Cooking oil is purified fat of plant or animal origin, which is liquid at room temperature.Some of the many different kinds of edible vegetable oils include: olive oil, palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, pumpkin seed oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, grape seed oil, sesame oil, argan oil and rice bran oil. Many other kinds of vegetable oils are also used for cooking.The generic term "vegetable oil" when used to label a cooking oil product refers to a blend of a variety of oils often based on palm, corn, soybean or sunflower oils.Oil can be flavoured by immersing aromatic food stuffs such as fresh herbs, peppers and so forth in the oil for an extended period of time. However, care must be taken when using garlic and onions to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum (the bacteria that produces toxins that can lead to botulism) in this medium.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Switching to a different type of cooking oil could help people pare off a pound or two, according to new research from Japan ...

Indian Cooking is known for its use of spices, herbs and flavorings. The common ingredients in Indian Cuisine are rice or bread (rotis), a variety of dals (lentils), regional vegetables, pickles, ghee, chutneys, a meat or fish dish. Spices are an essential element to Indian cuisine. The cooking medium is generally oil. The type of oil used differs

Indian Cooking is known for its use of spices, herbs and flavorings. The common ingredients in Indian Cuisine are rice or bread (rotis), a variety of dals (lentils), regional vegetables, pickles, ghee, chutneys, a meat or fish dish. Spices are an essential element to Indian cuisine. The cooking medium is generally oil. The type of oil used differs

State Sen. Ellen Karcher plans to introduce legislation that would bar trans fats from being served by New Jersey restaurants. Such a ban would prohibit chefs from using partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, which has been in some types of shortening and frying oil for decades.

The CSPI, is suing the parent company of KFC over the type of cooking oil the fast-food chain uses to fry its chicken.KFC uses partially hydrogenated oil, which CSPI describes as a "chemically altered, trans-fat-laden oil that kills roughly 50,000 Americans per year."