food preparation
Getting dinner ready
Food preparation is the process of getting ingredients ready for cooking or eating—washing, cutting, measuring, mixing, and assembling.
The term covers everything from peeling vegetables to marinating meat to mise en place.
In institutional contexts, food preparation often refers to the work done in commercial kitchens: She works in food preparation at the hospital cafeteria.
- choppingCutting into pieces
- knife skillsCutting proficiency with blades
- cutting techniqueMethod for separating material
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- grillingCooking on metal grates
heat source · sous vide · slow cooker · knife · blanching · mise en place · frying · plating · fermenting · portioning · temperature control · thermometer · taste test · cutting board · boiling · recipe · handwashing · julienne
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- food culturetable manners, culinary traditions, dining etiquette, ethnic cuisine, culinary heritage
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Ingesting sustenance
dining · ingestion · serving · food service · feeding
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Ingesting sustenance
fasting · starvation · food waste · eating out · going hungry
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