2. Reasons for cooking food:

(1) To make some food digestible.

(2) To change flavours and make some food more appetizing.

(3) To preserve food.

(4) To kill harmful germs in food.

3. Kinds of heat used:

(1) Dry heat—heat, only, is conveyed to the food.

(2) Moist heat—heat and moisture are conveyed to the food.

4. Different ways of applying dry heat:

Toasting, broiling, pan-broiling, sautéing, frying, baking.