Chevre, Chia Seed, Chifferi ... No Chi Chi's?

July 6, 2005 5:50 AM

Glossary of Food Terms From Abalone to Zweiback, this extensive reference of food terms is found, somewhat surprisingly, on the site of a salsa manufacturer. Who knew advertising could be so useful?
posted by jacquilynne (8 comments total)

This is good! Now I have somewhere to go to look up those fancy schmancy terms my food-savvy wife uses.

Also, it looks like ChiChi's is owned by Hormel, who has the same pages on their site in a more eye-pleasing black on white type theme. The other benefit of the Hormel site is Spam recipes. Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
posted by SteveInMaine at 6:53 AM on July 6, 2005

Surprisingly good. I'm also a big fan of the woefully out of date chowhound.
posted by bardic at 7:07 AM on July 6, 2005

Err, woefully out of date, bardic?

I realize a lot of the stuff on the main page doesn't get updated all the frequently, but the action is on the message boards, which get plenty of updates every day.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:28 AM on July 6, 2005

To which I should add, silly me for forgetting it, that Chowhound is exactly where I found the link to the glossary.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:30 AM on July 6, 2005

A really good find. I've been looking for a quick definition of Indian Borage for ever so long.
posted by OmieWise at 7:55 AM on July 6, 2005

Lest we forget, Gernot Katzer. Just thinking about his page makes my nose tingle.
posted by goodglovin77 at 8:50 AM on July 6, 2005

nice find, jacquilynne, an excellent glossary. Thanks!
posted by funambulist at 10:31 AM on July 6, 2005

There's also www.foodsubs.com
posted by madman at 10:57 PM on July 6, 2005