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Serve cold or chilled.Īn American dish of diced foods, usually chicken or turkey, in a cream sauce with pimientos, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and sometimes sherry. means "in the Greek manner." Term describes vegetables cooked in a mixture of oil and vinegar, or lemon juice, with seasoning added. It refers to dishes served with spinach and topped with a mornay sauce. Literally French for "in the style of Florence". dishes prepared with tomatoes, green peppers and onions as important ingredients. served with cream or a cream-based sauce. refers to a list of food items each priced separately. The practice can be seen in the Baker Guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London, 12th century.įrench for the style of, such as "a la Francaise" meaning "in the style of the French"įrench for cooked on a skewer over a flameĪ list of food items each priced and served separately Bakers who shorted (cheated) customers could be punished severely-such as losing a hand to an axe! This allowed that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt, or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original legal dozen.

The "baker's dozen" refers to providing 13 baked items for the price of 12 and originated as a way to avoid shortchanging the customer. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - A.