Glossary C

Deutsch: Kulinarische Verwendung / Español: Uso culinario / Português: Uso culinário / Français: Usage culinaire / Italiano: Uso culinario

The term Culinary Use refers to the application of ingredients, techniques, and tools in the preparation, cooking, and presentation of food for consumption. It encompasses both traditional practices and innovative approaches that define the sensory and nutritional qualities of dishes. Culinary use is not merely about functionality but also about cultural expression, sustainability, and the interplay between science and art in gastronomy.

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Deutsch: Kultivar / Español: Cultivar / Português: Cultivar / Français: Cultivar / Italiano: Cultivar

Cultivar is a term used in agriculture and horticulture to describe a plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding. It is derived from the words "cultivated" and "variety." Cultivars are maintained through propagation to ensure consistent characteristics across generations.

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Culurgiones refers to a Nuoro dish of ravioli stuffed with fresh sheep's cheese, onions and potatoes.

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Culurgionis is referring to ravioli stuffed with ricotta cheese and chard or fresh cheese and chard, served with a tomato sauce and pecorino sardo, a Sardinian sheep's cheese.

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Cumberland Sauce refers to a classic English sauce with a high fruit content made by combining red currant jelly, port wine, orange and lemon zest, mustard and seasonings. Cumberland Sauce is usually served cold to either hot or cold gammon, tongue, cold goose or game. It is also often serve as an accompaniment to meats, like ham, venison, or lamb. This sauce should not be thickened – it is meant to have a thinnish consistency.

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Deutsch: Kreuzkümmel / Indian: Jeerakam
Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to India. Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used in the cuisines of many different cultures, in both whole and ground form.

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Cunape refers to a tasty pastry made from Cheese and yuca flour. It is one of the snacks typical of Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

Santa Cruz is one of the nine (9) administrative departments of Bolivia.

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Cuori di sedano al gorgonzola refers to Italian Antipasto of fennel hearts with gorgonzola

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Deutsch: Tasse / Español: Copa/ Français: Coupe / Italiano: Coppa
A cup is any of a variety of drinkware used to consume food or beverage.

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Cup of Joe is a slang for "cup of coffee". "Cup of Joe" is said to be named after Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) which was appointed Secretary of the U.S. Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. As a Secretary of the U.S. Navy, one of his numerous reforms was the abolition of the officers' wine mess, since then, the strongest drink aboard navy ships was coffee and over the years, a cup of coffee became known as a "Cup of Joe".

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