Prized for its combination of long pasta beacuse of its length and short pasta due to the hole through its centre, bucatini is wonderful with dense-flavoured sauces as it allows the flavours and fragrances to be prominent.

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Also known as pak kat farang or Shanghai bok choy; is small and more tender than bok choy.

Also known as frisée; the tender, pale, inner leaves of young endive.

Also known as slices of bacon; made from pork side, cured and smoked. Streaky bacon is the fatty end of a bacon rasher (slice), without the lean (eye) meat.

Small ring-shaped bread roll with a dense, chewy texture and shiny crust.

The traditional long French bread "stick", it has a crunchy brown crust and soft white chewy interior.

An aromatic all-purpose spice blend, baharat is often sold as Lebanese seven-spice, and can be found at Middle-Eastern food stores, some delicatessens and specialty spice stores.

Also known as parchment, silicon paper or non-stick baking paper; not to be confused with greaseproof or waxed paper. Use it to line pans before cooking or baking and aslo to make piping bags.

A raising agent that is two parts cream of tartar to one part bicarbonate of soda (baking soda).