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Food Glossary
This food glossary makes it easy to find information on specfic foods, dishes, cooking methods, and recipes. Information is listed by keyword. (If you are looking for Peach recipes, click on the letter P.) Extensively categorized.

Apple Variety Chart
Can you tell a Macintosh apple from a Macoun apple? Here you will find descriptions, photos, and information on availability.

Can Sizes and Equivalents
Many recipes call for a can of this or that, but how much does that can hold? This chart gives equivalents to help you with recipe substitutions.

Caviar Varieties and Terminology
Caviar comes in different sizes and colors. Learn the terminology and descriptions to choose the best bargain for your purposes.

Color Additives Chart for Food
These charts give information on government-approved food color additives and exempt food colorings, along with their commercial usage.

Crab Varieties
With over 4,000 different crab varieties to choose from, which is best for your recipe? What is a soft-shell crab? This chart has photos, descriptions, flavor and general cooking information on crabs.

Edible Flowers Chart
Many flowers are edible if grown without pesticides. This chart gives a listing of edible flowers with links to photos and taste descriptions.

Ginger Forms
Ginger comes in many forms. Photos and full descriptions help you choose the right ginger for your recipe.

Ham Varieties
There are many varieties of ham. This chart lists different types of ham and ham terminology with full descriptions.

Heirloom Measurement Definitions
Having trouble deciphering some of those measurements in recipes handed down by your ancestors? These descriptiions and measurements will help you make Grandma's recipes.

Honey Flavors
There are hundreds of different honey flavors available. This chart gives a description of color, flavor and usage of the most popular varieties.

Lunch Counter Lingo Glossary
The old drug store lunch counter and diner kitchens used a language all their own for ordering food. Can you decipher what "groundhog and fifty-five" is? Get the inside scoop on this amusing kitchen terminology.

Meatless Gelatin Alternatives
Most commercial gelatins are meat by-products, but there are meatless alternatives. Find out the different types of meatless gelatins.

Mushroom Types
There are hundreds of varieties of mushroom. This chart has photographs, along with descriptions, flavor tips, and general usage information.

Olive Glossary
Find out how the most popular olive varieties are preserved and how they taste.

Onion Varieties
Pictures, history, and descriptions of sweet onions, including Vidalia, Walla Walla, Texas 1015 and others.

Poisonous Flowers Chart
Although many flowers are edible when grown without pesticides, there are just as many that are poisonous. Find out which flowers to avoid eating.

Sausage Categories
Sausage comes cured, dry, fresh and cooked. This chart gives descriptions of the various sausage categories.

Soup and Stew Glossary
Find out the difference between bouillabaisse, cioppino, chowder, and other types of soups and stews with this chart of various types with linked example recipes.

Expiration, Sell-by and Use-by Dates
Most packaged foods include some type of expiration, sell-by or use-by date imprinted on the container. Find out what they mean to ensure you have the freshest food.

Asia Food Dictionary
This excellent dictionary covers Asian foods and techniques. From this link, you'll see specific clickable terms down the left column. To switch to a new alphabetical category, use the links at the top or use the search box.

Asian Vegetable Thesaurus
A thesaurus of vegetables and herbs used in Asian dishes with equivalent names in many languages and color photos of each entry.

Canning Glossary
A glossary of canning terms from the Michigan State Extension Service.

Chocolate & Baking Terminology
Godiva Chocolatier has a nice glossary of cross-referenced, hyperlinked chocolate and baking terms.

The Cook's Thesaurus
Substitutions for thousands of cooking ingredients, low-calorie and low-fat alternatives for dieters, inexpensive substitutes for budget gourmets, and hard-to-find ethnic ingredients.

Cooking Dictionary
Do you know what aboukir is? Or pappadums? Find out in this Cooking Dictionary which also includes some wine terms.

Cooking Terminology
Cuisine's glossary includes cooking terminology and abbreviations in an easy-to-read format.

English-French Gastronomy
English to French and French to English glossary of food and food terminology.

The Epicurious Dictionary
This is a great online searchable dictionary of culinary terms.

Fish Glossary
This is a nice glossary covering food fish with description and alternate names, plus substitution, cooking, buying, and storing tips.

The Food Lover's Glossary
A full index of food terms, from abalone to zuppa.

Glossary of Culinary Terms
Chef Eric's collection of culinary definitions includes some unusual cooking terms.

Glossary of Sushi Terms
A glossary of sushi terms and other oriental food terms, cross-referenced.

India Food Glossary
This chart has India food ingredients with American equivalents.

Indian Food Cooking & Terms
A list of food names that are widely recognized and commonly used in Indian cooking. These are mostly in "Hindi" which is India’s national language, with a few exceptions.

How Stuff Works
Need to know Pop Rocks Candy, marshmallows or root beer work? Find answers to these burning questions and more at How Stuff Works.

International Cake Glossary
All the cake terminology you need to know to make that perfect cake, from CakeRecip.com.

Italian Cooking Glossary
This is a collection of italian cooking terms, many cross-referenced with recipes.

Medieval Cooking Glossary
Cooking terms and prodecures used in medieval times by T. J. Ray.

The Mexican Kitchen
A nice glossary of Mexican dishes and foods.

New Orleans Food Dictionary
Food terms from the Bayou.

Nutrient Guide
A collection of reference guides for vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.

Nutritional Terms
The School of Nutritional Science has an extensive list of cross-referenced nutritional terms.

Pasta Facts
A no-frills pasta dictionary.

Pasta Glossary
Can't tell your farfalle from your tagliatelle? This site has a great glossary of pasta types, along with photo examples. No more pasta confusion!

recipezaar Kitchen Encyclopedia
Recipezaar's food and cooking equipment terminology index is arranged alphabetically. Entries include nutritional information, substitutions, flavor matches, seasonal information, corresponding recipes and more.

Seafood Dictionary
Simply Seafood has entries for varieties of fish, mollusks, and crustaceans with info on selection, cost, nutrition and recipes.

Seafood Information and Resources
All about seafood from the FDA.

Swedish-English Food Glossary
A no frills Swedish to English glossary of food terms.

Spices, Herbs and Seasonings
A dictionary of spices, herbs and seasonings.

Spice Mix Index
Looking for ingredients within a particular spice mix? You will find many combinations here.

Tools, Techniques & Ingredients
Click on the glossary graphic for a nice glossary covering tools, cooking techniques and ingredients from Fabulous Foods.