SBS Food Glossary

SBS Food Glossary
Language: English
No. of terms: approximately 600
Description: A food glossary from down-under! Comprehensive inventory of cooking terms with clear and easy definitions found on SBS. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster.
Example Term:Nokedli Maker (Spatzle Press)
An appliance used in Hungarian cooking to make nokedli (dumplings). Similar in [...]

Glossary of Pasta Terms

THE NIBBLE Pasta Glossary
Language: English
No. of terms: about 200
Description: This is definitely the glossary for the Pasta lover! Found on THE NIBBLE, Great Food Finds, an online gourmet food magazine and website with product reviews, this glossary has a short but interesting introduction to Italian pasta. The glossary as such is comprehensive and well [...]

Professional PASTA Glossary

Professional PASTA Glossary
Language: English
No. of terms: close to 100
Description: Please note that this pasta production technical glossary is addressing the industrial production of pasta. So it is not intended to explain terms related to home-made pasta.
Example Term: extruder
This word means both a press with a small-medium capacity used for production of fresh pasta [...]

Godiva Glossary of Chocolate

Glossary of Chocolate and Baking Terminology
Language: English
No. of terms: approximately 80
Description: Learn more about chocolate with this a useful glossary of chocolate terms by Godiva. On the same page you will also find fascinating chocolate trivia! E.g. “US consumers eat 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate annually, representing nearly half of the world’s supply!”
Example Term: [...]

BBC Food Glossary

BBC Food Glossary
Language: English
No. of terms: approximately 500
Description: BBC Food’s glossary is “an A to Z guide to cookery terms. Whether it’s herbs and spices, names of dishes or cooking techniques, you’ll find them here, along with suggested recipes and links to more information.”
Very helpful glossary, indeed!
Example Term: Carpaccio
A classic Italian dish, served [...]

Canadian Cheese Encyclopedia

Canadian Cheese Encyclopedia
No. of terms: 75
Description: Canadian Cheese Encyclopedia by the Dairy Farmers of Canada is a small but well structured reference work with more than the basic information on cheeses available in Canada. In addition to the description of the cheese’s characteristics (aroma, appearance and texture) you get tips how to enjoy it, store, [...]

Bhg.com Baking Glossary

Better Homes and Gardens Baking Glossary
No. of terms: less than 100
Description: If you still have to master the baking basics you will enjoy this little baking glossary compiled by Better Homes and Gardens. This handy guide to baking equipment, techniques, and ingredients is of great help to inexperienced bakers, and advanced bakers will enjoy [...]

Food Dictionary

Epicurious Food Dictionary
Note: This is a web edition of THE FOOD LOVER’S COMPANION, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
No. of terms: 4,000 food terms
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.”
Voltaire
Description: The Food Dictionary found on the Epicurious.com website is a fascinating [...]

Glossary of Cheese Terms

Glossary of Cheese Terms
No. of terms: 200+
Description: Brought to you by the Wisconsin’s Diary Producers, this glossary gives a very good overview of technical terms and terminology related to cheese. Holds definitions of terms interesting to the laymen as well as to professionals.
Example term: Ciliegini
A term describing the small, traditional size of Fresh Mozzarella, [...]

Glossary of Coffee Terminology

Glossary of Coffee Terminology
No. of terms: n.a.
Description: I found this well researched glossary of coffee related terms on the Lucidcafe Website, that is “serving Coffee, Art, History and Literature Lovers on the World-Wide-Web since 1995″. Lucidcafé is operated by Robin Chew. A must visit for coffee lovers!

Example term: musty
An odor taint giving the coffee beans [...]