Culinary Dictionaries
Food Lover's Glossary
Part of Pearl's Pantry, which offers high quality ingredients for purchase and also includes over 3000 recipes, cooking tips, "Food Lover's Glossary" and links to other food related sites.
Epicurious Food Dictionary
Includes over 4000 terms. You may browse the listing by typing in just the first few letters of a word or search for a specific word. Also check out the Wine Dictionary.
The Cook's Thesauraus
A cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.
Asia Food Glossary
Explore this online resource of Asian food terms and recipes from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food. Search the recipes by keyword, type of dish, and region.
Access to Asian Vegetables Thesaurus
This site accommodates a thesaurus of the key Asian Vegetables and the different names that these vegetables are also commonly known under. It includes photographic information about many of the Asian Vegetables seen in the retail outlets.
English-French Gastronomy
Translate your culinary terms into French or link to a French-English dictionary of food terminology, a wine dictionary and a seafood dictionary!
Seafood Dictionary
A great seafood dictionary which gives definitionsshows an image of the fish and common cuts as well as gi. Also find links to different cuts and folds of seafoo.
Food Resource Homepage
Choice a food topic on the left menu bar to retrieve a listing of links on that topic. A megasite for ingredients and more.
Gordon's Fish Glossary
Each fish entry gives a descriptioin of the fish, tells which waters it is from, common cooking methods, buying tips, substitues and a picture.
Glossary of Sushi Terms
This site lists sushi-related words and phrases
which you might find on this site or in a sushi bar. This page lists short definitions; in many cases the links under each term lead to
further information.
Glossary of Indian Food & Cooking Terms
Enter a key word or browse a list of ingredient to find alternative names and pictures.
Mexican Kitchen Vocabulary
Find a list of basic items you may see
on a menu or in a grocery store or you may browse through specialty dishes from all areas of Mexico.
New Orleans Food Dictionary
Common culinary terms of New Orleans cuisine.
Uncommon Substitutions
Taken from The Old Farmer's Almanac Good Cook Companion, this quick guide gives you alternatives like substituting mint for bergamot or termeric for saffron.
The Vegetarian Culinary Dictionary
Veggies Unite's expansive glossary of food terms also includes entries with tips and substitutions. Find definitions from a vegetarian point of view. For instance under honey, the definition may include whether honey is considered vegetarian or not.
Alice Statler Library, City College of San Francisco
Updated November 30, 2001
