goodcooking.com's Food & Cooking Dictionary

Ika: Japanese for Squid.

In the weeds: Restaurant slang for it's too busy and I can't keep up with the work, I'm behind schedule.

Indian Pudding: A New England dessert made with cornmeal, milk, eggs and molasses.

Indivia: Italian for Endive.

Infuse: To flavor a liquid with one or more other.

Insalata: Italian for Salad.

Involtini: Italian term for sliced rolled meat, poultry, seafood, or vegetables. aka. Veal Birds---Rouladen

Ippoglosso: Italian for Halibut.

Irish Stew: A stew made with lamb, onions, white stock,.

Irradiation: Food irradiation (the application of ionizing radiation to food) is a technology that improves the safety and extends the shelf life of foods by reducing or eliminating microorganisms and insects. (from fda.gov)

Isinglass: Fish Glue---transparent form of gelatin from certain fish blatters, used in beer, wine and jellies as a.clarifing agent.

Italian Parsley: Another name for flat leaf parsley.