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Potatoes liquified, cooked, chilled, and served cold with a sprinkling of chives. Vichyssoise, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. The English name of this creamy potato and leek soup is a shortened form of its French name, creme vichyssoise glacee, meaning iced cream of Vichy. Louis Diat, a chef at New York’s Ritz-Carlton…

A pasta whose descriptive name suggests its worm-like form; used in soups, souffles, salads, etc. This is a type of very thin pasta that features a long and thread-like shape. It is commonly known as “vermicelli,” which translates to “little worms” in English. This pasta is often used in a variety of dishes, such as…

Thickened butter and flour with fish stock. This is a type of basic sauce, also known as a mother sauce, that is created using a pale roux and a white stock. It is commonly referred to as a velouté sauce, which translates to “velvet” in English, due to its smooth and silky texture. This sauce…

A person who does not consume meats, poultry or fish, but may eat butter, milk and eggs. A person who eats only foods from plant sources. Someone who does not eat meat, but eats mainly vegetables and fruit and sometimes dairy produce, eggs or fish. A vegetarian is an individual whose diet is based solely…