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Cuisine (from French cuisine, cooking; culinary art; kitchen; ultimately from Latin coquere, to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. ...
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// Pasta can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings. ...
Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...
Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa The planting of rice is often a labour-intensive process Terrace of rice paddies in Yunnan Province, southern China. ...
For the computer protocol, see SAUCE In cooking, a sauce is a liquid or sometimes solid food served on or used in preparing other foods. ...
Soup is a food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ...
A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ...
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Screen shot of Spice OPUS, a fork of Berkeley SPICE SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. ...
A salad of vegetables and cheese with bread at the side. ...
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Wikibooks: Cookbook | See California Cuisine for the style of cuisine identified with some famous Californian chefs. Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ...
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Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, French, Indian, and Spanish cuisine. ...
South Asian cuisine includes the cuisines of the South Asia. ...
See the individual entries for: Argentine cuisine Brazilian cuisine Mexican cuisine South American cuisine . ...
The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the various cuisines of the Middle East. ...
North American cuisine is a term used for foods native to or popular in countries of North America. ...
Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ...
Cooking is the act of applying heat to food in order to prepare it for ingestion. ...
This is a list of food preparation utensils, also known as kitchenware. ...
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A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ...
For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ...
California cuisine is a cuisine marked by an interest in fusion— integrating disparate cooking styles and ingredients— and which, out of respect for the states health-conscious tradition, tends to produce food which is fresh and/or lean, rather than manufactured and/or fried. ...
The Cuisine of California is the local cuisine of California. It blends influences from Mexico, Asia, and the Pacific Islands in addition to that of the United States. World map showing the location of Asia. ...
The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. ...
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Restaurant cuisine may make greater use of ingredients uncommon outside of California. Some locally grown produce that are less common in other parts of the country include: In the northern coastal regions of the state, Dungeness crabs, salmon and oysters are in abundance during their seasons. Binomial name Persea americana Mill. ...
Artichokes are three types of vegetables. ...
Species About 800, including: Ficus altissima Ficus americana Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis- Indian Banyan Ficus benjamina- Weeping Fig Ficus broadwayi Ficus carica- Common Fig Ficus citrifolia Ficus coronata Ficus drupacea Ficus elastica Ficus godeffroyi Ficus grenadensis Ficus hartii Ficus lyrata Ficus macbrideii Ficus macrophylla- Moreton Bay Fig Ficus microcarpa- Chinese...
Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ...
Species (kaki persimmon) (black sapote) (velvet apple) (date plum) (Texas persimmon) (American persimmon) Persimmon most commonly refers to the edible fruit borne by some species of the genus Diospyros. ...
Mixed bean sprouts Sprouting is the practice of soaking, draining, then rinsing at regular intervals seeds until they germinate and begin to sprout. ...
Binomial name Cancer magister Dana, 1852 The Dungeness crab is a species of crab that inhabits eelgrass beds and water bottoms from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Santa Cruz, California [1]. Its binomial name, Cancer magister, simply means master crab in Latin. ...
Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ...
Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron, opened The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ...
Burgers and fast food California is home to fast-food chains such as Carl's Jr., Jack in the Box and Taco Bell. In-N-Out, Del Taco, Original Tommy's and Fatburger are also California natives. A typical Carls Jr. ...
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In-N-Out restaurant in Pinole, California In-N-Out is a privately-owned fast food restaurant chain in the Western United States, especially in California, but also with locations in Arizona and Nevada. ...
Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. ...
Original Tommys is a Southern California American hamburger chain, known for its chili-cheeseburgers and chili-fries. ...
Fatburger is an American fast-food restaurant chain that uses the slogan The Last Great Hamburger Stand. ...
Regional fast food menus differ, generally depending on the ethnic composition of an area. In Southern California, smaller chains like Jim's, The Hat, Baker's, Tom's, Tam's, Tomy's, and Rick's feature hamburgers, Mexican food, chili fries, pastrami, and occasionally, teriyaki or fried chicken.
Asian influences As one of the U.S. states nearest Asia, and with a long-standing Asian American population, the state tends to adopt Asian foods fairly liberally. The American sushi craze no doubt began in California; the term 'California roll' is used to describe sushi with avocado as a primary ingredient. These days, items like mochi ice cream and boba are popular. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of...
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Front row, left to right: uramaki roll, inarizushi, and nigiri (two kinds). ...
California roll served in Shanghai, China. ...
Rice Cake Pounding mochi in an usu Making mochi with a modern piece of equipment Mochi (Japanese ) is the Japanese variant of Chinese rice cake, which, like its Chinese origin, is made of glutinous rice, pounded into paste and molded into shape; however, unlike the Chinese variety, it is molded...
Bubble tea from Quickly, with black tapioca pearls visible at the bottom of the cup Bubble Tea is a tea beverage originating recently in Taiwan. ...
Mexican and South American influences In addition to traditional and/or commercialized "Mexican" food, California restaurants serve up Honduran, Oaxacan and nearly every other variation of South American food there is. For example, Pupusarias are common in areas with a large population of Salvadorians (Pupusas are somewhat like a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador). Catedral de Santo Domingo The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ...
A pupusa is a thick, hand-made corn tortilla (made using masa, a corn flour used in Hispanic foods, or rice flour) that is stuffed with one or more of the following: cheese (queso) (usually a soft Salvadoran cheese called Quesillo), fried pork rind (chicharrones), chicken (pollo), refried beans (frijoles...
Two cooked flour tortillas. ...
Of late, "Fresh Mex" or "Baja-style" Mexican food, which places an emphasis on fresh ingredients and sometimes seafood, is highly popular. El Pollo Loco ("The Crazy Chicken"), a fast food chain that originated in Northern Mexico, is a common sight. Baja Fresh, Rubio's Baja Grill, Wahoo's Tacos, Chipotle, Qdoba and La Salsa are examples of the Baja-style Mexiamerican food trend. Baja California (literally lower California in Spanish) is the northernmost state of Mexico. ...
A typical El Pollo Loco restaurant El Pollo Loco is a fast-food restaurant chain and Mexican grilled chicken franchise, and may be the first Latin-American franchise to branch into the United States market. ...
Baja Fresh Logo Baja Fresh is a restaurant chain of more than 300 fresh Mexican style restaurants founded in Newbury Park, California, United States. ...
Rubios Fresh Mexican Grill, formerly known as Rubios Baja Grill, also simply known as Rubios, is a fast casual restaurant chain specializing in Mexican food, with an emphasis on fish tacos. ...
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is a Denver, Colorado-based chain of restaurants specializing in San Francisco burritos and tacos. ...
Qdoba Mexican Grill (formerly known as Z-TECA Mexican Grill) is a chain of restaurants in the United States serving Mexican-style cuisine. ...
La Salsa is a restaurant chain owned by CKE Restaurants, Inc. ...
Techniques The state's somewhat health-conscious lifestyle means that frying or battering foods is rarer in California than elsewhere, although there are exceptions: fish tacos and tempura being two examples. barbacoa tacos. ...
Tempura Tempura Ice Cream Tempura (Japanese: ã¦ã‚“ã·ã‚‰ or 天麩羅, tenpura) refers to classic Japanese deep fried batter-dipped seafood and vegetables. ...
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