Category: B
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Beers, Clifford W. (1876-1943)
Author of A Mind That Found Itself” and founder, in 1909, of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, now the National Mental Health Association.
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Burnt
A look of char and/or smell of smoky odor or tar flavor.
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Bulgar
Cracked wheat that has been partially cooked and then toasted.
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Bulb crops
Chives, Garlic, Leek, Onions, and Shallots.
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Bukava
A nut-filled, thin-layered (as many as 30 layers) pastry flavored with butter and honey.
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Buffet
A meal in which the dishes are placed on a tiered sideboard, often set at the entrance to dining area, on which various dishes of meats, poultry, fish, cold cuts, sweets, pastries, etc., are served in a decorative manner with the diners serving themselves and eating either standing up or seated informally. The word buffet…
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Buffer capacity
The ability of a food to resist change in its pH level.
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Budding
A method of reproduction of yeast. A form of grafting, where the scion consists of a piece of bark carrying a single growth bud, inserted into the hark of the understock It is used especially for the propagation of roses and fruit trees. A form of grafting in which a (vegetative) bud of the desired…
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Buckle
Defect of a can which results in a permanent distortion of the end.
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Bruschetta
Bread topped with garlic and olive oil and sometimes basil, and toasted on a grill. An Italian treat.