Cooking Techniques and Methods

What is the term that encompasses a vast range of methods, tools, and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavor or digestibility of food?

• Cooking

• Baking

• Frying

• Grilling

What is the most common method of cooking where enough water is added to food and it is then cooked over the fire?

• Boiling

• Steaming

• Frying

• Braising

What cooking method involves cooking food in hot liquids kept at or just below the boiling point of water?

• Simmering

• Boiling

• Poaching

• Stewing

What is the gentle cooking method that produces tender poultry and fish?

• Poaching

• Braising

• Steaming

• Frying

What is the combination cooking method using both moist and dry heat, typically searing food at a high temperature?

• Braising

• Stewing

• Boiling

• Simmering

What cooking method is considered healthy and capable of cooking almost all kinds of food using steam?

• Steaming

• Boiling

• Frying

• Baking

What is the process of heating an electrically conducting object by electromagnetic induction?

• Induction

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

What is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Induction

What is the energy emitted by matter as electromagnetic waves due to thermal energy?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Induction

What is the ideal temperature range for cooking meat in the oven using the casseroling method?

• 250 to 300 degrees

• 325 to 350 degrees

• 375 to 400 degrees

• 450 to 500 degrees