Kinilaw Cuisine - Kinilaw cuisine is a true Philippine cuisine with influences as far back as pre-colonial times with trans-Pacific trade and exchanges of culture. Later in the 16th century, a strong link with Europe and South America through Spanish colonists had the most tremendous impact on today’s Philippine cuisine. This marriage of culinary heritages must be described and considered as a real "fusion cuisine." Regardless of the origin, over the centuries dishes have been transformed, added and changed in so many ways to what has become today’s Philippine cuisine.

Anything alive and anything fresh can be used for Kinilaw cuisine (crustaceans, fish, meat, vegetables, fruit, flowers, insects, fowl, and snakes; food as rare and unusual as balatan (sea cucumber), lima lima (spider conch), kohol (river snail), abatud (larva of coconut beetle), butbut (sea anemone), guso (seaweed) goat, dog, carabao, venison, wild boar, heart, liver, tripe, animal skin, puso ng saging (banana core) and uncountable other ingredients).

Kipper - To kipper means to cure, usually fish, by cleaning, salting and drying or smoking. It also means a male salmon during or shortly after spawning. When a herring is kippered it is first butterflies, cured in brine, and then cold smoked. It has a Smokey, salty flavor and is usually given an artificial golden color. When a salmon is kippered in the U.S. it is a chunk, steak or fillet of salmon soaked in brine, hot smoked and dyed red. In Europe a split salmon is soaked in brine and cold smoked.

Kippered herring - Also called kippers. These are herrings that have been split down the middle and cold-smoked in a solution of brine.

Kitchen Bouquet - It is the brand name of a concentrated browning and seasoning sauce. Small amounts of it can be added to gravy to enrich its flavor and enhance its color. It can also be used to enhance the color of microwave foods, which don't normally brown. There are other brands on the market, which accomplish the same thing.

Kiwifruit or Kiwi fruit  - The kiwifruit (Actinidia Deliciosa) belongs to the berry family of fruits. It's about the size of a large egg, and is covered by a brown, fuzzy skin.  This name not only identifies New Zealand but also describes the appearance of a New Zealand native, the tiny Kiwi bird.

Knead - The process of working dough by mixing, stretching, and pulling. Kneading is most often used in bread dough, and is a necessary step in order to develop the gluten. To knead, gather your dough into a ball. Using the heel of your hands, press down on the dough. Pull up the part of the dough that was flattened by your hands and fold it back over on itself. Keep repeating the process, turning the dough periodically.

Kobe beef - Kobe beef is considered the most exclusive beef in the world. Technically speaking, there's no such thing as Kobe beef, it is merely the shipping point for beef from elsewhere in Japan. What is called "Kobe beef" comes from the ancient province of Tajima, now named Hyogo Prefecture, of which Kobe is the capital. Real beef connoisseurs, however, still refer to it as Tajima beef.

Kohlrabi  - It is a vegetable that has been popular for years in Europe. It is also known as cabbage turnip. It has a bulbous stem growing just above the ground and when young it has edible green leaves.