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Lessare is the Italian word which means "to boil" or "to cook"

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Lessato is the Italian word for boiled, as in boiled fish or meat

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Lesso is the Italian word which means "boiled". It also a term for "boiled meat"

Lesso is pronounced "lehs-so"

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Lethok Son refers Myanmar's spicy vegetable and rice salad. It is one of the popular dishes in Myanmar

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Letlhodi is the Botswanian word for China beans. Many dishes in the country are made up of pulses and beans such as cow peas, Ditloo (jugo beans) and dried bean leaves, plus nuts like peanuts and groundnuts.

Lettuce is a leafy green vegetable that is widely cultivated and consumed around the world. It is known for its crisp and refreshing leaves, which are often used in salads and as a fresh topping in various dishes. Lettuce comes in several varieties, each offering its own unique flavor and texture.

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Leyden Cheese is a Dutch cheese named for the city of Leiden. It is also known as Komijne Kaas, Leidse Kaas and Leyde. It is made from a combination of cow's milk and buttermilk, it is flavored with caraway seeds, and/or sometimes cumin, cloves or anise. It comes in flat rounds of 11 and 22 pounds.

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Lhassi is referring to a Hindi refreshing drink made from yoghurt and crushed ice.

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Liaison is a French culinary term for ingredients that is used for thickening sauces, soups, or other liquids

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Other definition:
Liaison is a cooking term that refers to a binding agent, usually made of cream and egg yolks, used to thicken soups and sauces.

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English: Book-Book / Deutsch: Buch-Buch / Español: Libro-Libro / Português: Livro-Livro / Français: Livre-Livre / Italiano: Libro-Libro /

Libro-Libro refers to a kind of tripe from the third stomach of the cattle, cow or ox called the Omasum which is the part of the cattle's (cow or ox) stomach which filters through all the food the cattle eats and where cud is broken down and pressed further. Libro is literally translated as "book" in the Philippines. In Cebu, a province in the Visayas, Libro-Libro is called Mandunggo, which sounds like Mondongo, the name of tripe in Panama and Colombia In English, Libro-Libro is known as Book Tripe, Thick Seam Tripe, Bible Tripe or Leaf Tripe since it looks like pages or leaves of a book.

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