Glossary B

baste:

To moisten meat or fish during cooking with a liquid such as melted fat or cooking juices.

bundt:

A cake pan that has a tube in the center and scallops on the sides.

beat:

To stir ingredients vigorously: to mix moist ingredients vigorously to combine them, make them smooth, or incorporate air into them.

blend:

Mix ingredients; to mix a substance with another substance so that the two do not readily separate.

Benvenuto:

Welcome in Italian.

Bienvenidos:

Welcome in Spanish.

baster:

A kitchen utensil used to baste poultry and meat.

blanch

To put food in boiling water for a few seconds in order to loosen the skin or to kill enzymes.