A potent liqueur distilled from wormwood that's 68 percent alcohol. It has a bitter, anise flavor.

A croquette that is made by mixing mashed potato with puff pastry dough, forming into balls, coating in bread crumbs, then deep frying.

Also called the "International system of units", it's used throughout much of the world. The basic unit for weight is "gram". 1 gram = 0.0352739619 ounce, and 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams.

French term for "white". For example, "beurre blanc" means white butter.