Raising The Steaks
This technique involves cooking the surface of the food at high temperature until a browned crust forms.
Searing
This character, portrayed as a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, is one of Princess Peach's most loyal attendants, constantly working on her behalf.
Toad
This taco's filling is made by braising or simmering pork in oil or preferably lard until tender, this process taking three to four hours, with the result being very tender and juicy meat.
Carnitas Tacos
This city is a major center of the U.S. insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base, and is where many presidential candidates set up campaign headquarters.
Des Moines (IA)
This appliance is used to facilitate repetitive tasks in the preparation of food, almost always referring to an electric-motor-driven device, and typically requires little to no liquid during use.
Food Processor
This method, more ideal for thinner, leaner cuts of meat, gets its heat transfer through thermal radiation and involves a heat source that comes from above.
Broiling
This character, described as someone who has a lot of self pity and would cheat to win, first debuted in 2000 to polarizing reception from the media, but has since attained a cult following, especially helped through use as a meme.
Waluigi
This taco's filling is grilled and sliced beef, usually chuck steak, though skirt steak, flap steak, or flank steak can also be used, that is marinated then grilled or seared to impart a charred flavor.
Carne Asada Tacos
This city is the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area and is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city.
Raleigh (NC)
This appliance is used to simmer at a lower temperature than other cooking methods, thus facilitating unattended cooking for many hours of dishes that would otherwise be boiled.
Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot)
This technique involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade, where the meat is left to cook, then periodically coated with the juice.
Basting
This character is the child of the series' main antagonist, and has defining traits such as an energetic and driven personality and an expertise in mechanics and technology, and frequently wears a bib-like bandana.
Bowser Jr.
This taco's filling is a meat stew traditionally made from goat meat, but occasionally made from beef, lamb, mutton, or chicken, where the meat is marinated in an adobo made of vinegar, dried chiles, garlic, and herbs and spices before being cooked in a broth, known as consomé.
Birria Tacos
This city is among America's oldest cities, and was the sight where Patrick Henry, a U.S. Founding Father, famously declared "Give me liberty or give me death" at its St. John's Church in 1775, leading to the Revolutionary War.
Richmond (VA)
This appliance's name is a portmanteau of the French "battre et mixer", meaning "beat and mix", and its uses include puréeing soups and emulsifying sauces.
Immersion Blender (Stick Blender)
This cooking method, also known as low-temperature, long-time cooking, involves placing food in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooking it in a water bath for longer than usual cooking times at a precisely regulated temperature, the intent being to cook the item evenly, ensuring that the inside is properly cooked without overcooking the outside, and to retain moisture.
Sous Vide
This character is the leader of the ghosts, the arch nemesis of Luigi, and an ally of Bowser who has aided him in various schemes.
King Boo
This taco's filling is a preparation of spit-grilled slices of pork originating in the Central Mexican region of Puebla, its method of preparing and cooking based on the lamb shawarma brought by Lebanese immigrants to the region.
Tacos Al Pastor
This city at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains lies near glacier-carved Pikes Peak, a landmark in Pike National Forest with hiking trails and a cog railway leading to its 14,114 ft. summit, with the city's Garden of the Gods park featuring iconic red sandstone formations and mountain views.
Colorado Springs (CO)
This appliance consists of a heat source, a cooking bowl, and a thermostat which measures the temperature of the cooking bowl and controls the heat.
Rice Cooker
With this method, the order of cooking is inverted, where first the item to be cooked is cooked at low heat until the center reaches desired temperature, and then the outside is cooked with high temperature to sear it and achieve the Maillard reaction.
Reverse Sear
When defeated, these fictional footsoldiers may flee from or retreat inside their shells, which can usually be used as weapons.
Koopa Troopas
These shrimp tacos out of Sinaloa, a Pacific coastal state of Mexico, were created in the 1990s by Los Arcos, a famous seafood restaurant in the region, to impress Sinaloa's governor at the time.
Tacos Gobernador
A stop on the Lewis & Clark National Historical Trail, this city is known for its pioneer history, museums, and cultural centers, and features the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, which spearheads conservation work and features a big cat complex as well as indoor jungle, rainforest, and desert habitats.
Omaha (NE)
This appliance consists of two hinged concave, round or square, cast iron or aluminum plates on long handles, and is used to heat, toast, and seal food contents.
Pie Iron (Sandwich Toaster)