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• Kahlua - a coffee-flavored liqueur.
• Kaiser Roll - a large, round yeast roll with a crisp crust, used for making sandwiches or served as a breakfast roll
• Kakavia - a Greek fish soup.
• Kalamata Olives - Also called Calamata. Purple-black Greek olives cured in vinegar.
• Karo - Light or dark corn Syrup.
• Kasha - a side dish, like a pasta or rice side dish, served in Eastern Europe.
• Kebab / Kabobo - Marinated meat that is skewered and grilled.
• Kebab; Kabob - minced meat or cubes of meat on a skewer, usually marinated before cooking.
• Kedgeree - an English breakfast dish brought from India, and made of leftover fish, rice and hard-boiled eggs.
• Kernel - 1. The softer, usually edible part, contained within the shell of a nut or a stone of a fruit; also known as the meat.
• Ketchup - An often preserved sauce, the most common being tomato and mushroom.
• Kettle - pot for boiling liquids. In some regions the word has come to mean a pot with a handle and a spout for pouring, as a teakettle.
• Kidney Bean - a medium-sized, kidney-shaped bean with a dark red skin, cream-colored firm flesh and a bland flavor;
• Kielbasa, Kielbasy - 1. A general term used for most Polish sausages. 2. A Polish sausage made from pork (with beer sometimes added) flavored with garlic;
• Kipper - fish cured by splitting, salting, and drying or smoking.
• Kippered Herring - Smoked or dried herring.
• Kirsch - a cherry-flavored liqueur made of black cherries and their pits.
• Kisses - meringues. Also, small chocolate candies roll up in twists of silver paper.
• Kitchen Bouquet - A trade name a bottled sauce flavor and color enhancer.
• Kiwi;Kiwi Fruit;Kiwifruti - a small barrel-shaped fruit (Actinidia sinensis) native to New Zealand;
• Knead - to work a dough by hand or in a mixer to distribute ingredients and develop gluten.
• Knuckle - the ankle joint of pork, veal, and other meat.
• Kofta - a meat ball popular in the Balkans, the Middle and Far East.
• Kohlrabi - A vegetable of the cabbage family.
• Korma - also, quoorma. A spicy Pakistani/Indian stew made of mutton and yogurt and flavored with the spices that go into a curry.
• Kosher - food that conforms to Jewish dietary laws, which were laid down by Moses, according to Biblical accounts of Hebrew history.
• Kulich - a traditional Russian Easter cake. It is made of sweet bread dough and candied fruit, baked tall and round like the headgear of a Russian Orthodox priest.
• Kummel - a sweet liqueur prepared with caraway seed and cumin, made in regions bordering the eastern coast of the Baltic sea.
• Kumquats - Small oval citrus fruit that is golden-orange in color.

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