Food 101

Wash your hands before cookingTo prevent bacteria from spreading from the table or jumping over to your food, you should wash your hands before cooking. And if you want to work with other foods after preparing sensitive foods like meat or raw eggs, you should wash your hands again. This will help you prevent the transmission of things like salmonella. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Kitchen sanitation means keeping the kitchen and the objects in it clean in order to prevent illness. In a kitchen, this is important since food is easy to contaminate with germs. Aside from keeping a kitchen clean, it is important to maintain kitchen safety. Safety, in a kitchen, means fostering habits that limit risks and prevent harm or injury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Spices are sometimes used in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics, or perfume production. For example, vanilla is commonly used as an ingredient in fragrance manufacturing. Plant-based sweeteners such as sugar are not considered spices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, aromatic and in some cases, spiritual. General usage of the term "herb" differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs; in medicinal or spiritual use, any parts of the plant might be considered as "herbs", including leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, root bark, inner bark (and cambium), resin and pericarp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food. Although some doubts remain on its origin,it is believed that saffron originated in Iran Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods or as a salad dressing. It can also be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil lamps. It also has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine, together with wheat and grapes. Olive trees have been grown around the Mediterranean since the 8th millennium B...

One of the many species of the genus Tuber. In addition to Tuber, over one hundred other genera of fungi are classified as truffles including Geopora, Peziza, Choiromyces, and Leucangium.[1] These genera belong to the class Pezizomycetes and the Pezizales order. Several truffle-like basidiomycetes are excluded from Pezizales, including Rhizopogon and Glomus. Truffles are ectomycorrhizal fungi, so...

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. It has roots in both European farming festivals and the Indigenous practice of giving thanks for the fall harvest. Common traditions include gathering with family and friends for a meal, which typically features turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, pies, and other dishes. It's also a time for reflecting on what we're th...

The two types of ossobuco are a modern version that has tomatoes and the original version which does not. The older version, ossobuco in bianco, is flavoured with cinnamon, bay leaf, and gremolata. The modern and more popular recipe includes tomatoes, carrots, celery, and onions; gremolata is optional. While veal is the traditional meat used for ossobuco, dishes with other meats such as pork have...

The dish comes from Italy. It may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled. The variety of cereal used is usually yellow maize, but often buckwheat, white maize, or mixtures thereof may be used. Coarse grinds make a firm, coarse polenta; finer grinds make a soft, creamy polenta.[4] Polenta is a staple of Northern Italian (to a lesser extent, the Central Ital...

The origin of the dish is claimed by the Southern regions of Calabria, Campania, Apulia and Sicily. Other variations found outside Italy may include chicken, veal, or another type of meat cutlet or vegetable filling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...

Popular stuffings include spinach and ricotta or minced beef. The shells are then typically covered with tomato sauce. Cannelloni are also a typical dish of the Catalan cuisine, where they are called canelons and traditionally consumed on Saint Stephen's Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...

Either term can also refer to an Italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagna alternating with fillings such as ragù (ground meats and tomato sauce), béchamel sauce, vegetables, cheeses (which may include ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan), and seasonings and spices. The dish may be topped with grated cheese, which becomes melted during baking. Typically cooked pasta is assembled with the other...

Breadsticks, also known as grissini, grissino or dipping sticks are generally pencil-sized sticks of crisp, dry baked bread that originated in Piedmont, a region of Italy. There is also a soft-baked breadstick version popular in North America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

Ciabatta is somewhat elongated, broad, and flat, and is baked in many variations, although unique for its alveolar holes. Ciabatta is made with a strong flour and uses a very high hydration dough. While panino indicates any kind of sandwich regardless of the bread used (whether slices or a bun), a toasted sandwich made from small loaves of ciabatta are known as panini (plural of panino) outside It...

it is a style of pizza, also called pizza bianca white pizza. Focaccia may be served as a side dish or as sandwich bread and it may be round, rectangular, or square shape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The cuisine is highly centered around many varieties of rice, as well as coconut which is a ubiquitous plant throughout the country. Seafood also plays a significant role in the cuisine, be it fresh fish or preserved fish. As a country that was a hub in the historic oceanic silk road, contact with foreign traders brought new food items and cultural influences in addition to the local traditions of...

The cream may be aromatized with  coffee ,  vanilla , or other flavourings .The name  panna cotta  is not mentioned in Italian cookbooks before the 1960s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Specifically refers to a frozen dessert of Italian origin. Artisanal gelato in Italy generally contains 6%–9% butterfat, which is lower than other styles of frozen dessert.[16][17] Gelato typically contains 35% air (substantially less than American-style ice cream) and more flavoring than other kinds of frozen desserts, giving it a density and richness that distinguishes it from other ice creams....

The main ingredients are  egg yolks ,  sugar , and  cream . It has the texture of frozen  mousse  or cake. The dessert's Spanish counterpart is called  semifrío Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In the early 19th century the chef  Antonin Carême  included it in his list of the basic sauces of French cooking. In the early 20th century  Auguste Escoffier  named it as one of the five sauces at the core of France's cuisine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n...

Usually, to be served as part of a dish, rather than as a condiment. Tomato sauces are common for meat and vegetables, but they are perhaps best known as bases for sauces for Mexican salsas and Italian pasta dishes. Tomatoes have a rich flavor, high water content, soft flesh which breaks down easily, and the right composition to thicken into a sauce when stewed without the need for thickeners such...

Sauce hollandaise is French for "Hollandic sauceThe first documented recipe is from 1651 in La Varenne's Le Cuisinier François for "asparagus with fragrant sauce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A velouté sauce is a savory  sauce  that is made from a  roux  and a light stock. It is one of the " mother sauces " of  French cuisine  listed by chef  Auguste Escoffier  in the early twentieth century, along with   espagnole ,  tomato ,  béchamel , and  mayonnaise  or  hollandaise . Velouté is French for ' velvety . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy...

This  sauce  is traditionally made from a white  roux  (butter and flour in a 1:1 mixture by weight) and milk, [ with ground  nutmeg added to enhance the flavor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .