Category: C

  • Chile con carne

    A popular dish consisting of highly seasoned beans and ground meat in a tomato sauce.

  • Chilaquile

    This dish is a type of hash composed of tortillas that are cut into small pieces and sautéed with onions, peppers, tomato, and chorizo. Once cooked, it is then combined with cheese and prepared in either a casserole or a skillet.  

  • Chiffon cake

    This newly introduced type of cake incorporates vegetable oil in lieu of the conventional shortening ingredient. A confectionary delight created from whisked albumen or gelatin, frequently garnished with a dollop of whipped cream atop. Typically, the filling is cooked separately, then poured into a crust that has already been baked and left to chill.  

  • Chiffonade

    Incorporating delicately shredded lettuce or sorrel into specific soups, or utilizing similarly thin shreds of any other vegetable like cabbage, as an embellishment.  

  • Chicken-fried

    Chicken-fried

    The process of coating a piece of meat, typically beef, in a mixture of flour and various spices, followed by frying it in a pan with oil, and then topping it off with a generous amount of savory sauce, is a well-known culinary practice. This technique is commonly referred to as “dredging” and is typically…

  • Chicasaw plum

    The inferior variety of the Prunus genus, commonly found in the regions of the American South, is recognized by the moniker of “mountain cherry”.  

  • Chianti

    A piquant crimson wine presented alongside the pasta course of a repast. Chianti is a well-known Italian red wine that is light and relatively dry in taste. Along with the red variety, there is also a white Chianti of excellent quality.  

  • Chester bun

    For countless years, the people of Chester, England have been crafting a delectable, yeast-raised confection. This particular pastry, a simple and unadorned sweet bun, is carefully adorned with a lustrous glaze of sugar and water.  

  • Cheshire cheese

    The hoariest among the dairy products native to England is a type of cheese that often bears a resemblance to Cheddar, yet there exists another variant of this cheese known as Cheshire, which is marked with veins, much like the renowned Stilton cheese. It is worth noting that the white or creamy type of this…

  • Cherry tomato

    The diminutive fruit known as a miniature tomato possesses a nearly spherical shape and frequently measures no greater than one inch in diameter.