Cooking Terms Glossary

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

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Fillet

A piece of meat, poultry or fish without bones.

Flake

To break food into small pieces, usually with a fork.

Flute

To make decorative indentations around the edge of pastries, fruits or vegetables.

Fold

To combine two ingredients. Using a spoon or rubber spatula, go down through the mixture on the far...

Fry

To cook in hot fat; pan-fry or saute in a small amount of fat, deep-fat fry in deep layer of fat tha...