Kitchen Essentials & Basic Food Preparation (HRM 026)
Kitchen Essentials & Basic Food Preparation (HRM 026)
&
BASIC FOOD PREPARATION
(HRM 026)
“ Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow
belongs to the people who prepare it today.”
-Malcolm X
WEEK 1
WEEK 1
LESSONS
A. Introduction to Kitchen Essentials &
Basic Food Preparation
1. Definition of Cooking Terms
2. History of Culinary
Common Cooking Terminologies
BAKE
to cook foods by
surrounding it with hot,
dry air;
similar to roast, but the
term bake usually applies
to breads, pastries,
vegetables and fish.
Common Cooking Terminologies
BARBECUE
to cook with dry heat
created by the burning of
hard wood or by the hot
coals of this wood.
to cook over hot coals,
such as on a grill or spit,
often with a seasoned
marinade or basting sauce.
Common Cooking Terminologies
BLANCH
to cook an item partially and very
briefly in boiling water or in hot fat;
pre-preparation technique, as to
loosen peels of vegetables, fruits
and nuts,
to partially cook french fries or
other foods before serving;
to remove undesirable flavors
Common Cooking Terminologies
BOIL
to cook in water or other
liquid that is bubbling
rapidly, about 212⁰F
(100⁰C) at sea level and
at normal pressure
Common Cooking Terminologies
BRAISE
to cook covered in a small
amount of liquid, usually
after preliminary
browning;
to cook certain vegetables
slowly in a small amount
of liquid w/o preliminary
browning
Common Cooking Terminologies
BROIL
to cook food with
radiant heat from above
Common Cooking Terminologies
DEEP-FRY
to cook submerged in a
hot fat
Common Cooking Terminologies
DEGLAZE
to swirl a liquid in a
sauté pan, roast pan or
other pan to dissolve
cooked particles of food
remaining on the
bottom
Common Cooking Terminologies
DRY HEAT
cooking method in
which heat is conducted
to foods w/o the use of
moisture
Common Cooking Terminologies
FRY
to cook in hot fat
Common Cooking Terminologies
GLAZE
to give shine to surface
of a food by applying a
sauce, aspect sugar,
icing and / or browning
or melting under a
broiler, salamander or in
an oven
Common Cooking Terminologies
GRIDDLE
to cook on a flat, solid
cooking surface called a
griddle
Common Cooking Terminologies
GRILL
to cook on an oven
open grid over a heat
source
Common Cooking Terminologies
MOIST-HEAT
cooking method in
which heat is conducted
to foods by water or
other liquid, except fat
or by steam
Common Cooking Terminologies
PAN-BROIL
to cook uncovered in a
skillet or sauté pan w/o
fat
Common Cooking Terminologies
PAN-FRY
to cook a moderate
amount of fat in an
uncovered pan
Common Cooking Terminologies
PAPAPILLOTE
to wrap in a paper,
sometimes foil, for
cooking so the enclosed
food is steamed in its
own moisture
Common Cooking Terminologies
PAR-BOIL
to cook partially in a
boiling or simmering
liquid
Common Cooking Terminologies
PAR-COOK
to cook partially by any
method
Common Cooking Terminologies
POACH
to cook gently in a
water or other liquid
that is hot but not
actually bubbling,160-
180 ⁰ F (71-82⁰C)
Common Cooking Terminologies
REDUCE
to reduce a liquid means
to simmer it until some of
the water in it has
evaporated, which
intensifies the flavors,
thickens the liquid, and
causes it to take up less
volume.
Common Cooking Terminologies
ROAST
to cook foods by
surrounding them with
hot, dry air in an oven or
in spit in front of an
open fire
Common Cooking Terminologies
SAUTE
to cook quickly in a
small amount of fat,
usually while mixing or
tossing the foods by
occasionally flipping by
the pan
Common Cooking Terminologies
SEAR
to brown the surface of
a food quickly at a high
temperature
Common Cooking Terminologies
SIMMER
to cook in a water or
other liquid that is
bubbling gently, 185-
205 ⁰ F (85-96 ⁰ C)
Common Cooking Terminologies
SMOKE
to cook with dry heat in
a present of a smoke, as
an a rack over wood
chips in a covered pan
Common Cooking Terminologies
SOUS-VIDE
VACUUM PACKED
refers to techniques for
cooking foods that are
packaged under vacuum
in a plastic bags
Common Cooking Terminologies
STEAM
STEW
to simmer or braised a
food/foods in a small
amount of liquid, w/c is
usually served with the
food a sauce
Common Cooking Terminologies
STIR- FRY
to cook quickly small
amount of fat by tossing
cut – up food in a wok
or pan with spatula or
similar implements
similar to sauté, except
the pan is stationary
Common Cooking Terminologies
SWEAT
to cook slowly in a fat
w/o browning,
sometimes under a
cover
HISTORY OF CULINARY ARTS
• Ancient Rome
• France
– Early middle ages
– Late middle ages
– Today
BRIEF HISTORY OF CULINARY ARTS
• 18TH Century – there were no restaurants as we know them
today.