Safety in the Kitchen
This bacteria, often linked to undercooked poultry and raw eggs, can cause fever, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps within 6 to 72 hours of infection.
What is Salmonella?
Garlic bulbs or heads are broken up into segments called these for cooking.
What are cloves?
This handheld tool, often made of stainless steel, features a flat surface with sharp perforations and is used to shred cheese or zest citrus fruits.
What is a grater?
This is the number of teaspoons in one tablespoon.
What is 3?
This dry-heat method uses hot air circulating in an enclosed space to cook food evenly, often used for bread and pastries.
What is baking?
This temperature range, known as the “Danger Zone,” is where bacteria grow most rapidly in food.
What is 4°C to 60°C (40°F to 140°F)?
This fragrant herb, often paired with tomatoes in Italian cuisine, is also the main ingredient in traditional pesto.
What is basil?
This sharp tool comes in chef’s, paring, and bread varieties — and should always be handled with care.
What is a knife?
This is the number of tablespoons in one cup.
What is 16?
In this quick-cooking method, food is tossed in a small amount of hot oil in a wok, common in Chinese cuisine.
What is stir-frying?
This City of Toronto program inspects restaurants and posts green, yellow, or red signs to inform the public about food safety compliance.
What is DineSafe?
Churros, a fried dough pastry popular in Spain and Latin America, are often rolled in a mixture of sugar and this spice.
What is cinnamon?
This countertop appliance, often with a tilt-head or bowl-lift design, can whip, knead, and mix ingredients hands-free, making it a baker’s best friend.
What is a stand mixer?
In the metric system, this is the base unit for measuring liquid volume in recipes.
What is a litre/millitre?
This technique involves cooking food slowly in liquid at a temperature just below boiling, often used for eggs or fish.
What is poaching?
The acronym P.A.S.S is used when deploying this safety device in the kitchen.
What is a fire extinguisher?
This protein-rich legume is a staple in many vegetarian diets and comes in varieties such as red, green, brown, and black.
What are lentils?
This flat, flexible utensil is often used to flip pancakes or scrape batter from a bowl, and its name comes from the Latin word for “flat piece.”
What is a spatula?
When measuring liquids in a clear measuring jug, this is the correct position to avoid parallax error.
What is at eye level?
This Italian term means “to the tooth” and describes pasta cooked until it is firm but not hard.
What is al dente?
This common kitchen mistake can cause dangerous bacteria to spread from raw meat to vegetables, utensils, and countertops.
What is cross-contamination?
Leaner than beef and rich in protein, this game meat from a large North American deer is often used in stews, burgers, and jerky.
What is elk meat?
This type of oven uses a fan to circulate hot air, cooking food more evenly and often faster than a conventional oven.
What is a convection oven?
When measuring brown sugar, this is the correct way to fill the cup so the measurement is accurate.
What is packing it firmly and leveling it off?
This French term means “to cook under vacuum” and involves sealing food in a bag and cooking it in a precisely controlled water bath.
What is sous vide?