Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> Michael Siemon wrote:
>
>> "experts" ??? Hah. I _write_ for Barrons; I wave my page proofs in
>> your general direction. :-)
>> >
>> >
>> > bake
>> > To cook food in an oven, thereby surrounding it with dry heat. I
>> ...
>> >
>> > roast
>> > n. 1. A piece of meat - such as a RIB ROAST - that's large enough
>> > to serve more than one person. Such a meat cut is usually cooked by
>> > the roasting method. 2. Food, usually meat, that has been prepared
>> > by roasting. roast v.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> In other words, a distinction -- which native English speakers may or
>> may not [I suggest that most do not] observe -- based on size of the
>> item baked/roasted.
>>
>> Which is to say, no difference as far as the original question goes.
>
> Exactly. I have been to lots of "Italian dinners" where the main
> course is "roast chicken", and what is served is baked chicken pieces.

From my personal perspective, I consider meats to be "baked" if they are
somehow incorporated into a more complex dish with sauces, perhaps
veggies, but not just meat alone. A meat like a roast or whole chicken,
cooked by itself with perhaps only basting, is what I would consider
"roasted".

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