Summary:
This is a list of 18 cooking terms and 23 food terms and their defenitions that may be helpful to a person not well-acquainted in the kitchen.

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For those of us who never really learned their way around a kitchen, it"s a lovely experience when you finally get up the nerve to try out a recipe, only to find a food or cooking term that sounds like it"s either a new species of howler monkey or possibly some sort of medieval torture device. Dont get discouraged! Heres some help for the wayward kitchen traveler/visitor!

al dente: from the Italian phrase to the tooth, pasta cooked until it is firm to the bite, tender not mushy, chewy but not crunchy

bain-marie: also called a water bath, a technique for cooking delicate dishes like custards by putting a baking dish or individual custard cups in a larger baking pan and pouring hot water halfway up the height of the custard cups or baking dish. Can also be used to keep cooked foods warm.

blind bake: to precook pie crusts before filling them to ensure that they cook thoroughly and to control shrinking

braise: to cook food by first browning it in a little fat, then by adding liquid to the pan, covering it and finishing the cooking over moist low heat

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And now for some food terms and their definitions:

arugula- a strangely flavored type green, possessing a distinctive, hot muddiness of flavor

baba ghanoush- a mixture of eggplant, tahini (definition below), olive oil, lemon juice and garlic, served as a dip or spread

baguette- a long, narrow loaf of bread with a crispy crust and soft, chewy interior

balsamic vinegar- vinegar made from the juice of white Trebianno grapes

basmati rice- a white or brown aromatic long grain rice

bok choy- cabbage that looks like oversized white celery stalks with big flat green leaves

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