Expand your culinary vocabulary with this glossary of terms you'll find on restaurant menus and on TV cooking shows.

Al dente: Italian for “to the tooth,” aka when pasta is cooked until it has a pleasant bite but isn’t too crunchy or too mushy. Baste: To brush or pour juices, sauce or melted fat over a piece of meat ...

Cooks can feel like they’re in a foreign land when they stumble onto unfamiliar cooking terms. Consider the following definitions your cooking CliffsNotes, which should be taped inside your cupboard ...

Perfectly formed patties sizzling over white-hot coals. Spatchcocked chicken so tender it almost melts in your mouth. Steak, shrimp, salmon and veggies seared with griddle marks and bursting with ...

Today’s modern housewife is a far cry from the lady of yesteryear whose role seemingly was only to bear children, wash clothes, ensure that the house is kept tidy and last but not least cook for the ...

Want to tackle Filipino food but don’t know where to begin? Time Out has supplied you with this helpful glossary, to ensure you know your adobo from your elbow. Adobo: Pork or chicken, marinated in ...

You’ve donned your proverbial chef’s hat, you’re in the middle of making crème brûlée and BAM, you’re a deer in the headlights. “What the hell does temper even mean?” you cry as hot milk slops onto ...