Category: A
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Aquaculture
Culture of foods in water.
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Appetizer
A food used to introduce a meal or stimulate the appetite and it may include canapes, cocktails or hors d’oeuvres. An agent that stimulates the appetite. That which promotes appetite. A petite comestible, commonly known as a canapé or hors d’oeuvre, is savored prior to or at the commencement of a meal with the intent…
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Appetite
The desire of or craving for food. Although the feathers are the one part of a chicken that my Uncle Alan, even at his hungriest, will not eat, the word appetite and the word feather nonetheless derive from the same source. This shared source was an Indo-European word pronounced something like pter, meaning wing. In…
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Antipasto
Term meaning before the meal and used to describe appetizers. If matter and anti-matter come into contact with one another, they are annihilated in a cataclysmic explosion. The same, fortunately, is not true of antipasto and pasta: although antipasto, a cold hors d’oeuvre, is intended to be served before pasta, the two may, if need…
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Antifoamer
Liquid of low intrinsic surface tension that prevents formation of a foam.
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Anticaking agent
Substance used in many salts and powders to keep them free-flowing.
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Anthoxanthins
Yellow to orange-red pigments present in many plant materials. A flavonoid found in potatoes, yellow-skinned onions, grapefruit and soya beans. It helps to enhance immunity and balance hormones in the body.
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Anise
Anise also known as Sweet Cumin and Anisum. An annual herb that bears hard fruits with elongated seeds. The fruits are aromatic licorice-like. The leaves may be used for garnishing and the dried seeds are used as a spice. An aromatic member of the carrot family that tastes like licorice. One of the sweetest smelling…
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Anionic
Negative charged ions.
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Angel food
A white sponge cake made with egg white and leavened by air.