Cooking

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Cooking is the art, science, profession, and hobby of preparing food for human consumption. The term is often used in the narrower sense of applying heat to chemically transform a food to change its flavor, texture, appearance, or nutritional properties.

Specific techniques and ingredients are often regional. See Cuisine for information about the many regional and ethnic food traditions.

Some major cooking techniques:

/Braising?
/Baking
/Broiling
/Boiling
/Blanching
/Sauteeing
/Frying
/Grilling
/Steaming
- /Double steaming
/Roasting?
/Poaching?

Other preparation techniques:

/Marination?
/Seasoning?
/Pickling?

Other information:

/Weights and measures (includes conversions and equivalencies common in cooking)

For recipes, see the Wikipedia Cookbook.

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