Mise en place your vocabulary with these culinary gems.
A kitchen tool for slicing vegetables with the precision of a surgeon and the danger of a guillotine. Musicians who play the actual stringed instrument get angry when you mention this version.
The process of soaking ingredients in liquid to soften, flavor, or preserve them. It's what happens when you leave fruit in booze and call it cooking.
A dark, low-gravity ale served at British pubs to people who think stronger beer is 'too much'—basically beer for folks who want flavor without commitment. The training-wheels beer.
A light, airy confection made by whipping air into cream, chocolate, or pureed fruit. It's what you make when you want dessert but also want to feel like you're eating a cloud.