• Bake
• Baste
• Beat
• Bias-slice
• Bind
• Blackened
• Blanch
• Blend
• Boil
• Braise
• Bread
• Broil
• Broth or Stock
• Brown
• Butterfly

Bake	Definition
	To Cook food, covered or uncovered, using the indirect, dry heat of an oven. Usually used to describe the cooking of cakes, other desserts, casseroles, and breads

Baste	Definition
	To brush or spoon liquid fat or juices over meat during roasting to add flavor and to prevent it from drying out.

Beat	Definition
	To smoothen a mixture by briskly whipping or stirring it with a spoon, fork, wire whisk, rotary beater, or electric mixer.

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Bias-slice	Definition
	To slice a food crosswise at a 45-degree angle

Bind	Definition
	To thicken a sauce or hot liquid by stirring in ingredients such as eggs, flour, butter, or cream.

Blackened	Definition
	A popular Cajun-style cooking method in which seasoned foods are cooked over high heat in in a super heated heavy skillet until charred.

Blanch	Definition
	To boil briefly to loosen the skin of a fruit or a vegetable. This is an important step in preparing fruits and vegetables for freezing. After 30 seconds in boiling water, the fruit or vegetable should be plunged into ice water to stop the cooking action, and then the skin easily slices off.

Blend	Definition
	To combine two or more ingredients until smooth and uniform in texture, flavor, and color; may be done by hand or with an electric blender or mixer.

Boil	Definition
	To cook food in heated water or other liquid that is bubbling vigorously

Braise	Definition
	A cooking technique that requires browning meat in oil or other fat and then cooking slowly in liquid. The effect of braising is to tenderize the meat.

Bread	Definition
	To coat the food with crumbs (usually with soft or dry bread crumbs), sometimes seasoned.

Broil	Definition
	To cook food directly under the heat source.

Broth or Stock	Definition
	To cook food in a skillet, broiler, or oven in order to develop a rich, desirable color on the outside, add flavor and aroma, and help seal in natural juices.

Brown	Definition
	A quick sautéing, pan/oven broiling, or grilling method done either at the beginning or end of meal preparation, often to enhance flavor, texture, or eye appeal.

Butterfly	Definition
	To split food such as shrimp, steak, or pork chop through the middle without completely separating the halves, then spreading the halves to resemble a butterfly. The food cooks more quickly because twice as much surface area is exposed to heat.