Culinary: alternatives and connections

Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.

The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or ra…

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and g…

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long tim…

A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in co…

A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.

A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.

A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.

A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain…

An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.

In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.

A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc.

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in c…