Chorizo – a highly flavoured Spanish or Mexican pork sausage with garlic, paprika and other spices.

Pad Thai – a Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles with egg, fish sauce, tamarind juice, and red chilies plus bean sprouts, chicken, shrimp or tofu. Garnished with peanuts and coriander.

Confection – a broad term for a sweet dish of a food rich in sugar.

Ingredient – denotes any food, herb, spice or other substance that is combined in a cooking mixture to make food.

Malbec – a variety of dark red grape from Bordeaux France that is used to make wine. Sometimes blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Mace – an aromatic spice from the dried covering of the nutmeg seed.

Sauerkraut – shredded cabbage that is fermented in its own juice with salt. The name actually means sour cabbage.

Some Friday foodie fun to kill your afternoon with until it’s time to go home!!

I loved this post from FoodiePrints… reminded me of the time my friend Kate and I almost died in a horrible bubbly wine cork explosion.

Savvy Mom talks about 9 of the new food trucks in O-town. Some weekend dining perhaps??

Farmers suing Monstanto?? I like this turn of events…

An interview with Michael Moss, whose book Salt Sugar Fat is keeping me up at night. He also has killer eyebrows.

I know, I have been a bit absent this week – but there are exciting things going on a my job! Check here for some behind the scenes shots of our first Cooking Show at C’est Bon Cooking!! It has been such a fun and exciting process. But none the less, a resolution is a resolution… so even though these didn’t make it to twitter – here are some culinary word a days!

Active Dry Yeast – a granular powdered yeast in which yeast cells in dehydrated form are alive but dormant.

Bain Marie – a large pot containing hot water in which smaller pots or bowls may be set to cook food slowly or to keep food warm. Often the bottom of a double boiler is used.

Carambola – the acidic, orange, fleshy fruit of a small shrub of the wood sorrel family. The fruits have 5 prominent ridges – called star fruit.

Diner – a type of restaurant that originally resembled a railway dining car where customers eat at the counter or booths. It is also the term for a person eating a meal, especially in a restaurant.

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian – a person who eats vegetables, grains, fruits, nuts, milk and eggs but not meat.

Nog – originally a strong variety of beer, but now is an abbreviation of egg nog.

Sea Bean – any of various beans or showy seeds of tropical origin that are frequently carried by ocean currents to remote shores and often used as ornaments.

Just in case anyone needs this for my birthday tomorrow…

A restaurant that doesn’t accept tips?? Am I the only one who finds this odd?? How else are you supposed to confirm that you are, indeed a generous and awesome person if you can’t leave a tip?! Though there are some good points made…

The Gouda Life has another yummy drink recipe up… just in time for Friday!

A tasty looking salmon and cucumber salsa recipe from Not Without Salt.

And now for something hilarious, gross, and dog related. Just because a rainy Friday needs a laugh or two.

This week I’ve been struck down with some kind of super plague. Otherwise known as a cold. Still… won’t someone please come pet my head?? No?? Ok. Well here are this week’s culinary words – here is hoping I have more energy for erratic posts next week.

Gougère – a savoury French choux pastry like a cheese puff.

Sauvignon Blanc – a white grape grown in France and California and wine made from those grapes.

Amaretto – an almond flavoured Italian liqueur made from apricot pits.

Arborio Rice – a short grain, high starch white Italian rice that becomes fat and creamy when cooked. Used for risotto.

Over Easy – egg that is flipped over gently when the white is nearly cooked and fried on the other side with the yolk liquid.

Loaf – a shaped mass of bread baked in one piece, or a mass of any food shaped somewhat liked bread. Usually rectangular or oblong.

Raita – a cooling Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices. Bananas and tomatoes can also be used.

Now for some fun to help pass along the Friday afternoon slump…

When a wine blogger get’s married you know the wine is going to be out of this world! Here is what Claire from FoodiePrints selected for her big day!

The latest edition of Eat In Eat Out Magazine is up and live on their website!! Love it.

Eggs and Spring Vegetables from You Grow Girl.

34 Ways to eat crazy, sexy, cool kale.

Well it may be cold and rainy… but it’s still Friday and I’ll take it! Here are a look at the Culinary Word A Day’s for this week.

Blanc – a stock made of fat, broth, wine, herbs and veg that is used for braising or poaching fish/ meat. French for white.

Cider Vinegar – a vinegar produced from fermented apple cider.

Empire – a juicy, dark red apple that is a cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious apples.

Hock – the joint bending backward in the hind leg of a cow, horse or other quadruped.

Skewer – a long pin or stick made of metal, wood or bamboo for holding meat, veg or fruit while being roasted or grilled.

Trivet – a stand or holder that a pot or dish is placed on to keep from marking a table during a meal.

Frijoles - any beans, especially black and kidney or pinto used in Mexican or Southwestern US cuisine.

Today is the kind of day you don’t mind spending in front of the computer! But I’m sure you’d still rather check this out than a spread sheet.

Oh hell yes! The Egg-a-cado. You better believe I’m going to eat one of these this weekend!!

Daniel Boulud talks about his favourite Canadian restaurants on Huffington Post.

Enter to win tickets to Savvy Company’s taste and buy from Sheltered Girl Meets World and Second Ferment!

A graphic novel for foodies?? Cool beans.

Finally… I want all of my future kids to be like this one.