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This 30-word culinary vocabulary word search teaches cooking methods and techniques for high school students in culinary arts or family and consumer science classes. Hidden words include roux, sauté, simmer, blanch, and baste, covering essential knife skills, heat methods, and sauce-building terminology. Use it as a unit warm-up, a standalone vocabulary-review activity, or edit it as a template for advanced culinary or pastry topics.

Subject:
Life Skills
Topic:
Cooking
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated April 2018

Word List

  • RECONSTITUTE
  • WHIP
  • SLIVER
  • RICE
  • STOCK
  • SNIP
  • ROAST
  • ROUX
  • SCALLOP
  • SCALD
  • RENDER
  • SIMMER
  • SIMPLESYRUP
  • REFERSH
  • SCORE
  • SAUTE
  • STERILIZE
  • STEW
  • REDUCE
  • STEAM
  • STEEP
  • CHOP
  • WHISK
  • BASTE
  • BLINDBAKE
  • AUJUS
  • BONE
  • BLANCHE
  • CANDY
  • SKIM

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