Blackout is the total loss of electricity in the hotel.

Blanc – French term for white. Example; Beurre Blanc (burr-blanhk) which is French for ‘white butter’.

Blanch – To cook a food item partially and very briefly in boiling water/liquid or hot oil. Example blanching vegetables ...

Cold sweet made of milk and cornflour set in a mould; then turned out.

Blanquette (blahn-keht) – A white stew made of a white sauce and meat or poultry that is simmered without first ...

There are two kinds of bleaches: chlorine and oxygen. Chlorine bleach can be used with any washable; natural; colorfast fiber. ...

Blend – To mix two or more ingredients so completely that they lose their separate identities.

east pancake; 10 cm diameter x 1.5cm thick; made with buckwheat flour for serving hot with caviar; instead of toast.

An agreed-upon number of rooms set aside for members of a group planning to stay in a hotel.

Blocking on the horizon means reserving guest rooms in the distant future.