The first — resembling a tiny, dark raisin — is the seedless, dried zante grape. Its name comes from its place of origin — Corinth, ...

fennel

Culinary arts; Cooking

There are two main types of this aromatic plant, both with pale green, celerylike stems and bright green, feathery foliage. Florence fennel, also called finocchio, is cultivated throughout the ...

caraway seed

Culinary arts; Cooking

These aromatic seeds come from an herb in the parsley family. They have a nutty, delicate anise flavor and are widely used in German, Austrian and Hungarian cuisine. Caraway seeds flavor many foods ...

cipollini

Culinary arts; Cooking

These bittersweet bulbs of the grape hyacinth taste and look like small onions, which is why they're also called wild onions. Fresh cipollini are hard to find in the United States but do make an ...

butter mold

Culinary arts; Cooking

These decorative molds are used to form butter into fancy shapes. They come in ceramic, metal, wood and plastic; their sizes range from small, individual portions to large 8-ounce or more ...