Cooking or cuisine is the art, craft, and science of preparing food in a manner intended for human consumption. Cooking methods and materials vary greatly around the globe, from grilling over an open flame to baking in ovens and frying in deep frying pans. There are many different types of cooking, with cooking techniques being as varied as the cultures and peoples who practice them. From Southern Chinese cooking techniques that call for using a wok (or sometimes, coal) to bring the flavor and moisture from the raw ingredients straight to the taste of the food, to Italian cooking styles that rely on seasoned stock and tomato sauce as the vehicles for their flavors, cooking has become an art form, not only in terms of preparing the food itself but in the preparation of it.Not only have culinary styles changed but cooking methods, as well. For instance, while a wok is often used as the vehicle for a Chinese or Italian cooking style that relies on a hot, acidic broth for its flavor, the modern stove-top kitchen