I am a deep believer in the power of data to drive our
decisions. Data gives us the roadmap to reform. It tells us where we
are, where we need to go, and who is most at risk.

--Arne Duncan,
U. S. Secretary of Education
Speech to the Fourth Annual IES Research Conference

June 8, 2009

Data Recipes:

Al dente
Au juis
à la carte
à la king
à la mode
à la money

Baked
Braised
Boiled
Beaten
Butchered

Canned
Curried
Creamed
Churned
Charred

Diced
Deveined
Deglazed
Drained

Flaked
Fricasséed
Fondued
Frittered

Grated
Gratineed
Ground
Goosed

Iced
Infused
Irradiated

Jellied
Julienne
Juiced

Kneaded
Molded
Marinated
Macerated

Overdone

Peeled
Parboiled
Poached
Puréed
Pickled
Pressed
Pinched

Raw
Roasted
Reduced
Reconstituted
Refried

Sliced
Sauted
Stewed
Stuffed
Steamed
Skewered
Smeared
Sucked Dry

Toasted
Tenderized
Truffled
Trussed
Triple Secced
Tutti-fruittied
Tossed

Unleavened
Unsalted
Upside down caked

Vinaigretted
Vol-au-vented
Vivisected

Waffled
Wall-eyed
Waxed
Woked
Whisked
Whipped

With Carrot Sticks
On rye
And a grain of salt

With pomp
And circumstance

Signifying
Nothing