Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with white paste.

Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

Mexico.

A hand-held corn cake made with a folded corn tortilla, typically filled with one or more ingredients from traditional Mexican cuisine (lime, coriander, onion, grilled meat) and served with a sauce—often made with garlic, coriander, onion, chili, and tomato.

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.

Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

Duckling : young duck.

Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.