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cooking

(Encyclopedia)cooking, the process of using heat to prepare foods for consumption. Many common cooking methods involve the use of oil. Frying is cooking in hot oil; sautéing is cooking in a small amount of oil; st...

cocoa, in cooking

(Encyclopedia)cocoa: see cacao.

mace, in botany and cooking

(Encyclopedia)mace, in botany and cooking: see nutmeg. ...

raisin, in botany and cooking

(Encyclopedia)raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Th...

frying

(Encyclopedia)frying: see cooking.

sautéing

(Encyclopedia)sautéing: see cooking.

poaching

(Encyclopedia)poaching: see cooking.

baking

(Encyclopedia)baking: see cooking.

roasting

(Encyclopedia)roasting: see cooking.

braising

(Encyclopedia)braising: see cooking.