Which cooking method involves cooking with dry heat, usually in an oven?

• A. Roasting
• B. Bake
• C. Broiling
• D. Griddling

Answer: (B)

Dry-heat cooking in an oven means using hot air to cook food, rather than simmering or boiling it. Baking is the term that matches this method most specifically: it refers to cooking foods by surrounding them with dry, circulating heat in an oven, which is ideal for breads, cakes, casseroles, and many vegetables. The heat comes from all sides, helping foods set and develop a tender interior with a browned exterior.

Roasting is also dry heat in an oven, but it’s typically used for meats and larger vegetables where browning and flavor development at higher heat are emphasized. Broiling uses direct radiant heat from above, not the surrounding oven heat, and griddling involves cooking on a hot surface rather than in an oven. So, the method described is baking.