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Cooking Techniques Around the World: Type-in

Answer 20 approachable questions about essential cooking methods, kitchen science, knife cuts, and culinary language.

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Which French kitchen phrase means having ingredients and equipment prepared before cooking begins?	—
Which technique briefly boils food and then commonly cools it in ice water?	—
Which knife cut turns stacked leafy herbs or greens into fine ribbons?	—
Which method usually browns food first, then cooks it slowly with a modest amount of liquid?	—
What is the technique of loosening browned pan residue with liquid to begin a sauce?	—
What culinary process concentrates a liquid by simmering away some of its water?	—
Which cooked mixture of flour and fat is a classic starting point for thickened sauces?	—
What food-science term describes one liquid dispersed as droplets through another liquid?	—
What baking stage lets shaped yeast dough rise before it enters the oven?	—
Which pastry process repeatedly rolls and folds dough around a sheet of butter?	—
Which method cooks vacuum-sealed food in a precisely controlled water bath?	—
Which gentle method cooks food in liquid kept below a full rolling boil?	—
Which Cantonese phrase names the smoky aroma produced by skilled high-heat wok cooking?	—
Which cylindrical clay oven traditionally cooks naan and skewered foods over intense heat?	—
Which process cooks maize with an alkaline solution before grinding it for masa?	—
What controlled heating and cooling process gives finished chocolate a glossy surface and clean snap?	—
Which classical knife cut produces long, thin pieces shaped like matchsticks?	—
Which Chinese cooking method rapidly tosses small ingredients in a hot wok?	—
Which French method seals food inside folded parchment so it cooks in trapped steam?	—
Which process lets microorganisms transform foods such as Indonesian tempeh?	—