Cooking Terms Glossary

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

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Fillet

A fillet is a boneless piece of meat, poultry, or fish, and as a verb, to fillet means to cut such a...

Flake

Flaking is separating cooked food into small, thin, natural pieces, usually with the gentle pressure...

Flute

Fluting is creating a decorative pattern of ridges, grooves, or scalloped indentations around the ed...

Fold

Folding is a gentle mixing technique used to combine a light, airy ingredient with a heavier one wit...

Fry

Frying is cooking food in hot fat, and it comes in a few forms depending on how much fat is used. Pa...