Cooking Terms Glossary

Learn the language of cooking with our comprehensive glossary of culinary terms.

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Baking means cooking food with the dry, surrounding heat of an oven rather than in direct contact wi...

Basting is the technique of spooning or brushing liquid over food as it cooks, using pan drippings,...

Beating is the act of stirring a mixture vigorously to make it smooth and to work air into it, using...

Blanching is a quick cooking method in which food, usually vegetables or fruit, is plunged into rapi...

Blending means combining two or more ingredients until they are fully and evenly incorporated into a...

Boiling is cooking a liquid, or food submerged in it, at the temperature where bubbles form rapidly,...

Braising is a combination cooking method in which food is first browned in a little fat and then coo...

Breading is the process of giving food a crumb coating so it fries up crisp and golden. The standard...

Broiling cooks food with intense heat coming from directly above, using the top element or flame of...

Browning means cooking the surface of food, most often meat, over fairly high heat until it develops...