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Originally Posted by neewwman
I use both interchangeably.
A more interesting question is, what is the difference between "bake" and "roast?" In both cases, you put something in a hot oven. The only difference is what you put in the oven.
You bake a cake.
You roast some beef.
Chicken can be either: if you put a whole chicken in, you're roasting it, but if you put some chicken breasts in a casserole dish you're baking them.
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A. There is no difference. If you want to be finicky or traditional, you can't actually roast food in an oven ? to roast traditionally meant to cook food (meat) with an open flame, as on a spit in front of a fire (as opposed to grilling on a grate over a fire). But the fire and its radiant heat were the essential components of roasting. Nowadays, roast is bake and bake is roast.