![Grilled Okra](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/9kD-HrZWLMiX_wGjmVUWlGfdo8U=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/culinary-glossary-4162155-grilled-okra-2216481-cropped-cccaf52209084f3cbefa2bf5c62ca334.jpg)
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Culinary Glossary
For all the ingredients, techniques and cooking equipment you're unfamiliar with, we'll provide you with definitions, history and correlating recipes.
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The Keto Diet 101: What It Is and What to Eat
![Morgan Baker Instant Pot Black Bean Soup](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/FhzSrXhNCT25vMDQt7jbgsS59EY=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/instant-pot-black-bean-soup-06-1-280c2445153142399ca2f9a49cacb262.jpg)
How Much Protein Do I Need?
![Pan Dulce](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/fdoKIHFJsc2wY1ENWxMlUvjW2wc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1141280147-b7672df4f07a47869dd6d378ab0aca69.jpg)
Pan Dulce
![Grapes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/l9dTwi2gfRh28a5idwoATD-fpqg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-grapes-5193263-hero-01-80564d77b6534aa8bfc34f378556e513.jpg)
What Are Grapes?
![Grapes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Tm-gscHR_gTyGrrqWCOB2up9YIE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/LarisaDavydova-28f5c4c4614b4b6f88e9fb03866a6629.jpg)
Types of Table Grapes
![Bouillon Cubes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/SuF1G6CILvU1Dgj2CmSfyK9p58o=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-bouillon-cubes-and-how-are-they-used-5191351-hero-06-be356934c9db4dbe860ba86237018ae0.jpg)
What Are Bouillon Cubes?
![Goetta](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/loEA214fNqYD6HL1y_gRKOj_mTc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Warren_Price-2030cb03e8be44cb91e1a36df2e2b1be.jpg)
What Is Goetta?
![Golden syrup](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/qUoYch9OXzyaOoAn35VFhZGrcfs=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-golden-syrup-5191046-hero-01-ffdf27e526d7466194ed19a506f2d3e2.jpg)
What Is Golden Syrup?
![Tupelo honey](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/xax1_Bdv2lh5W5jnF1_kPhgK6aw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/fcafotodigital-1087b296a8814d5fbef9746c7709806c.jpg)
What Is Tupelo Honey?
![Mezcal](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/jtfbAnuInZKmnaFocu6A5ceM32Y=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-mezcal-5190801-Hero_02-e5fe051f181846df9cbfb747f172f1d9.jpg)
What Is Mezcal?
![Wood Ear Mushroom](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Ph4igpIqYHyhjl40svXlP2cgzRE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/PicturePartners-c31f13bc281a4b4fb266a8941d04bc6f.jpg)
What Are Wood Ear Mushrooms?
![lobster mushroom](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/WkJTGMjTYoIEHAsP4zU96xfzgIw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/JulieDeshaies-543854cfc166473498b141da282990a6.jpg)
What Are Lobster Mushrooms?
![Cake flour](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/bP-7fZw0kAB2XN7TelufynkLuzA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/YuliaNaumenko-2e5f7af49b9b4f20bf6e0f25120cf1c1.jpg)
What Is Cake Flour?
![variety of tomatoes on marble surface](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/jTACvr21HZoZKCqYdRPnGn_5yQA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/the-essential-guide-to-tomatoes-5499044-hero-01-2-afbc486245e5464d8b39b4b75eedf730.jpg)
The Essential Guide to Tomatoes
![Woman in sustainable store](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/4EthKXlhq3pjG5ALjTcXeJdl5EY=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1141664985-ceb47f82bd904e84b312931c32048134.jpg)
How to Snack Sustainably
![Bell peppers](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ilY2AUXYFsUDUnXeza0v4UP26w0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-bell-peppers-5216131-still-life-9960d1febfd64dde9de5134dc184529e.jpg)
What Are Bell Peppers?
![Fish and seafood](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ZTjj4xU0FzdiUVJ_f6SCmp5CwzE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/seafoodALEAIMAGE-346cae930abe45fc951d60cc3e686e65.jpg)
Seafood By The Season
![A cod fillet on parchment paper](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/9iW8nahLb4h5Y3CKH7B3cbs7VgI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-what-is-cod-fish-5216097-2cec0787de2947f983dfd80462155a49.jpg)
What Is Cod Fish?
![illustration of the world with foods and food labels circling it](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/RmgLfuF0hBQC_-agUBbPtctVBqg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/green-and-ethical-food-labels-5216093_color4-b31e7411148b4eaa957724d5d2d5ca5f.jpeg)
Green and Ethical Food Labels
![Watercress](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ZB1pOTPUWUrhm6wHewo89uZ8KVc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-watercress-5215525-hero-01-ad4cc95f57cb4867aafd2b36bbae892f.jpg)
What Is Watercress?
![Fresh homemade pasta noodles.](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/TqAOJqbicvxRG3p7_VdnE601lzk=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/rsz_homemade-egg-noodles-2215807-step_9-5b9badff46e0fb00257d4d9c.jpg)
What Are Egg Noodles?
![Cara Cara Oranges](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/-hJMhtnw_1zyyRb2KIn8VRTBpXI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-cara-cara-oranges-5213296-hero-01-c84a048613454c5593194998cc645cf6.jpg)
What Are Cara Cara Oranges?
![Peppadews](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Nt3ELXKJDduFQ4lS4uJgqzZZgT0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-155758507-dc5740c5e6b74dd095934b22325e39eb.jpg)
What Are Peppadews?
![Mexican Shrimp Ceviche](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/GtLeG0cGQrzAOvP_GPO4z8rUo9g=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/mexican-shrimp-ceviche-cocktail-912349-hero-07-f9dc70b45e584a45b9e852be287a8c6e.jpg)
What Is Ceviche?
![A bowl of pearl sugar.](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/SJS1gN2EWbxAS2WTfp5nPkgpFy0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-pearl-sugar-5202956-3-e2c63b87d29c4ecc84f4f7ee4383e03e.jpg)
What Is Pearl Sugar?
![Sanding sugar](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/yQ7OcSXdS1z3KJfNitcxsUtCkYE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-sanding-sugar-5202941-02-618065eebe5b4d2c98e3e9df1836c0b8.jpg)
What Is Sanding Sugar?
![Pizza dough](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/jDQ-xAUotfgfzQ6419AlvN4BkLI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/pizzadoughAlle12-3ce87009acee41cf85280c8c2a945b0a.jpg)
What Is 00 Flour?
![Spelt flour](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/bnZr3iP9_VhArGFL1k6l2j8b6YM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-spelt-flour-5202073-hero-04-b92ec9716b964824b6cb5d8079f14cc2.jpg)
What Is Spelt Flour?
![Bread flour in a glass jar with spoon](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/oK3K_aMaYNrX33jxm2JSdmw5S7o=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bread_flour1-13d5cb6a03f0485db5853ad3cc698e88.jpg)
What Is Bread Flour?
![Sorghum Flour in a wood bowl.](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/y-K_IbUYRnhtaARZbo_UqXjPhEA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-sorghum-flour-5201022-Hero_02-f5b8569624c34c648bb10a0d0f07c9f6.jpg)
What Is Sorghum Flour?
![All-purpose flour in a bag](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/AzPVuKU4ChsyNpbGU5VYKopU6Tw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/all_purpose_flour1_2-92747f05d2c7445d86fedae894c8c16e.jpg)
What Is All-Purpose Flour?
![Vegetable oil](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/lY2XG4U9eZaePQh076q61EDmspo=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-vegetable-oil-5201006_Hero_01-f840d1321813440f81d07a25bcd8a25c.jpg)
What Is Vegetable Oil?
![Avocado oil](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/SfA5oAF_HI55xsTQ1tPIa-hkocc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-avocado-oil-5201003-hero-05-4070fe7ecc9b46aaa51d64954f71ea0e.jpg)
What Is Avocado Oil?
![Cane sugar](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/1wXikO8EGRIAhpIXaCxQkoQvG3A=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-cane-sugar-5200549-hero-02-b1985b1d539645fb9a038b9c3e73f681.jpg)
What Is Cane Sugar?
![Butternut squash cut in half on a wooden background](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/hm-EXFqmCju0ouPXgONu6HojaWA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/butternutsquashPong-Photo9-7e4cd084a6e7451295de3d74e7848e34.jpg)
What Is Butternut Squash?
![Red kuri squash](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/kov_XBq0YrydqkjRABuLChVtnak=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/redkurisquashwholeWestend61-8d18ea2aec674027bb1a03610d763fda.jpg)
What Is Red Kuri Squash?
![A halved and quartered head of savoy cabbage](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/3D7vIEXp1PgIfTijD8c-ZSCatfE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-what-is-savoy-cabbage-5191435-hero-03-43bce462dc2540d4b7615cf133881d1a.jpg)
What Is Savoy Cabbage?
![Halved and whole heads of green cabbage in a basket](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/UXn66pToWigC1AY8Cro5rv-1vBg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/greencabbageDianaMiller-750a13ed901b46cd807bee7ed0ed8586.jpg)
What Is Green Cabbage?
![Pine needle tea](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/A-eeNQatOssqqS7wbmrU6w3xBUo=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-pine-needle-tea-5188024-Hero_01-c78cf9a51bbb4638a6e27d901b458ba9.jpg)
What Is Pine Needle Tea?
![Mushroom Coffee](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/nE8LW9HhRgRQEfPITuW8Wc406KM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Gulsina-ec6b469898d344478c9fedaaa8d8ca99.jpg)
What Is Mushroom Coffee?
![Gochujang](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/pkgeMlO6QOI9RLTi1MxxK811irA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-gochujang-5220501-Hero_01-619e79c1912140d093a84973278bf618.jpg)
What is Gochujang?
![peanuts in and out of the shell](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/F1OHTb7zK5yebXxL57zWkbhawZs=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/oven-roasted-peanuts-4172872-step-01-d3a629b650fd41eaa33e8290e9440ab2.jpg)
What Are Peanuts?
![Corn syrup](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/DtvBKyO8IfETuZF-Zetu83kFgqY=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-corn-syrup-5218947-hero-06-aeeba79995964d48b06faf14faaaf32c.jpg)
What Is Corn Syrup?
![Shopping for sustainable foods](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/KD3cSBASm3SxM7RJntJsCA38S1s=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/sustainableEvgeniiaSiiankovskaia-75f4081dd5714ad4bf3aceb7b654f15e.jpg)
Food Sustainability
![Halibut](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/P36L1ojwMMZB4X_d-eW9DO3zE-4=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/halibutLP3-241ee557590040eea92d6d876744184a.jpg)
What Is Halibut?
![Filets of flounder](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/jsdWxKG5IbhHUrJ4LHcCpGKlZlc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-what-is-flounder-5217495-a808337a04f74dfa8746a1e620a2f620.jpg)
What Is Flounder?
![Lychee Jelly on Toast](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Cii-_vwQKKi69ZH69mcWUj2z7T8=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-928364996-91370f8ce75c4f75bbee853db9d6434d.jpg)
What Is Lychee Jelly?
![xanthan gum in a scoop](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/gJuc6ymBnt5d4f_9TmUm5Kj-aPg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-xanthan-gum-and-how-is-it-used-5121028-hero-10-4bb5c65a4a3f4adf92bba2a8dd370050.jpg)
What Is Xanthan Gum?
![Coconut Sugar](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/GxJnAmibkEwegn0_feswT7jQ7wg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-coconut-sugar-and-how-is-it-used-5116651-hero-06-34ce348b6cb14f72940823dc791c6b5f.jpg)
What Is Coconut Sugar?
![chamoy](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/NoxRodV4CXA4wpJBAW61Jh08EZo=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/carlosrojas20-3-61b465bf3ada40ee88ba1b6665bccffa.jpg)
What Is Chamoy?
![Japanese bonito flakes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/mW_NGOBVbSwuwSpxkqcc4ST_fiI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bonitoflakesY-Studio-e9e39fd0940049d0b11c1bba13cfdcde.jpg)
What is Katsuobushi (Bonito Flake)?
![fresh truffles](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/5_SXr_Rdlf6OSusrQ9tnEIJBtww=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-what-are-truffles-5179896_hero-239fb42a73d7471c9cece4abc0102965.jpg)
What Are Truffles?
![kelp noodles](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/PpQVnL3n_C_dpeuXJvtnTNxEtA4=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/tbralnina-4e7ad6c3ad6943a0b9db989753a35790.jpg)
What Are Kelp Noodles?
![snacks](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/R-MD-CSPn82nlLzuuvD34MxBstE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1208804615-ce53b4ea8ccd4462b70198e987c664f7.jpg)
Guide to Adaptogen-Rich Functional Snacks
![Cotija Cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/BAgtGU-jWjMrbIUJPb47vd0CxOA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-cotija-cheese-5112806-Hero_01-708fe4d4c1a44857910eacf107034cc7.jpg)
Cotija Cheese
![Queso Fresco on top of cheesecloth](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/n3DwpMv73tD0-lQAGSpQUujZYiE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/homemade-queso-fresco-3029782-step-06-216233f8186e42f69122d31c8e286f5f.jpg)
Queso Blanco
![community garden / asian americans](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/j4wnHw5omrA-8jkJEG0tLR96b3s=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-10285211602-149e6d3e6ce8480b9552cfb78a1e26c4.jpg)
Deeply Rooted: How Asian American Farmers Shaped U.S. Agriculture
![A block of Limburger cheese on parchment paper.](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/C6Zc9s8SyyIsiPIJ82KpjcTJZWU=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-limburger-cheese-5105150-hero-07-ae48fa058d08418dbff7fd47589f113a.jpg)
Limburger Cheese
![Ethiopian Doro Wat](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/9qW5AbmXlNmnW3mT4hzZ2hW2Vao=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/EthiopianDoroWat-TheSpruce_JuliaHartbeck-5e4acb72f0354397841b85d1b0bc52b7.jpg)
38 Comfort Food Recipes From Around the World
![Seaweed salad](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/6uwewll2IS8ahhbTqy8xsHtVALU=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/seaweed-was-the-superfood-of-2020-5092277-db78261d384f4d1f827d8e35b749871a.jpg)
Seaweed Is a Superfood Here To Stay