oven
ov·en / ˈəvən/ • n. an enclosed compartment, as in a kitchen range, for cooking and heating food. ∎ a small furnace or kiln. ∎ a cremation chamber in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Cooking , cooking, the process of using heat to prepare foods for consumption.
Many common cooking methods involve the use of oil. Frying is cooking in hot oil… Cook , cook / koŏk/ • v. 1. [tr.] prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by combining and heating the ingredients in various ways: shall I cook dinner tonight? |… Broiling , GRILLING. Grilling is a fast, dry method of cooking tender cuts of meat and vegetables with radiant heat directed from below or from above. Its chief… Boiling , Boiling
BOILING. The admission of the novice cook that he or she "cannot even boil water" has perpetuated the idea that boiling water is one of the s… Roasting , Roasting
ROASTING. Roasting is a dry-heat method of cooking whereby meat or poultry is cooked on a spit over a fire or in a pan in an oven. Roasting… casserole , cas·se·role / ˈkasəˌrōl/ • n. a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven: a chicken casserole. ∎ a large covered dish, typically of earthenware…
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