Cookery Book

Sugar is a sweetener. There is detailed information about the chemistry and history of sugar in the Wikipedia article on sugar.
white sugar
cane sugar
caster sugar
baking sugar
bar sugar
superfine sugar
castor sugar (AUS/NZ)
caster sugar (UK)
confectioners’ sugar
fructose (fruit sugar)
granulated sugar
icing sugar (AUS/NZ)
powdered sugar
refined sugar
rock sugar
brown sugar
demerara sugar
dark brown sugar
light brown sugar
jaggery
maple sugar
raw sugar
turbanado sugar
unrefined sugar
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The Soy bean is a small fat green bean. It is particularly associated with Japanese cuisine, large-scale commercial cooking, artificial meat for vegatarians, and industrial processes. Soy beans may be served uncooked and whole during a Japanese meal. They may be fermented to produce soy sauce, natto, tofu, miso, and tempeh. Soy beans may be […]

Baking soda is a chemical, sodium bicarbonate, also known as bicarbonate of soda or NaHCO3. It reacts with acid to produce carbon dioxide gas. Baking soda is used in baking as a leavening agent, to make cakes, cookies, and breads rise (expand) by producing tiny little bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.
Acids commonly used with baking […]

Salt, or sodium chloride, is a mineral, one of the few rocks people eat. Saltiness is one of the basic flavors tasted by our tastebuds, along with sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. Salt is required for life, but overconsumption can increase the risk of health problems, including high blood preasure. Salt can be reduced by […]

Making jams and jellies
A jam is a fruit conserve in which sugar and fruit chunks are boiled together. In a jelly, the juice is pressed or boiled out of the fruit, filtered and then boiled again with sugar to reduce and thicken it. It is important to keep in mind that some fruits are better […]

Chocolate is a common ingredient in many kind of sweets. It is made from the fermented, roasted, and ground seeds of the tropical cacao tree. The substance yielded is intensely bitter. In the U.S. this substance is usually sweetened and the sweetened product is refered to as chocolate.
There are many kind of chocolate, including:
Unsweetened Chocolate […]

The chili pepper (also spelled chilli and chile) is the fruit of the plant capsicum of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. Cultivated since prehistoric times in Peru and Mexico, it was discovered in the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus and named a “pepper” because of its similarity with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus. Diego […]