Safety and Sanitation
Miscellaneous kitchen quesitons
Cooking methods
Culinary vocabulary
Culinary cuisines
100

The prevention of illness through cleanliness

What is sanitation?

100

This person reports directly to the executive chef and assists in over seeing the entire food preparation  process. Fills in when the executive chef is abent. 

Who is the Sous Chef?

100

This cooking method requires you to cook food in a large amount of hot oil .

What is deep fry?

100

To remove the outer layer of food.

What is peel?

100

In italian cooking, small dumplings are often made from potatoes. We made ours with riccotta, which are usually served with sauce.

What is gnocci?

200

The spread of harmful bacteria from one food to another.

What is cross-contampination?

200

This person is the senior most post in any kitchen and is in charge of all kitchen staff and the meals that are prepared. 

Who isi the executive chef?

200

This cooking methods requires you to heat a liquid until large bubbles form on the top.

What is boiling?

200

To using herbs and spices to give food flavor.

What is season?

200

A thin dough used to make spring rolls or crab rangoons.

What is wonton?

300

You use this kind of grip with the hand not holding the knife while cutting food.

What is the claw grip?

300

This is made of flour and butter and is used to thicken soups and sauces.

What is a roux?

300

Small bubbles form in a heated liquid.

What is simmer?

300
 another term for cutting food

What is chop?

300

This ingrdient is a bean curd and we usedit in Hot and Sour Soup.

What is tofu?

400

It is important to do this before any cooking baking.

What is washing our hands

400
to cut a pepper into strips

What is julienne?

400

Dry heat cooking method that requires and oven.

What is roasting or baking?

400

To massage dough to develope gluten

What is knead?


400

This gives black  pasta its color.

What is squid ink?

500

40 to 140 degress?

What is  the danger zone temperatures?

500

The proper way to set up a cutting board is to put this under it so to prevent slipping.

What is a wet paper towel?

500

Translation means "to jump". a cooking method to cook quickly with a small amount of oil.

What is saute?

500

A cooking method where food is cooking from the vapors of boiling water

What is steam?

500

This dish is from Mexican cuisiine. A small hand held meat pie that is filll with meat or cheese and pan fried for crispiness.

What are empanadas?