Cooking 101: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Identification and Fabrication

Date November 7, 2008

This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Unit 12: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Identification and Fabrication
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What Are Currants?

Date August 20, 2008

Currants are one of those foods that I’ve heard mentioned on various cooking shows, but I never knew what they actually were. So today I decided to do a little research and figure out what exactly a currant is.
A currant is a type of small berry and comes in red, black and white varieties. [...]