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Cacao (ka ka oh) Cocoa.

Café au Lait French term meaning “coffee with milk.” It is similar to a latte, but may be made with strong regular dark roast coffee rather than espresso.

Cake Flour A weak or low-gluten flour made from soft wheat.

Calamari Italian for “squid” (plural).

Calorie The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg water by 1°C. Used as a measure of food energy. More correctly called a kilocalorie.

Calvados (cal vah dose) An alcoholic beverage distilled from cider, made exclusively in the Normandy region of France.