a trivia game for serious food lovers

A Trivia Game for
Serious Food Lovers
A Trivia Game for Serious Food Lovers
Recipe for Play
Serves 2 to 6 players or teams
O b j ec t o f th e Gam e
To fill a game board with tokens collected for correctly
answering questions in each of six categories:
Foodiesphere, Food Stars, Company’s Coming, Lab &
Field, Dining Out, and What’s Cooking? To win, a player
(or team) must be the first to fill in all the spaces on the
game board.
I N G R E D I E NT S
6 game boards, 168 trivia cards, 1 color die, 108
scoring tokens
S e t ting th e Tab le
Each player or team gets one game board. Each player
or team rolls the die; the first player or team to roll
green goes first.
P l aying with Food
(Whether playing as individual players or in teams, the same rules apply.)
On your first turn, roll the die. The colors on the die
correspond to the categories on the trivia cards.
The other player or team draws the first card from the
box and reads the question from the corresponding
category. Answers are on the opposite side of each card.
If you answer your first question correctly, place a
scoring token on the corresponding category on your
game board and roll the die for another turn.
If you answer incorrectly, play passes to the player on
your left. When done with the question, place the card
in the back of the box, behind the other cards.
TABLE MAN N E R s
Players will agree on how long a person has to answer
a question and how specific the answer must be.
Winning th e Food Fig ht
To win, a player (or team) must be the first to fill the
game board with three tokens in each category.
Fin e P oint s
If you roll a color for a category that has been closed
out (three questions answered correctly,) you must
still answer that question before rolling again.
Fa st Food
For a faster version of the game, players or teams
need only to collect one (or two) scoring tokens per
category to win.
Th e Categori e s
FoodiespherE Food people, world
cuisines, and food places
Food STARS Food on film and in print,
music, and art
Company’s Coming Party planning,
table etiquette, and wine and food pairing
Lab and Field Cooking science, nutrition, and food production
Dining Out Eateries, chefs, menu
matters, and restaurant service
What’s Cooking? Cooking techniques,
tools, and ingredients
Foodiesphere
Food people, world cuisines, and food places
Food Productions
Food on film and in print, music, and art
Company’s Coming
Party planning, table etiquette, and wine and food pairing
Lab and Field
Cooking science, nutrition, and food production
Dining Out
Eateries, chefs, menu matters, and restaurant service
What’s Cooking?
Cooking techniques, tools, and ingredients
C AT E G O R I E S
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What state leads the United States in Spam consumption?
What TV reality show has used African cave spiders,
maggots, and “gross” cow parts (before mad cow
concerns) in contestant food stunts?
In what direction is soup spooned when eating?
By what percentage has the number of commercially grown
varieties of fruits and vegetables been reduced since the turn
of the 20th century—55 percent, 78 percent, or 97 percent?
What is the Italian appetizer calamari fritti [kal-uhMAHR-ee FREE-tee]—fried squid or octopus?
Where is most of the heat—due to a compound called
capsaicin—found in chili peppers?
Hawaii (about 6.7 million cans of Spam each year)
Fear Factor
Away from the diner
97 percent
Fried squid
In the seeds and membrane
What brand of cake mix was named after a man who first
became famous for his restaurant and lodging guides,
published in 1936?
What member of the Addams Family was an avid cook
and was portrayed in a classic Charles Addams cartoon
borrowing a cup of cyanide?
Which serving piece—spoon or fork—does the diner
place under the food when taking a portion from a served
platter?
What causes a fresh egg to sink to the bottom of a bowl of
water and an old egg to float?
What is the purpose of swirling a sommelier’s pour before
tasting?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Mexican avocado growers sometimes “store”
their crop on the tree for up to one year.
Duncan Hines (author of Adventures in Good Eating
and Lodging for a Night)
Morticia
Spoon (The fork with prongs down holds and balances
the portion on the spoon.)
Evaporation, or moisture loss
Releasing the wine’s aroma
True (Avocados normally ripen only after they’ve
been picked.)
What state’s attorney general filed suit in 2005 to require
warning labels on fries and chips that contain the chemical
acrylamide?
What 1997 film, later made into a cable TV series by the
same name, featured Sunday dinners that held a family
together?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Chilling candles in the refrigerator or freezer
will help them burn slower and drip less.
What state is the top producer of cultivated oysters in the
United States?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Eyewear, purses, papers, cell phones, and keys
may be unobtrusively placed on a dining table.
What shape is a Japanese tamago omelet pan?
California (Acrylamide is known to cause cancer in
lab rats and mice.)
Soul Food
True
Washington
False (If not part of the place setting, it doesn’t belong.)
Square
What began as a Native American trading post on
the Mississippi River and is recognized as the oldest
continually operating public market in the United States?
What food is a similie for the moon in the 1953 Academy
Award–nominated love song “That’s Amore,” sung by Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis?
What dining table lighting is considered insulting
to guests?
What vineyard condition causes the grapes of the rich
dessert wine known as Eiswein to have a concentrated
flavor that is high in sugar and acidity?
What, in diner slang, is “nervous pudding”?
What is the term for a mixture that has been boiled and
evaporated to form a more flavorful, thickened liquid?
The French Market, New Orleans, Louisiana
Pizza pie (“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza
pie, that’s amore.”)
Unlit candles
Freezing conditions (The frozen grapes are pressed before
they thaw.)
Jell-O
Reduction
Whose kitchen was donated to the Smithsonian’s National
Museum of American History in Washington, DC?
What was the only thing Olympia Café’s John Belushi
would cook in Saturday Night Live sketches that first aired
in 1978?
Who must make the first toast to a guest of honor?
Which part of the apple contains higher levels of
antioxidants—the skin or the flesh?
What part of a meal is the responsibility of a sommelier?
What tool will help ensure proper consistency in jams,
jellies, sherbets, and ices?
Julia Child’s
Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger!
The host (except for weddings and christenings, when the
best man and godparents, respectively, make them)
The skin
Wine
A hydrometer (measures the amount of water in relation
to sugar in a solution)
What cookbook did Peg Bracken publish in 1960 that
was welcomed by dual-career families as a remedy for
kitchen guilt?
What female British novelist said, “One cannot think well,
love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well”?
What Japanese beverage, sometimes called “rice wine,” is
traditionally served warm in porcelain cups?
How much space per caged chicken meets 2008 certification standards set by the United Egg Producers—67 square
inches, 134 square inches, or 201 square inches?
What kinds of foods are listed as crudo on an Italian menu?
How much cooked meat will a 1 1/2 -pound live lobster yield–
about 3/4 cup, 1 1/4 cups, or 2 cups?
I Hate to Cook Book
Virginia Woolf
Sake [SAH-kee]
67 square inches
Raw or uncooked foods
1 1/4 cups
What food editor traveled the United States studying home
cooks for her 1960 cookbook, How America Eats?
What Grimm brothers’ fairy tale is named after its heroine,
and a root vegetable popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
Which wine, called Shiraz in Australia, is likely to be paired
with a hearty lamb stew—Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon,
or Syrah?
How many tablespoons equal a cup?
What French menu term means a dish topped with
buttered bread crumbs or grated cheese and browned in
the oven?
What cheese wrapper allows cheese to breathe but
not dry out?
Clementine Paddleford
Rapunzel (In English it’s called rapion—its radishlike root
is eaten raw, and the leaves are used in salads.)
Syrah [see-RAH]
16 tablespoons
Gratin
Cheese paper (It has a shiny side to protect and a matte
side to breathe—and sometimes has tiny holes.)
Who shed her shoes, and a White House job, and bought a
tiny specialty food store—eventually cinching cookbook
deals and a Food Network gig?
Who was taken to court in 1998 by Texas cattle ranchers for
allegedly violating a “food disparagement” law?
T r u e o r f a l s e : When faced with an array of flatware for
several courses, start with the implement of each type
closest to the plate and work your way out to the edge.
What fruit are Amish Paste, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, and
Brandywine?
What American buffet-style restaurant takes its name from
the Spanish word for “coffee shop”?
What cutting tool is made of piano wire?
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa (She was a nuclear energy policy wonk.)
Oprah Winfrey
False (You should work from the edges toward the
middle.)
Tomatoes (heirloom varieties)
Cafeteria
Cheese wire
Who wrote When French Women Cook: A Gastronomic Memoir,
published in 1976, in which she describes learning to cook, not
from male chefs, but from “women with worn hands”?
In what movie is the power of Tita’s love for her brother-inlaw channeled into cooking?
What maneuver will aid a choking guest?
What storage wrap reacts chemically with acidic foods?
What is the name of the 21st-century restaurant trend in
France dubbed the democratization of fine dining?
What processed corn was a staple of the Native American
diet and, when ground, is called grits?
Madeleine Kamman
Like Water for Chocolate
The Heimlich maneuver
Aluminum foil
Gastro bistro
Hominy (traditionally processed with lye or limewater to
remove the hull and germ)
What queen got her start in Joliet, Illinois?
What is Jimmy Buffett dreaming of in paradise in his 1978
song?
What plate is to the left of the forks in a place setting?
T r u e o r F a l s e : Food labeling that states “reduced” means
that the calories, fat, cholesterol, or sugar content is
25 percent lower than in a product’s normal form.
Who should regular restaurant patrons occasionally tip in
appreciation for ongoing service?
What size is a “cube” cut if not specified in a recipe—
1/4 inch, 1/2 inch, or 3/4 inch?
Dairy Queen
Cheeseburgers (“Cheeseburger in Paradise”)
The salad plate
True
The maître d’
1/2
inch (on all sides)
What Cantonese small-plate tradition’s name translates as
“so close to the heart”?
What meals, including one for Karla Faye Tucker, did prison
chef Brian Price prepare and write about in his 2004 book
of recipes and inmate stories?
Which wine is recommended for its refreshing acidity and
is often paired with salmon and hollandaise—Chardonnay,
Sauvignon Blanc, or Riesling?
What did European colonists introduce to the Americas that
Native Americans called “the white man’s fly”?
In 1972, what New York City hotel hired Leslie Revsin,
making her the first female chef to head a major hotel
kitchen?
What term refers to cutting leafy vegetables or herbs into
thin strips or shreds?
Dim sum
Last meals for death-row inmates (Meals to Die For)
Riesling [REEZ-ling]
The honeybee (Apis mellifera)
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Chiffonade (“made of rags”)
Where does the National Cherry Festival take place
every July?
What is the TV sitcom pseudonym of Tom’s Restaurant,
located at 112th Street and Broadway in New York City?
When should one leave the napkin on the table
upon being seated?
What threat to the food industry do “commonsense
consumption” laws address?
What three characters were featured on Howard
Johnson restaurant signs, menus, and china patterns
for about five decades?
Which classic egg white–based icing dries hard and
durable—royal icing or seven-minute icing?
Traverse City, Michigan
Monk’s Café (Seinfeld)
When grace will be said (Nothing is touched until grace
has been said.)
Obesity lawsuits (lawsuits seeking personal injury
damages from food companies for obesity-related
problems)
Simple Simon, the Pieman, and a small dog
Royal icing
What are chocolate makers and grocers selling that help
connoisseurs compare cocoa from different countries?
What 2001 movie about fairy-tale creatures includes on
its soundtrack the titles “Eating Alone” and “Uninvited
Guests”?
What is the general term for serving pieces that are hollow
inside—such as teapots, coffeepots, and bowls?
What sidelined production of Hershey’s Kisses from
1942 to 1949?
T r u e o r f a l s e : It is not customary to tip a washroom
attendant unless a special service, such as a needle and
thread, has been provided.
What kitchen tool has a tang and a bolster?
Chocolate-tasting kits (samples of single-origin
varietals)
Shrek
Hollowware
Foil rationing during World War II
False (50 cents is considered the minimum amount.)
A knife (The tang is the end of the blade that extends into
the handle; the bolster is the thick band at the handle end
of a forged blade.)
What cookware store pioneer opened his first shop in
Sonoma, California, in the late 1950s?
What NBC reality show featured two seasons of infighting between investor Jeffrey Chodorow and chef Rocco
DiSpirito?
What is another word for silverware?
What vegetable are Amish Deer Tongue, Grandpa Admire’s,
and Tennis Ball?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The restaurant industry expects to capture
more than 50 percent of the U.S. food dollar by 2010.
What cultivated mushroom has a parasol shape, curved
stem, and white gills?
Chuck Williams (Williams-Sonoma)
The Restaurant (2003, 2004)
Flatware
Lettuce (heirloom varieties)
True
The shiitake mushroom
Where is pre-phylloxera Bordeaux rootstock found in
South America?
What kind of kitchens did the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson
and Nikki Silva, chronicle in their award-winning 2004
public radio series?
Which color room encourages diners to eat more—green,
red, or blue?
What in American households has almost tripled in size
since the mid-1950s?
What method of cooking is featured in Brazilian restaurants called churrascarias [shoo-rahs-kah-REE-ahs]?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Blanching is a beauty treatment for
tightening flesh, loosening unwanted skin, and
improving color in foods.
Chile
Hidden Kitchens
Red
Kitchens (The average kitchen grew from about 80 square
feet to 225 square feet.)
Barbecue
True
Who has a “hoo hoo” giggle when poked in his
doughy middle?
What Beatles tune embraced “fields forever”?
Where is the male guest of honor seated at the table?
Where on your tongue—the tip, center, or back—will the
flavors of sour, salty, and sweet be most intense?
What Latin American appetizer consists of raw fish
“cooked” in citrus juice?
What herb has fan-shaped leaves and is a good citrus
counterpoint in spicy Asian, Latin American, and Indian
foods?
The Pillsbury Doughboy
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
To the hostess’s right
The tip
Seviche [seh-VEE-chee]
Cilantro, or fresh coriander
What meat is not readily found in Muslim nations due to a
religious taboo dating back to the seventh century?
What cookbook author and authority on Chinese cuisine
traveled with a hot wok for a show broadcast on public TV
and the BBC networks?
Which is the least likely match with Chardonnay—seafood
with butter sauce, oysters on the half shell, or pasta with
cream sauce?
What country produces about 85 percent of the world’s
maple syrup?
Which are the entrée courses in an Italian meal—secondi or
primi?
What determines the color of a chicken eggshell?
Pork
Ken Hom (Travels with a Hot Wok)
Oysters on the half shell (A more acidic wine, such as a
French Chablis, would be a better choice with oysters.)
Canada
Secondi
The breed of hen
What kind of doughnut is a popular Chanukah food in
Israel?
What Wendy’s ad slogan did Walter Mondale effectively
adopt to challenge his opponent’s claims in the 1984 presidential campaign?
What is the name of a dish, and a cheese, that would be an
alternative to fondue?
What causes PSE pork—pork that is soft to the touch, pale,
and that exudes more liquid than is normal?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Mesclun [MEHS-kluhn] is a single variety of
French salad green.
What preparation method both adds flavor and keeps lean
pork and chicken from drying out when cooked?
Jelly doughnut or sufganiyot
“Where’s the beef?”
Raclette
Highly stressed pigs during slaughter (PSE is the acronym
for pale, soft, and exudative. When cooked, PSE pork will
be dry and tough.)
False (It consists of mixed greens of many varieties.)
Brining
What condiment has the French House of Maille been
making since 1747?
Who donated $1 million in 2004 to Dillard University to
establish a program that includes African-American culinary studies?
What is the metal or plastic casing called that covers the lip
and cork of a wine bottle?
How many liters are in a magnum of Champagne?
Which is the Italian specialty rice dish—risotto [rih-SAWtoh] or orzo [OHR-zoh]?
What is capelli d’angelo?
Mustard
Ray Charles
The capsule
1.5
Risotto (Orzo is a pasta that looks like rice.)
Angel-hair pasta
What was invented in Los Angeles, by Japanese chefs in
the 1970s, for those squeamish about eating raw fish?
What does Bluto Blutarsky (John Belushi) incite in
the Faber College cafeteria in the 1978 film National
Lampoon’s Animal House?
What is the teaspoon measurement for a “dash” in a bar
recipe?
Which is the average distance conventional food travels
from farm to table—about 500 miles, 1,500 miles, or 3,000
miles?
What couple travels the United States in search of regional
restaurant finds, reporting on them in Gourmet, on public
radio, and in their books?
Which has a longer average life expectancy—a gas range
or an electric range?
The California roll
A food fight
1/16
teaspoon
About 1,500 miles
Jane and Michael Stern
A gas range (19 years versus 17 years for
an electric range)
What winemaker’s 1998 autobiography is entitled Harvests
of Joy: My Passion for Excellence?
What story about an English barber and meat pies has
endured since the mid-19th century as a play, musical,
movie, and TV production?
T r u e o r f a l s e : According to recorded history, in 1608, the
Italians were the first to use forks.
What kind of grain were Purdue University scientists
working on when they discovered that leaky hulls cause “old
maids”?
What is the most popular occasion for eating out?
What pan has rounded sides to keep polenta from clumping in the corners, depth enough to handle soup, and a
bottom wide enough to sauté?
Robert Mondavi
Sweeney Todd
True
Popcorn (“Old maids” are kernels that don’t pop.)
Birthdays
A chef’s pan, saucier, or sauteuse evasée (also called the
fait-tout “does everything” pan)
What cow’s-milk blue cheese is named for a town outside
Milan, Italy?
What was the restaurant chain Applebee’s promoting, to
the tune of Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire,” in a 2005
TV commercial?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A connoisseur’s wineglass should be made of
clear glass.
Which has more grams of fat—McDonald’s California Cobb
Salad with Crispy Chicken (without dressing) or a
McDonald’s cheeseburger?
What is the name of Danny Meyer’s first New York City
restaurant, which Zagat surveys repeatedly rank as New
Yorkers’ favorite restaurant?
What cultivated mushroom grows in brown, leafy clusters
and also goes by the name “hen-of-the-woods”?
Gorgonzola
Red Hot Riblets
True (to see the color and clarity of the wine)
California Cobb Salad with Crispy Chicken, with 18 grams
of fat (The cheeseburger has 12 grams.)
Union Square Café
The maitake mushroom
Where is the Coca-Cola Company headquarters?
What unnerves house-party guests and servants
about American Morris Weissman in the movie Gosford
Park (2001)?
Which is the least likely match with Cabernet Sauvignon—
lamb, blue cheese, or roasted turkey?
What is the name of the 2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture food guidance system that replaced the 1992 Food
Guide Pyramid?
T RUE OR FALSE : The word “tip,” meaning gratuity, comes from
the acronym “To Insure Promptness.”
What is the German name for a veal cutlet that is dipped in
egg, floured, and fried?
Atlanta, Georgia
Weissman is a vegetarian
Roasted turkey (Pinot Noir and Merlot are more turkeyfriendly reds.)
MyPyramid: Steps to a Healthier You
False (The word predates common use of acronyms in
English.)
Wiener Schnitzel [VEE-nuhr SHNIHT-suhl]
Who opened a London restaurant that is also a school for
disadvantaged youths wanting to become chefs—complete
with an accompanying book and TV series?
What “domestic goddess” premiered her first Food
Network feast in September 2006?
What is another name for a service plate?
Who is the target market for $26 per pound, gourmet, dried,
round steak sold by mail-order company Omaha Steaks?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Today’s revival of the cocktail culture is
thought to be most influenced by magazine articles and
liquor ads.
What method of cooking involves browning, a small
amount of liquid, a tight lid, and low heat?
Jamie Oliver (restaurant Fifteen and book Jamie’s
Kitchen)
Nigella Lawson (Nigella Feasts)
A charger
Pets
False (Youth emulating style portrayed in movies of the
1940s and ’50s is cited as most influential.)
Braising
What ancient beverage of South America and Mexico, still
popular today, is traditionally made with milk and fresh
tropical fruits?
What is being served in Norman Rockwell’s painting
Freedom from Want?
How many 4-ounce servings are in a 750-milliliter
bottle of wine?
What Kentucky writer and farmer, in an essay entitled “ The
Pleasure of Eating”, said, “ . . . eating is an agricultural act”?
What was designated as a vegetable to help make budget
cuts in the school lunch program during the Reagan era?
What cheese comes in small, medium, and large curd and
is usually mixed with milk or cream?
Licuado [lee-KWA-doh]
Thanksgiving turkey
Six
Wendell Berry
Ketchup
Cottage cheese
What did Chicago baker James Dewar invent in 1930,
taking the name from an ad for “Twinkle Toes Shoes”?
What academic journal about food and culture was
launched in 2001 by the University of California Press?
Which wines—white or red—tend to give a better acidic
balance with soft cheeses such as Brie and Camembert?
Which temperature setting does the U.S. Department of
Agriculture recommend for freezers—0 degrees F, 10
degrees F, or 15 degrees F?
What liquid, resurrected from medieval times and now
showing up on restaurant menus, is a sour flavor-enhancer
made from unripe fruit?
Which is the average life expectancy of a refrigerator—
about 14 years, 17 years, or 20 years?
Hostess Twinkies
Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture
White wines
0 degrees F
Verjus [vehr-ZHOO] or verjuice
17 years
What is the name of the Swedish buffet tradition that translates to “buttered-bread table”?
What meat does Bert the troll complain about for lack of
“manflesh” in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien?
What is the proper name for parties where guests help
cook the meal?
What kind of sandwich was in a J. M. Smucker Co. patent
application to protect its “uncrustable” crimped edge?
What are the names of Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s self-named
restaurants, found on three continents and known for
sushi?
What kind of food bowl comes laminated, oil-rubbed, or
unfinished?
Smorgasbord [SMOHR-guhs-bohrd]
Mutton (“Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if
it don’t look like mutton again tomorrer.”)
A participation party
Peanut butter and jelly (The patent for Uncrustables was
denied in 2005.)
Nobu and Matsuhisa
Wooden bowls
What Food Network star needs only 30 minutes to prepare
a meal and $40 a day to live a rich life?
Whose popular public TV show, Frugal Gourmet, ended
with a sex scandal in 1997?
What is the Italian toast to health?
To which temperature does the U.S. Department of
Agriculture recommend cooking poultry—140 degrees F,
180 degrees F, or 190 degrees F?
What style of restaurant made its U.S. debut in 1905 on
Spring Street in New York City?
What is the name for a sieve used to refine food texture?
Rachael Ray (30 Minute Meals and $40 a Day)
Jeff Smith
Salute or Cin cin [sah-LOO-tay; chin-CHIN]
180 degrees F
Pizzeria (Lombardi’s)
Chinois [sheen-WAH]
Who wrote a food gossip and recipe book published in
2005 titled Dishing: Great Dish—and Dishes—from
America’s Most Beloved Gossip Columnist?
What genre of mystery book are Murder on the Gravy Train,
The Butter Did It, and Catering to Nobody?
Which native Italian wine is likely to be poured for a pizza
party—Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, or Syrah?
Which temperature setting does the U.S. Department Agriculture recommend for refrigerators—32 degrees F,
35 degrees F, or 40 degrees F?
What is the name of the potato and onion omelet found on
a Spanish restaurant menu?
What fermented bean paste is an essential flavoring agent
in Japanese cooking?
Liz Smith
Food-themed cozy
Sangiovese [san-joh-VAY-zeh]
40 degrees F
Tortilla
Miso
Which product was not introduced at the 1893 World’s
Columbian Exposition—Cracker Jack, Cream of Wheat, or
Fig Newton cookies?
What is singer Willie Nelson’s brand of small-batch
bourbon, named for one of his songs?
Where is the female guest of honor seated at the table?
What fruit is believed to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s
Law of Gravity?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Tips are calculated as a percentage of the total
bill including taxes.
What kind of bowl reacts with egg proteins to create more
stable, voluminous beaten egg whites?
Fig Newton (introduced in 1891)
Old Whiskey River
To the host’s right
The apple
False (total before taxes)
An unlined copper bowl
What London hotel did hotelier Cézar Ritz and chef
Auguste Escoffier open in 1889?
What movie character said, “My momma always said, ‘Life
was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re
gonna get’”?
What method of serving meals replaced French service
and is called à la Russe (Russian service)?
What daily recommendation was added to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2005 Food Guide Pyramid?
What Italian high-alcohol, after-dinner drink is made from
the residue of pressed grapes?
What primary ingredient in salsa verde is also known as the
husk tomato, jamberry, and Mexican green tomato?
The Savoy Hotel
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, 1994)
Meals served in courses
Physical activity (30 minutes of moderate to vigorous
activity a day)
Grappa [GRAHP-pah]
Tomatillo [tohm-ah-TEE-oh]
What Italian cheese is sometimes made from the milk of
water buffalo?
What finicky eater said, in a TV commercial, “Hmph! Dindin. I’ll eat when I’m ready”?
Which wine, the reputed “king” of reds, is likely to be
served at an English dinner of roast beef and sharp
cheese—Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, or Syrah?
T r u e o r f a l s e : According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “natural” or “all-natural” labeling indicates that the
meat is free of hormones and antibiotics.
What “waiterless” restaurant, opened by Joe Horn and
Frank Hardart in Philadelphia in 1912, became a
cultural icon?
What has the highest sugar content of all vegetables and
comes in varieties that are red, purple, white, gold, or
striped?
Mozzarella (Mozzarella di bufala)
Morris the cat
Cabernet Sauvignon [ka-behr-NAY soh-vihn-YOHN]
False (It means that the meat has been “minimally
processed and contains no artificial ingredients.”)
Horn & Hardart Automat
Beets
What is served at an Italian gelateria?
What 1976 hit song by Larry Groce exposes “Mr. Natural”
eating Twinkies, chips, MoonPies, Big Macs, and Ding
Dongs?
What is another name for an hors d’oeuvre when it is
served at the table as a first course?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The origins of mad cow disease in cows and
salmonella in chickens are related to feed that contains
reprocessed agricultural waste materials.
What is the French restaurant phrase meaning a complete
meal served at a preset price?
What herb, essential to béarnaise sauce, has long,
narrow, smooth, dark green leaves and a sweet flavor
of spicy licorice?
Gelato (ice cream)
“Junk Food Junkie”
Appetizer (Hors d’oeuvre usually refers to passed finger
food.)
True
Prix fixe [PREE FIHKS]
Tarragon
What is made in Mexico’s Jalisco [hah-LEES-koh] province
from the blue agave [ah-GAH-vee] plant?
What did Carlos Santana release in 2005 that
wasn’t music?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The American version of French Sauternes is
spelled without the ending “s” to distinguish the American
wine from the famous French wine.
What cooking method can cause carcinogenic chemicals to
form in red meat, poultry, and fish?
What Japanese dipping sauce is made from an acidic base
of sour citrus juice, or rice wine vinegar, and soy sauce?
What kind of wheat is used for cake, or pastry, flour?
Tequila
Santana DVX sparkling wine (in collaboration with Mumm
Napa)
True
Grilling
Ponzu
Soft wheat
What tall and airy cake did Harry Baker invent in 1927,
selling the recipe in 1947 to General Mills, who proclaimed
it “the first really new cake in 100 years”?
What documentary filmmaker is known for his food films,
including Garlic Is as Good as 10 Mothers (1980) and Yum
Yum Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking (1990)?
What herb can taste like soap to a guest with a particular
saliva enzyme?
What food scientist wrote CookWise: The Hows and Whys of
Successful Cooking?
In 1991, which fast food chain dropped its full name,
instead using its acronym, to downplay the word “fried”
and then resurrected it in 2005 to build a new image?
What Chinese dim sum cooker is multitiered and traditionally made of bamboo?
Chiffon cake
Les Blank
Cilantro
Shirley Corriher
KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken
A bamboo steamer
What Hawaiian paste has a consistency ranging from
one-finger (thick) to three-finger (thin) and is made from
cooked taro root?
What 2001 movie is about a retired Mexican-American
chef who prepares lavish dinners for his three single
adult daughters?
What Hebrew toast is used to congratulate and send
best wishes?
What pasteurization process makes milk ultrapasteurized,
for a longer shelf life?
What honor did the restaurants Alain Ducasse at the Essex
House, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, and Per Se share for
2006?
What is the name of a wide, ripple-edged pasta that,
translated, means “gulp down”?
Poi [POY]
Tortilla Soup
Mazel tov [MATZ-uhl tohf]
Heating milk to a higher temperature (Pasteurized milk is
heated to 161 degrees F; ultrapasteurized is heated to 280
degrees F.)
All were given three stars (the top rating) in the first New
York City Michelin Guide.
Pappardelle [pah-pahr-DEHL-leh]
What royal couple, on their tour of California in November
2005, dined with Robert Mondavi and Eric Schlosser (Fast
Food Nation)?
What description of The Gates, a 23-mile Central Park
art installation that took place in 2005, was challenged
by cooks?
What develops in red wine that is more than eight years old,
making decanting necessary?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The amino acid tryptophan in turkey is the
probable cause of drowsiness following a Thanksgiving
feast with all the trimmings.
What is the name for Spanish appetizers, often accompanied by sherry?
Which variety of dried bay leaf has a stronger flavor—
California bay laurel or Turkish bay leaves?
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
The artists’ claim that the fabric used was the color of
saffron (Many said it was more of an orange than a saffron
yellow.)
Sediment
False (To have an effect, tryptophan must be consumed on
an empty stomach and by itself. Overeating at Thanksgiving is the more likely culprit.)
Tapas
California bay laurel, or leaves
What cheese shares its brand name with its cousin
appliance company?
What American nursery rhyme features a New World crop
and a man with wife woes?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Tannic red wines, such as a mature Cabernet
Sauvignon, should be served at a lower temperature than a
medium-bodied red wine, such as a Pinot Noir.
What is the term for intramuscular (within the muscle)
fat in meat?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The customary tip for coatroom attendants is
$2 per coat.
What shape of whisk is best for blending flour into fat?
Maytag blue cheese
“Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” (“Had a wife and couldn’t
keep her . . . Had another and didn’t love her . . . ”)
False (Serve big reds at 64 to 68 degrees F, about 4
degrees warmer than a soft, fruity red.)
Marbling
False (It’s $1 per coat, $2 if the coat is checked with other
items, such as an umbrella.)
Flat
Who is called the Julia Child of Italian food?
What is the name of the 1994 film about a Chinese chef
and his grown daughters?
Which is the rule of thumb for portion size per guest for
side dishes such as vegetables— 1/2 cup, 3/4 cup, or 1 cup?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Baking powder will remain active indefinitely if
stored in a cool, dry place.
What is a bar or small restaurant that serves simple dishes
called in France?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Fumes from an empty, overheated Tefloncoated pan can be toxic to humans and pet birds.
Marcella Hazan
Eat Drink Man Woman
1/2
cup
False
A bistro
True (They are PFOA or perfluorooctanoic acid fumes.)
Where is Pike Place Market­­—founded in 1907 to connect
farmers with consumers and today attracting 10 million
visitors a year?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The title of Paul Simon’s song “Mother and
Child Reunion” was taken from a chicken and egg dish he
spotted on a Chinese restaurant menu.
What wine is a classic match with goat cheese?
What is the term for the estimated 2 to 5 percent of
wine that has turned musty in odor and taste because
of a faulty cork?
Where is food a top complaint for U.S. diners, who leave
a third of what’s served untouched?
What square-shaped, long-strand pasta is traditionally cut
on a frame strung with wire, like a guitar?
Seattle, Washington
True
Sauvignon Blanc
Corked wine (caused by the chemical compound)
Hospitals
Chitarra (Italian for “guitar”)
What is “sterlet,” a rare variety of seafood once reserved
for Russian czars, Iranian shahs, and Austrian emperors?
What is the name of the food show hosted by Michael
Lomonaco on the Discovery Channel?
What do guests bring to a potluck party that is not brought
to a BYOF (bring your own food) party?
What plant, once considered poisonous, is Sir Walter
Raleigh thought to have first brought to Ireland?
What uncooked cold vegetable soup is found on Spanish
restaurant menus?
What is the term for baking a pastry shell before it is filled?
Caviar (a small, golden egg variety)
Epicurious
Food to share (BYOF literally means to bring only the
food you will eat.)
Potato plant
Gazpacho
Blind-bake
Who wrote, in his 1825 work The Physiology of Taste, “Tell
me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are”?
What is the secret ingredient in Vianne’s (played by
Juliette Binoche) chocolate in the 2000 film Chocolat?
When is a service plate removed from the table—when the
first course is cleared or when the entrée is served?
Which, in relative terms, is the “bad” dietary fat—saturated
fat, polyunsaturated fat, or monounsaturated fat?
Who is considered the father of the 1980s Cajun craze?
What fresh herb is often paired with potatoes and eggs, for
a mild onion flavor?
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Chili pepper
When the entrée is served (The service plate and the
entrée plate are exchanged.)
Saturated fat
Paul Prudhomme
Chive
What are known as “black diamonds” and located by pigs
and dogs in the Umbria region of Italy?
What product is promoted in TV commercials by Fabio
Lanzoni playing a romance hero rescuing women from
other butter substitutes?
What wine is a classic match with foie gras?
What is the name of Burger King’s breakfast sandwich of
eggs, bacon, sausage, and cheese with 740 calories and 46
grams of fat?
What, in restaurant jargon, is a “two top”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : An avocado pit buried in guacamole will
prevent browning.
Wild black truffles
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!
French Sauternes
Enormous Omelet Sandwich
A table for two
False (You can slow oxidation by pressing plastic wrap
directly onto the mixture.)
The members of what professions were allowed to deal in
wine during Prohibition (1920–1933)?
What food product does Mrs. Tweedy plan to manufacture
in the film Chicken Run (2000)?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The faults of a lower-quality wine will be somewhat masked by chilling to a low temperature.
What is the standard U.S. wine bottle measure?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Mezcal [mehs-KAL] is Mexican tequila made
only from the blue agave [ah-GAH-vee] plant grown in
government-specified areas.
What shape of whisk works best to whip egg whites
or cream?
Priests and rabbis
Mrs. Tweedy’s Homemade Chicken Pies
True (about 40 to 42 degrees F)
750 milliliters (ml)
False (Mezcal is a tequila-like liquor that can be made
from any species of agave, anywhere in Mexico.)
Balloon
Who wrote Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the
Heart of Mexico and educated America’s taste for Mexican
cuisine beyond Tex-Mex?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Auguste Escoffier named melba sauce
and melba toast after Australian opera soprano
Dame Nellie Melba.
How long should a half-pound of cheese be out of the
refrigerator to maximize flavor before serving—15 to 30
minutes, 30 to 45 minutes, or 45 to 60 minutes?
What spice is the berry of the evergreen pimiento tree, also
called Jamaica pepper?
What Boston restaurant, still in operation, served Daniel
Webster at its oyster bar?
What kind of meat was traditionally used in the 1800s to
make Brunswick stew?
Rick Bayless with Deann Groen Bayless
True
45 to 60 minutes (wrapped in cheese paper)
Allspice
Union Oyster House (opened in 1826)
Squirrel
What basketball player is named for Japanese beef?
What is served live to Officer Riker in the Klingon dining
room in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Which should be served at a lower temperature—a soft,
light-bodied red wine or a fine sparkling wine?
Where on your tongue—the tip, center, or back—will flavors
have the least intensity?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A maître d’ who snubs a “bribe” for a table in
a booked restaurant and then seats you should be tipped
upon leaving.
T r u e o r f a l s e : A cup of sugar measured in a liquid measuring
cup will vary in quantity due to unpredictable settling.
Kobe Bryant
“Gagh” (serpent worms)
The sparkling wine (about 42 to 45 degrees F)
The center
True (Finding a table in a booked room warrants a
gratuity.)
True (A dry measure cup, filled using the dip and level
method, is more accurate.)
What Chinese duck dish is valued for its crispy skin,
achieved by pumping air between the skin and flesh?
What was Dan Aykroyd, impersonating Julia Child, doing
in a 1970s Saturday Night Live sketch when she “cut the
dickens out of her finger”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Before eating Japanese sushi or sashimi, it is
proper to mix a dollop of wasabi into the dish of soy sauce.
Which is higher in saturated fat—butter or lard (processed
pork fat)?
What restaurant in Spain, headed by chef Ferran Adrià, has
a reputation as being one of the best in the world?
What kitchen tool of the 1950s was irreverently called a
“church key”?
Peking duck
Boning a chicken
True
Butter (about 60 percent versus 40 percent)
El Bulli (Roses, Spain)
Bottle opener
What Scottish specialty consists of a sheep’s stomach
lining stuffed with organ meats and other ingredients?
What does a nearby diner say at the end of the famous
restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally (1989)?
How many hors d’oeuvres per guest is the rule of thumb
when it’s the only food served at a cocktail party—about 10,
12, or 14?
What poison paired with “old lace” in a 1940s hit play is also a
U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved feed additive
used to kill parasites and to promote growth in chickens?
What will come with an Italian dish shown on the menu as
alla giardiniera [ah-lah jahr-dee-NYAY-rah]?
Which grill fuel burns hotter, longer, and cleaner—charcoal
briquettes or natural hardwood charcoal?
Haggis
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
About 12 hors d’oeuvres per guest
Arsenic (The play and movie title was Arsenic and
Old Lace.)
Mixed vegetables (from the Italian giardiniere for
“gardener”)
Natural hardwood charcoal
What was invented out of need by two vendors, one selling
ice cream, the other a waferlike pastry, at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition?
Who mixes food, travel, and cultural history in his books,
articles, and award-winning television series, Travels &
Traditions?
T r u e o r f a l s e : It is considered an insult to the cook to salt and
pepper food that one hasn’t yet tasted.
What was added to animal feed with the rise of CAFOs
(concentrated animal feeding operations)?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Lobsters from Maine and Nova Scotia are the
same.
What upside-down apple tart was named for the French
sisters who created the confection?
Ice cream cones (When the ice cream vendor ran out,
he asked his neighbor to fashion bowls out of a Middle
Eastern pastry known as zalabia.)
Burt Wolf
True
Antibiotics
True (The species is Homarus americanus.)
Tarte Tatin [tart tah-TAN]
What is the name of the Paris market that started with a
few fish stalls in 1110 and grew to cover 21 acres by 1866?
Who is The Man Who Ate Everything?
Which course should be served to a guest arriving late to
the table—the first course or the course being eaten?
How many quarts are in a gallon?
T r u e o r f a l s e : When a party is seated at a less than desirable
table, the restaurant is saving better tables for “better”
guests.
What rustic French dessert is traditionally made with a
cake or puddinglike batter topped with cherries?
Les Halles
Jeffrey Steingarten
The course being eaten (unless it’s dessert, in which case
the main course is served)
4 quarts
False (It’s usually a matter of spreading the business
equally among waitstaff. A request for a move should be
happily accommodated.)
Clafouti [kla-foo-TEE]
What religion of India has contributed to the country’s
vegetarian cuisines?
What television family’s cookbook was a best seller,
followed in 2006 by a book on entertaining Neapolitanstyle?
Where are utensils placed on a buffet table—at the beginning or the end of the buffet?
What phrase was coined in a 1991 CBS broadcast about wine
consumption as a protection against coronary heart disease
in a high-fat diet?
What filled, masa-dough dish is reserved for special occasions in Mexico but is common on Mexican restaurant
menus in the United States?
What herb, often paired with tomatoes, has a large, crinkly
leaf and flavors of mint, clove, citrus, and anise?
Hinduism
The Sopranos (Sopranos Family Cookbook and Entertaining with the Sopranos)
The end of the buffet (to leave guests’ hands free so they
can serve themselves)
“The French paradox”
Tamales [tuh-MAH-lees]
Sweet basil
What is the Japanese name for immature green soybeans?
What did Boston Red Sox player Wade Boggs superstitiously eat every day for 18 years, culminating in a 1984
cookbook written with his wife, Debbie?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A gin martini will bruise if shaken.
How many flowers do honeybees visit to make a pound of
honey—about 20,000 flowers, 200,000 flowers, or 2 million
flowers?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Chinese mu shu pancakes should be eaten
out of hand.
What do the vegetables boniatos [boh-NYAH-toh], malangas, rutabagas, and parsnips have in common?
Edamame [eh-dah-MAH-meh]
Chicken (Fowl Tips)
False
2 million flowers
True
They are all root vegetables.
What East Indian bread is baked clinging directly to the
side of a tandoor oven?
Who was the host of America’s first TV cooking show,
I Love to Eat, which debuted in 1946?
Where should a diner’s napkin never be placed
during a meal?
What is recommended for safe storage of leftover stuffed
meats and poultry?
What, in diner slang, is a “sinker”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The white or powdery-looking coating called
“fat bloom” that develops on chocolate affects its taste.
Naan [NAHN]
James Beard
On the table
Remove the stuffing and refrigerate it separately.
A doughnut
False
What U.S. government job did Cristeta Comerford land in
2005, making her the first woman to fill the position?
What public TV Cajun cook, cookbook author, and humorist always wore a belt and suspenders, as a “guar-on-tee”?
What wine is a classic match with boeuf bourguignon?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Rabbit, like beef, lamb, and pork, is regulated by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
What is the “dirt” in a dirty martini?
T r u e o r f a l s e : To prevent stringy breast meat when carving
a roasted turkey or chicken, remove the breast portions
whole and slice them crosswise.
White House executive chef
Justin Wilson
Burgundian Pinot Noir
False (Rabbit, coffee, and canned tuna are regulated by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.)
Olive juice
True (Slicing on the breast bone goes with the grain,
making a stringy slice.)
What Southeast Asian appetizer consists of marinated
meat threaded on skewers, grilled or broiled, and served
with peanut sauce?
Who is the film director whose mother cooks for his
casts and crews and who published an Italian-American
cookbook in 1996?
What do a knife and fork placed parallel on the plate at the
4 o’clock position tell the server?
What did South Korean scientists use to successfully treat
chickens with avian flu, leading to a spike in sales of sauerkraut in the United States in 2005?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Coulis [koo-LEE] on a French menu generally
refers to a thick sauce made of a purée, such as tomato or
raspberry.
What shape are the pastas called fusilli and rotini?
Saté, or satay [sah-TAY]
Martin Scorsese (Italianamerican: The Scorsese Family
Cookbook)
The diner is finished.
Kimchee [KIHM-chee] (a Korean version of sauerkraut)
True (It originally meant strained juices from cooked
meat.)
Spiral, or corkscrew
What ground corn, whose name means “dough” in Spanish,
is used to make tortillas and tamales?
Who is the egg-shaped character in Lewis Carroll’s
Through the Looking Glass?
Which takeout item is most commonly ordered for Super
Bowl party tables—pizza, chicken wings, or subs?
What bodily condition results from too much alcohol
consumption and contributes to the hangover effect?
What kind of shank is used to prepare Italian osso buco
[AW-soh BOO-koh]?
Which variety of rice is actually a marsh grass—Wehani
rice, wild rice, or Texmati rice?
Masa
Humpty Dumpty
Pizza
Dehydration (Alcohol acts as a diuretic, depleting the
body of necessary nutrients and vitamins.)
Veal shank
Wild rice
What New York chef hosts three Food Network shows, is
never far from a grill, and features bold American cuisine in
his restaurants and cookbooks?
What 2004 documentary stirred debate about the effects
of globalization on wine-making and consumption?
What trendy, cured-meat plate makes for easy entertaining akin to a wine and cheese party?
What meat processing treatment approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration was challenged in 2006 because it
keeps meat red, masking natural aging and spoilage?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Professional waitstaff appreciate the help of
a diner extending a plate or glass or stacking plates to be
removed.
What is a male chicken called that has been castrated and
fattened to twice the size of other young chickens?
Bobby Flay
Mondovino
A charcuterie [shahr-KOO-tuhr-ee] plate (Just add wine,
bread, and cornichons.)
Carbon monoxide treatment
False (Except when items are out of reach, this may be
perceived as an insult to staff professionalism.)
A capon
What school lunch staple did New York City drop from its
menu in 2006, to help turn the tide of obesity in children?
What 1963 film, starring Albert Finney, is notable for its
sensual eating scenes?
Who is served first, the hostess or the female guest of
honor?
T r u e o r f a l s e : All rainbow trout and most of the catfish sold in
the United States are harvested from fish farms.
What efficiency innovation takes orders in a fast food
drive-through over 500 miles away from its pickup
window?
What kinds of cooked meats is a round-tipped slicing knife
designed to cut?
Whole milk
Tom Jones
The female guest of honor (then counterclockwise
around the table, with the hostess served last)
True
Remote order centers or call centers (Orders are transmitted to the pickup window via the Internet.)
Boneless cooked meats (One with a pointed tip is used
for bone-in meats.)
Who wrote American Cookery in 1796, considered the
earliest cookbook published by an American?
What culinary matriarch has made Italian food a family
business and gathers her family/cast around the table in
her public TV show, launched in the spring of 2006?
Which will speed-chill a submerged bottle of wine faster—
ice alone, ice and water, or a combination of ice, water,
and salt?
What causes the boiling point of water to vary?
What kind of restaurants in France serve a limited menu,
any time of day, and were first established as breweries?
What classic French dish contains meats, beans, and
vegetables and is slowly baked in a cassole—a glazed
earthenware pot?
Amelia Simmons
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (Lidia’s Family Table)
Ice, water, and salt
Altitude (The boiling point drops below 212 degrees F at
higher altitudes.)
Brasseries
Cassoulet [ka-soo-LAY]
In what city and state is Copia, The American Center for
Wine, Food & the Arts located?
What cookbooks help young cooks move from movie
theater to kitchen with recipes for Wookiee Cookies and
Hideous Sidious Sorbet?
What glass is placed slightly forward and to the right of the
water goblet?
Which color should you look for when buying tuna steaks—
chocolate red, red, or bright pink?
What is the name of the charge for opening and serving
wine brought to the restaurant by the diner?
What pan material is a good choice for frying because of
its efficient retention of heat?
Napa, California
Star Wars Cookbooks (Star Wars Cookbook I: Wookiee
Cookies and Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More
Galactic Recipes)
The wineglass
Bright pink (Too red means little fat and flavor; chocolate
red means it is too old.)
A corkage fee
Cast–iron
How much lobster was steamed at the 2005 Maine Lobster
Festival—about 1 ton, 4 tons, or 12 tons?
What cooking show has become a national obsession
in Japan and is viewed in the United States on the Food
Network?
When is a finger pinch of salt from a spoonless saltcellar
not okay?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Alcohol will completely evaporate during
cooking and should not be a concern to those averse to
alcohol.
What compartmentalized, to-go meals, featuring regional
cuisine and artistic packaging design, are available at
Japan’s 5,000 train stations?
Which visual clue indicates that charcoal is ready for “hotfire” grilling—flames in the coals, red coals with a thin layer
of ash, or coals covered with ash?
About 12 tons
Iron Chef
When the saltcellar is shared (Use the tip of a clean knife
to place salt on your plate.)
False
Bento-box meals
Red coals with a thin layer of ash
What New York City restaurant in the North Tower of the
World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11,
2001, terrorist attack?
What small game bird was discussed on the front pages of
most newspapers in February 2006?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Chilling sparkling wine for more than two hours
before serving may dull the wine’s flavor and bouquet.
T r u e o r f a l s e : A federal study, reported in 2006, found that
a low-fat diet did not cut health risk for cancer and heart
disease.
T r u e o r f a l s e : Oysters should be ordered only in months
containing the letter “r.”
What nonstick, flexible, microwave-safe material is fabricated into bakeware, pot holders, spatulas, rolling pins,
and ice cube trays?
Windows on the World
Quail (after Vice President Cheney’s hunting accident)
True
True (The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized
Controlled Dietary Modification Trial)
False (The “r” rule is a carryover from the days of unreliable refrigeration.)
Silicone (food grade)
In what country was Wolfgang Puck born?
What was the name of the café in the movie
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)?
Assuming identical size and shape, which will keep food
warm longer—a glass or metal serving dish?
Which cheese is more hospitable to microbes that can cause
food poisoning—hard or soft cheese?
What rolling dining experience, in its heyday, introduced
regional ingredients and big-city fine dining to a national
audience from all walks of life?
What cultivated mushroom are baby portobello
mushrooms?
Austria
Whistle Stop Café
A glass serving dish
Soft cheese (There is more moisture in soft cheeses,
permits survival of human pathogens.)
Railroad dining cars
Crimini mushrooms
Where could you see a cow sculpted from 550 pounds of
butter every August?
What group of artists frequently painted the French à la
table in the last half of the 19th century?
T r u e o r f a l s e : It is not necessary to pay caterers a gratuity in
addition to their quoted fee.
What country mandates animal welfare guidelines for living
space, access to the outdoors, natural light, and herd or
flock size?
How many U.S. restaurant locations were there in 2006—
about 625,000, 925,000, or 1,540,000?
What ingredient served with chicken won Anna Ginsberg
one million dollars at the 2006 Pillsbury Bake-Off contest?
Iowa State Fair
The French Impressionists
False (unless the gratuity has been included in the fee or
the service was unsatisfactory)
Switzerland
About 925,000
Frozen waffles
What tiny songbird, said to embody the soul of France, was
illegally on the menu for dying President François Mitterrand’s last meal, on December 31, 1995?
What Russian writer and philosopher, famous for his book
War and Peace, was a vegetarian?
What is the purpose of a host’s toast at the beginning
of a meal?
What is a food called that contains no additives and is
produced without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides,
or herbicides?
What supply advantage did the early steak houses of
Chicago have?
What three chopped vegetables are in a mirepoix [mihrPWAH], used to flavor stocks, stews, and other foods?
Ortolan
Leo Tolstoy
To welcome the guests
Organic
The Chicago stockyards (The yards provided access to
unlimited quantities of prime-grade beef.)
Onions, carrots, and celery (generally 50 percent onions
and 25 percent each carrots and celery)
What seaboard do bluepoint oysters come from?
What 2001 German film features a willful chef and her
orphaned niece?
How many creases should be visible in a tablecloth for a
formal dinner?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A raw egg spun on its side will spin fast and
smoothly; a cooked egg will have a slow, unsteady spin.
What is the name of a pizza turnover that means “trouser
leg” in Italian?
What is the more common name for a beefsteak cut
regionally known as Delmonico, market, or country club
steak?
The Atlantic
Mostly Martha
One (that runs down the middle length of the cloth)
False (The opposite is true.)
Calzone [kahl-TSOH-nay]
Rib-eye steak
Who reigns over a valley with an apprentice, Sprout, and
says, “Ho, ho, ho . . . Give peas a chance”?
What hip-hop group lent its song “Reanimation” to a TV
commercial for Sunkist orange soda in 2005?
T r u e o r f a l s e : An off-dry wine, such as a Riesling, will pair
well with a savory dish with a touch of sweetness, such as
glazed pork.
How many ounces are in a pound?
What classic walk-up food stand in Napa Valley takes
orders for burgers and a bottle of family-produced wine?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A tablespoon of kosher salt weighs less than
a tablespoon of table salt, requiring adjustments when
substituting one for the other.
The Jolly Green Giant
Blackalicious
True
16 ounces
Taylor’s Automatic Refresher (selling Joel Gott wine)
True (If the recipe calls for salt by weight, no adjustment
is needed—salt is salt.)
What establishments did England’s Charles II try to close
by proclamation in 1675 in order to discourage political
discussions?
What did Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil reportedly tattoo
on his arm in 2005 to celebrate the launch of his new
product?
What drink has its own glass of the same name and hails
from New Orleans’s French Quarter?
Which category of nutrient has the most calories per gram—
fat, carbohydrate, protein, or alcohol?
What course follows the salad course and is served before
dessert in European-style dining?
What “pizza herb” has a peppery flavor and a hint of pine?
Coffeehouses
A Vince Vineyards wine label
A Hurricane (the glass is shaped like a hurricane lamp)
Fat (9 calories per gram)
The cheese course
Oregano
Who turned himself into an icon and his Kentucky
service-station kitchen into a multimillion-dollar
global corporation?
Who won Emmy awards for her public TV cooking shows in
1965, 1996, and 1997?
What does a fork, prongs pointing down, crossed over a
knife on a plate, tell well-trained food servers?
What element in eggs causes silver to tarnish?
What kind of cream is crème chantilly?
What is the cooking term for dissolving cooked “bits”
stuck on the bottom of a pan by adding a liquid and stirring
over a stovetop burner?
Colonel Sanders (Colonel Harland David Sanders)
Julia Child
The diner is not finished (known as the “rest” position)
Sulfur
Whipped cream
Deglazing (usually done to make a sauce base)
Who said, “I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I
just ate,” and published her first cookbook when she was
49?
What does the congregation promise to do, fearing the
pleasures of Babette’s Feast(1987)?
How many 1 1/2 –ounce drinks are in 1 liter of alcohol—
18 drinks, 22 drinks, or 26 drinks?
What author examined industrial, organic, and foraged food
in The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,
published in 2006?
What fluffy carnival treat is showing up with grown-up
flavors as a dessert and as a condiment for savory dishes in
restaurants from New York City to Seattle?
What is the dried version of the poblano chile?
Julia Child
Lose their sense of taste
22 drinks
Michael Pollan
Cotton candy
The ancho chile
What kind of sandwich did Diana Duyser sell in 2004 on
eBay for $28,000, claiming it bore the image of the Virgin
Mary?
What New Orleans–born jazz trumpeter and vocalist
signed his letters “Red beans and ricely yours” because of
his fondness for the dish?
Which wine has an acidic note and a grassy flavor that
would be good with a goat cheese salad—Chardonnay,
Riesling, or Sauvignon Blanc?
What candies, at very low humidity, spark in the dark when
broken?
What is the main ingredient in the Italian appetizer
carpaccio [kahr-PAH-chee-oh]?
What kind of mixture is formed when combining uncooperative ingredients such as oil, egg yolks, and lemon to make
mayonnaise?
A grilled cheese sandwich (10 years old, with a bite out of
it)
Louis Armstrong
Sauvignon Blanc [SOH-vihn-yohn BLAHN]
Wintergreen-flavored (pink) Necco Wafers and Wint-OGreen LifeSavers
Raw beef (thinly shaved and served with various
garnishes)
An emulsion
Who wrote The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book in 1896,
which became the basis for a retro-revival cookbook by
Marion Cunningham in 1990?
Who was expected for dinner in the 1996 movie Big Night?
What beverage costs about $10 per gallon and would be
politically incorrect on an Earth Day dinner-party table?
What is the process called that involves exposing food to
radiation in order to retard ripening and spoilage and kill
contaminants?
Who was first to open his signature restaurant in Las
Vegas—Emeril Lagasse, Thomas Keller, Wolfgang Puck, or
Daniel Boulud?
What is the name of the herb blend from southern France
that usually includes basil, fennel, lavender, marjoram,
rosemary, sage, savory, and thyme?
Fannie Farmer
Louis Prima and his band
Bottled water
Irradiation
Wolfgang Puck (Spago Las Vegas, 1992)
Herbes de Provence [EHRB duh proh-VAWNS]
What ritual plate usually holds parsley, egg, shank bone,
horseradish, charoset, and matzo?
What foodie-acclaimed, 1985 film title carries the tagline,
“The first Japanese noodle western!”?
How many drinks are in a case of Champagne—about 72
drinks, 96 drinks, or 120 drinks?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The higher the proof, the more calories per
ounce in liquor.
Which chorizo [chor-EE-zoh] sausage is made from
smoked pork—Mexican chorizo or Spanish chorizo?
What subtropical fruit has a large, flat, clinging seed and a
skin that goes from green to yellow, with a red blush, as it
ripens?
A Seder plate (at Passover)
Tampopo
About 72 drinks
True
Spanish chorizo (Mexican chorizo is made from fresh
pork.)
Mango
What Middle Eastern dish is named for the Turkish words
meaning “sword” or “skewer” and “roasted meat”?
What stunt by Jackie Chan’s character in Mr. Nice Guy,
emulated by Benihana chefs, resulted in a 2006 wrongful
death lawsuit?
What chicken dish was used to fill puff-pastry shells and
was also a mainstay of chafing dish buffets in the 1940s
and 1950s?
What company imported its raw materials from 28 countries,
averaged five new store openings per day, and served 40
million customers a week in 2006?
Where do some chefs set tables for their most curious
customers?
How many fresh, tart cherries does it take to make a cherry
pie—about 150 cherries, 250 cherries, or 350 cherries?
Shish kebab
Tossing shrimp into customers’ mouths (according to trial
testimony)
Chicken à la king
Starbucks
In the kitchen
About 250 cherries
What dish, often served at high tea, is the English version
of the American grilled-cheese sandwich?
In what 1972 movie does the character Pete Clemenza
(played by Richard S. Castellano), following a murder, say,
“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli”?
What is a silence cloth?
What is catching up to tobacco as a leading cause of
preventable deaths in the United States, according to a
2004 study by the federal Centers for Disease Control?
What does MRE stand for in military or disaster dining?
What causes a roast to cook unevenly—red in the middle
and gray on the outer edges?
Rarebit or Welsh rabbit
The Godfather
A thick liner (used under a tablecloth to protect the table
and reduce noise and breakage)
Obesity
Meal, ready-to-eat
Meat that’s too cold going into the oven (For even color
inside and a caramelized outside, bring the meat to room
temperature before roasting.)
Who is the executive chef for Gourmet magazine and
hosted the a Food Network’s Cooking Live for six years?
What singer immortalized Dooky Chase’s New Orleans
Creole restaurant in the song “Early in the Morning Blues”?
Which does R.S.V.P. mean on an invitation—respond
regrets only, respond either way, or a response is optional?
What process prevents the fat in whole milk from rising to
the top of the bottle and forming a “cream line”?
Which is the Italian cheese-filled pastry—cannoli [kan-OHlee] or cannelloni [kah-neh-LOH-nee]?
What is the name of the pastry tool that is a roller with
spikes, used to prick dough for more even baking?
Sara Moulton
Ray Charles
Respond either way (from the French répondez s’il vous
plait, “please respond”)
Homogenization
Cannoli (Cannelloni are large, round tubes of pasta.)
Roller docker, or docker
Who followed her mother, Joyce, as an expert Chinese
cook and now heads an Asian food products corporation?
What meal was in the title of the 1961 movie based on a
novel by Truman Capote and starring Audrey Hepburn?
What is being eaten at a party that encourages “sucking
heads and pinching tails”?
How many peanut M&M’s are in a 3.27-ounce bag—about 20,
35, or 40?
What is the Italian garnish, usually served with osso buco,
made of minced parsley, garlic, and lemon peel?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A butcher’s steel will sharpen dull knife blades.
Helen Chen (Helen Chen & Company)
Breakfast (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Crawfish
About 40
Gremolata [greh-moh-LAH-tah]
False (Also called a straightening steel, it only straightens the microscopic curl in a used blade. A sharpening
tool removes blade molecules to restore a sharp edge.)
What did pharmacist John Pemberton sell to fellow pharmacist Asa Candler in 1887 for $2,300?
What chocolate-covered treat made of marshmallow
and vanilla cookie appears in the 1997 novel She’s Come
Undone and the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Fingers and teeth are the correct utensils for
eating artichoke leaves.
What technology is replacing stickers­—designed to track,
trace, and show the country of origin—on produce?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The name “Jerez [heh-REHS] sherry” is
protected, and only producers from southwestern Spain
may legally use the name on fortified-wine labels.
What woodworking tool did Lorraine Lee substitute for her
grater in 1994, leading it to become a hit kitchen tool?
The formula for Coca-Cola
Mallomars
True (Pull the leaves off and draw them through your
teeth to eat the tender ends.)
Laser tattoos
True
A Microplane rasp
What foods does “salumist” Armondino Batali, father of
chef Mario, make in his Seattle business?
What women-led 1970s folk-rock band was named after a
cookbook?
What glass is appropriate to cup in your hands?
T r u e o r f a l s e : It takes about 3 pounds of wild fish to grow
1 pound of farm-raised shrimp.
What Mexican, reddish-brown, thick, smooth sauce is
a complex combination of chiles, ground seeds, onions,
garlic, and chocolate?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Fannie Merritt Farmer’s 1896 Boston CookingSchool Cook Book called for molasses, not chocolate, in its
recipe for brownies.
Cured meats
The Joy of Cooking (Toni Brown and Terry Garthwaite)
A brandy snifter (to warm the liquor and inhale the
fragrance)
True
Mole [MOH-lay]
True (Chocolate didn’t appear until the 1905 revised
edition.)
Which is the Laotian specialty kaipen made from—
spinach, river algae, or basil?
What is served “hot,” “cold,” or “in the pot nine days old” in
a British nursery rhyme?
What vegetable spear is properly eaten with the fingers if
not too large or heavily sauced?
T r u e o r f a l s e : All the eggs in a U.S. Department of
Agriculture–graded carton of eggs are guaranteed to be the
grade stated on the box.
What is the title of Anthony Bourdain’s behind-the-scenes,
restaurant-kitchen memoir that was an international bestseller?
What pasta pillow was popular by 1284 in Rome?
River algae
Pease porridge or pease pudding (made from dried peas)
Asparagus
False (USDA grades are set when eggs are collected;
some below-grade eggs are allowable, and their numbers
increase with transport and age.)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Ravioli
What Lancaster, Pennsylvania, public market has been a
showcase for the sale of predominantly Amish-produced
foods for more than 200 years?
What sandwich is named for a comic strip character?
What is a Boston shaker—a bean sorter, barware, or a seasalt shaker?
What bivalve mollusk is said to be the most prolific of all
living creatures?
What, in 2006, did McDonald’s add to its packaging?
What is the most common variety of Chinese white
cabbage, traditionally used in stir-fry dishes?
Central Market
The Dagwood sandwich (after Blondie character
Dagwood Bumstead)
Barware (for shaking cocktails; it’s a steel shell over a
glass)
The oyster (A single female can produce several hundred
million eggs in a lifetime.)
Nutrition information
Bok choy [bahk CHOY]
What did Benjamin Thompson invent at the turn of the 19th
century that moved the pot off the hook?
What celebrity is remembered by wines named Jailhouse
Red Merlot, The King of Cabernet Sauvignon, and Blue
Suede Chardonnay?
How many twists does it usually take to remove the wire
cage from a sparkling-wine cork?
How much larger are Mega M&M’s, introduced in 2005, than
the standard size M&M’s candies—35 percent, 45 percent, or
55 percent?
What is the name of the tall, white hat worn by chefs since
the 1820s?
What is made with the juice by-product of sugar refining?
Kitchen stove
Elvis Presley (Graceland Cellars)
Six
55 percent
A toque [TOHK]
Molasses
What is the American name for the French “alms purse”—a
mini-crêpe filled with a dab of caviar and crème fraîche and
tied into a bundle with a chive?
What was Jonathan Swift referring to as the source of
“sweetness and light”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Wine should stand upright for an hour before
decanting.
How many cups are in a quart?
What has been called Argentina’s ketchup—a must for
grilled meats­—is made from olive oil, vinegar, parsley,
oregano, onion, garlic, and seasonings?
What kind of flour is used to make the thin East Indian
bread called pappadam?
Beggar’s purse
Beehives (honey sweetener and beeswax candles)
True (so that any disturbed sediment can settle to the
bottom of the bottle)
4
Chimichurri
Lentil flour
What politician, evoking the plight of single mothers on a
campaign stop in 2000, said, “Working hard to put food on
your family”?
What kind of pie did Don McLean sing about?
What beer has a glass of the same name?
What is the boiling point of water at sea level?
How much time do fine-dining restaurants generally slot
for a table of four—1 to 1 1/2 hours, 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or 3 to 3 1/2
hours?
What technique is used to pinch pastry edges together
and form a decorative seal?
Then Texas Governor George W. Bush
“American Pie”
Pilsner
212 degrees F
2 to 2 1/2 hours
Crimping or fluting
What country is the original home of the fortified wine
known as sherry?
What are Gastropoda and Bruni Digest?
When should invitations be sent out before a large, formal
event—about one week, three weeks, or four weeks?
What substances, found in plant foods, are not essential
nutrients but have health-promoting properties?
What cooking takes place in an on-call house that’s not a
home, with opportunities for food TV appearances and
cookbook deals?
What cultivated mushroom, sold in a cluster of slender
stems and tiny caps, is often used as an uncooked garnish?
Spain (Jerez)
Food blogs
About four weeks
Phytochemicals or phytonutrients
Firehouse cooking
The enoki mushroom
Who, according to her 2006 New York Times obituary,
“revived the nearly forgotten genre of refined Southern
cooking” with her cookbooks?
What restaurant is the setting for the I Love Lucy episode
“L.A. at Last,” where starstruck Lucy embarrasses herself
by gawking at actor William Holden?
What should not obstruct diners’ view of each other at the
dinner table?
T r u e o r f a l s e : All genetically altered foods must be labeled to
indicate this fact.
What company’s food service on foldout trays accommodated 13 special diets, from lactose-free to Hindu menus,
for its customers in 1995?
What ancient thistle is a cousin to the artichoke and has a
similar flavor in its giant celerylike stalks?
Edna Lewis (Her most famous cookbook, The Taste of
Country Cooking, was published in 1976.)
The Brown Derby
The centerpiece or flowers
False (Labeling is required only when the modification
could cause an allergic reaction.)
American Airlines
Cardoon
What is the name of the famed fish stew from Marseille,
France?
What job did the roles played by Hilary Swank in Million
Dollar Baby, Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets, and Halle
Berry in Monster’s Ball have in common?
What occasion is marked by the food traditions of casseroles (U.S.), raisin pie (Amish), lentils (Jewish), oranges
(Chinese), and koliva (Greek)?
What Chinese, star-shaped, dried-fruit spice is a key ingredient in Tamiflu, a drug that lessens the severity of avian flu?
Where did many Americans get their meals during the
Great Depression, following the 1929 stock market crash?
What is made in a plunger pot, also called a French press?
Bouillabaisse [BOOL-yuh-BAYZ]
Waitress (all Oscar-winning performances)
A funeral (Koliva is a sprouted-wheat salad.)
Star anise (in Mandarin Chinese, bajiao)
Soup kitchens or breadlines
Coffee
What country has a tradition of all-male, private gastronomic societies that cook some of the country’s finest
dishes?
How many blackbirds are baked in a pie “set before a king”
in the well-known nursery rhyme?
What potato dish is traditionally served at
Chanukah meals?
Which is the bottom line for a successful weight-loss diet—
reduced carbohydrate intake, reduced fat intake, or more
calories burned than consumed?
What genre of restaurant, such as Chipotle Mexican Grill,
fills the gap between fast-food and full-service restaurants
with quality food, convenience, atmosphere, and speed?
What is the most exact method of measuring ingredients?
Spain (the Basque provinces)
Twenty-four (“Four and twenty blackbirds”)
Latkes
More calories burned than consumed
Fast-casual
Measuring by weight
In what state was the Toll House Inn, where Ruth Wakefield
invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1937, located?
What 1973 French film is the story of four men—a judge, a
TV executive, a chef, and a pilot—who go to a villa to eat
themselves to death?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The rule of thumb for the portion size of meat
per guest is 1/4 to 1/3 pound.
What is the title of the label on packaged foods that gives
nutritional content information?
T r u e o r f a l s e : In 2006, a burger and wine at the Fleur de Lys
restaurant in Las Vegas could fetch a $5,000 tab.
What pudding starch comes from the cassava root?
Massachusetts (near Whitman)
La Grande Bouffe
True
Nutrition Facts
True (This price bought a Kobe-beef burger, loaded with
truffles and foie gras, plus souvenir crystal stemware)
Tapioca
What cow’s-milk blue cheese is England’s “king of
cheeses”?
What bartending mistake takes place in the 2002 film Die
Another Day when James Bond orders a Mojito?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Candles on the dining table are appropriate
only for dinner and after dark.
To which temperature does the U.S. Department of
Agriculture recommend cooking ground meat—
140 degrees F, 160 degrees F, or 180 degrees F?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Restaurants prefer to hear food complaints
at the end of a meal rather than taking orders back to the
kitchen for a do-over.
What fruit is named for its flower, which contains elements
believed to resemble symbols of Christ’s crucifixion?
Stilton
The drink is mixed with golden rum. (Though the drink
handed to him is correctly mixed with white rum.)
True
160 degrees F (well-done)
False
Passion fruit
What American city is home to the cheesesteak sandwich?
What does the character Kathleen Kelly scold Joe Fox for
doing at a cocktail-party buffet table in You’ve Got Mail
(1998)?
T r u e o r f a l s e : In some states, a host may be held legally
responsible for injuries or damage caused by a guest who’s
been drinking at the host’s home.
What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s general limit
for leaving perishable foods out at room temperature—
one hour, two hours, or three hours?
What chef is known for his five-star Chicago restaurant,
named “America’s Best Restaurant” in 2000 by Wine Spectator magazine?
What is the name of a chopping knife with a blade that is
rigid, broad and tapered, fine edged, and measures 5 to 14
inches?
Philadelphia
Eating the caviar garnish
True
Two hours (the maximum)
Charlie Trotter
A French knife, cook’s knife, or chef’s knife
What ad icon was scrutinized during the civil rights movement, resulting in a makeover to drop her Southern
plantation image?
What is the title of Eric Schlosser’s book and film that in
2006 was published for young readers as Chew on This?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Different wine styles should be served at
different temperatures to enhance their good qualities and
mask their faults.
What identification system was established in 1978 to distinguish U.S. wine-growing areas?
What is the purpose of sorbet, when served between
courses?
What kind of wheat is semolina flour made from?
Aunt Jemima
Fast Food Nation
True (The range for most wines is about 40 to 68 degrees F.)
American Viticultural Area, or AVA
To cleanse the palate
Durum wheat
T r u e o r f a l s e : Jesuit missionaries introduced tempura-style
cooking to Japan.
What American artist is known for his paintings of cakes
and pies?
When do you not raise your glass during a toast?
What crop is grown in the United States only on a single
plantation?
What in Italian means “before the pasta”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Persian limes, the most widely available
variety, are naturally seedless.
True
Wayne Thiebaud
When you’re the one being toasted
Tea (Charleston Tea Plantation, Wadmalaw Island, South
Carolina)
Antipasto
True
What dietary laws categorize food into halal and haram?
What is the name of the food song in the musical Oliver! ?
What are the broad ends of chopsticks used for?
Which of the following provides calories but the fewest
nutrients—fat, carbohydrate, protein, or alcohol?
T r u e o r f a l s e : According to sushi etiquette, pieces should be
eaten in one or two bites and not returned to the plate.
What is schmaltz?
Muslim dietary laws (Halal refers to permitted foods,
haram to prohibited foods.)
“Food, Glorious Food”
Picking up food from a communal serving plate
Alcohol
True
Rendered chicken fat
What Napa Valley superchef of Italian heritage is a cookbook author and Food Network host specializing in easy
entertaining?
What 2001 movie put Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit to
become an obese character whose fat disappears in the
eyes of costar Jack Black?
What dipping cookies are traditionally served with Italian
vin santo (“holy wine”)?
What has contributed to ocean pollution, habitat destruction, and loss of food sources for wild fish?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A sommelier’s tip should be paid in cash,
directly and discreetly, when the last bottle is poured or
upon leaving the restaurant.
How much juice will a medium lemon yield—about 2 tablespoons, 3 tablespoons, or 1/4 cup?
Michael Chiarello
Shallow Hal
Biscotti
Fish farming or aquaculture
True (The amount ranges from $2 to $5 per bottle or 15 to
20 percent of the wine bill.)
About 3 tablespoons
What sausage company founder writes award-winning,
meat-focused cookbooks?
What type of crustacean is Sebastian, who lands on a firstcourse dinner plate in the film The Little Mermaid?
What should hosts never do before the guests depart?
How much time, according to a 2003 survey, did Americans
age 15 and older spend eating and drinking per day—about
33 minutes, 73 minutes, or 133 minutes?
What pastry is used to make mille-feuille [meel-FWEE],
French for “a thousand leaves,” a classic dessert and sometimes a cheese-filled appetizer?
What step in bread-making develops the gluten in flour,
giving structure to yeast breads?
Bruce Aidells (Aidells Sausage Company)
Crab
Clean up the kitchen
About 73 minutes (U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics study)
Puff pastry
Kneading
What milkshake-machine salesman founded today’s
McDonald’s empire after buying out California drive-in
operators—the McDonald brothers—in 1961?
What Italian-born international movie star said, “Everything you see I owe to spaghetti”?
What fortified wine is a classic match with Stilton cheese?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Women burn off alcohol more slowly than
men because of a stomach and liver enzyme present
only in women.
How many minutes past the slated time will a restaurant
reservation be honored—about 10 to 15 minutes, 20 to 25
minutes, or 30 to 35 minutes?
What herb has tiny, elliptical, gray-green leaves clustered
on a thin stem?
Ray A. Kroc
Sophia Loren
Port
True
About 10 to 15 minutes
Thyme
What is the term for animal innards and extremity meats,
included in British chef Fergus Henderson’s 2004 cookbook The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating?
What time-saving kitchen tool was Dan Aykroyd hawking
in a 1976 Saturday Night Live sketch?
What simultaneous move will help prevent drips when
returning a wine bottle to an upright position after a pour?
What did C. W. Post introduce in 1897, claiming it prevented
appendicitis, helped cure tuberculosis, and tightened loose
teeth?
What is often served accompanied by baguettes, nuts, and
condiments made of fruit paste?
How many large whole eggs yield 1 cup?
Offal (pronounced like the word “awful”) or variety meats
Bass-o-matic (Rovco’s Super Bass-o-matic ’76)
A slight turn of the bottle
Grape-Nuts cereal
A cheese plate
Five
What professor of English, culinary historian, and cookbook author is known for her work on African-American
foodways?
What did an inflexible diner waitress refuse to hold from
Jack Nicholson’s sandwich order in Five Easy Pieces (1970)?
How many inches should a formal dinner tablecloth extend
past the edge of the table—6 to 8 inches, 8 to 12 inches, or
12 to 18 inches?
T r u e o r f a l s e : About 90 percent of the fossil fuel energy used
in the world’s food system is used for the production of food.
What Spanish relish, whose name means “rooster’s beak,”
is made of jicama, peppers, cucumber, onions, and seasonings?
Which is a butler’s friend, also called an ah-so—a wine
corkscrew or a wine-cork puller?
Jessica B. Harris
Chicken salad (“hold the chicken, bring me the toast”)
12 to 18 inches (6 to 8 inches for breakfast or lunch, 8 to 12
inches for a less formal dinner)
False (About 10 percent goes into production, and about
90 percent goes into packaging, transportation, and
marketing.)
Pico de gallo [PEE-koh day gal-yoh]
A cork puller
Who was the first U.S. president to hire a French chef for
the White House?
What luncheon dish does Jane serve her sister Blanche to
torment her in the 1962 film Whatever Happened to Baby
Jane?
What is the Spanish toast to health?
What was used to cook an egg in a legendary blog-posted
spoof recipe that was first circulated in 2000?
What should a diner do about a napkin that has dropped
to the floor—retrieve and continue to use it or ask the waitstaff for a replacement?
What is the prep term for cutting shallow gashes across
the exterior fat layer of a meat chop before grilling it, to
prevent curling?
Thomas Jefferson
Blanche’s pet parakeet
Salud [Sah-LOOD]
Two cell phones
Ask for a replacement
Score
What 2005 event moved Paul Prudhomme to set up a tent
kitchen, stating, “We’re not firemen. We’re not policemen.
The only thing we could do is feed people”?
Where does the Muffin Man live, according to the nursery
rhyme?
What two elements must be kept away from leftover wine
if it’s to keep its flavor for a day or two?
Which is the preferred cooking method for tougher cuts of
meat—dry-heat methods or moist-heat methods?
What, after the shell, does the diner remove from steamed
littleneck clams before eating?
What flower do the hand-harvested threads come from for
the spice saffron?
Hurricane Katrina
Drury Lane
Air and heat
Moist-heat methods
The sheath from the “neck,” or siphon
The saffron crocus
Who is the U.S. author of Cheese Primer, first published in
1996?
In what decade of the 20th century did Gourmet magazine
first appear—the 1930s, 1940s, or 1950s?
What hip and durable design did 250-year-old wineglass
company Riedel launch in 2004, targeting young wine
drinkers?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A 2005 Cornell University study found that
women seek comfort food to relieve negative feelings while
men consume it to boost positive emotions.
What does the menu term à la carte mean?
What is the term for plunging just-cooked food, such as
vegetables, into ice-cold water to halt the cooking?
Steven Jenkins
The 1940s (1941)
Stemless, or “O” series, wineglasses
True
Priced separately
Refreshing
What large wine region is located in southwestern France?
What 18th-century British satirist said, “He was a bold man
that first ate an oyster”?
What sweet, red-pepper spread is a picnic-sandwich tradition in the southern United States?
Which fish has the highest fat content—Chilean sea bass,
halibut, or catfish?
What restaurateur, whose chain carries his name, said,
“The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can’t eat it”?
What distinguishes classic French-style rolling pins from
classic American-style pins?
Bordeaux
Jonathan Swift
Pimento-cheese sandwich spread
Chilean sea bass (considered a high-fat fish at 8 to 20
percent fat)
Victor J. (“Trader Vic”) Bergeron
Handles (American pins have handles, French pins do
not.)
What is the name of Germany’s traditional dried-fruit–filled
Christmas yeast–bread?
What did James Cagney smash into the face of actress
Mae Clark during a breakfast scene in the gangster film
The Public Enemy (1931)?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A rich chocolate dessert should be paired with
a wine of greater sweetness, such as French Sauternes, or
the wine may taste thin and bitter.
How many days must raw-milk cheese be aged to meet U.S.
requirements—60 days, 90 days, or 120 days?
What DC restaurant caters to high-profile politicians by
employing an in-house security force?
What is the cooking term for a mixture of melted fat and
flour used as a thickening agent and, depending on color, a
flavor agent?
Stollen [STOH-luhn]
A grapefruit half
True
60 days (Pasteurized milk must be used if aged less than
60 days.)
Café Milano
Roux [ROO] (Brown roux is an essential flavor ingredient
in gumbo.)
Who, on the 2004 presidential campaign trail, promoted
the health benefits of eating rabbit?
What is the name of Arthur Ginsberg’s nationally syndicated TV show of cooking tips with a “save time” mantra?
At what hour on a clock face does the vegetable go for a
traditionally set dinner plate?
Which has more calories—two Krispy Kreme Original Glazed
doughnuts or a 16-ounce Starbucks Java Chip Frappuccino
blended coffee whip?
What is the name of a Cuban table sauce made of olive oil,
garlic, lime juice, cumin, and other spices?
What chef’s trick will hold a cutting board steady, or keep
a mixing bowl from traveling, when both hands are busy
pouring and stirring?
Teresa Heinz Kerry (wife of John Kerry)
Mr. Food
2 o’clock
The Java Chip Frappuccino (510 calories versus 400 calories for the doughnuts)
Mojo sauce
Placing a damp towel underneath the board or bowl
What is the name of Jacques Pépin’s daughter, who is his
collaborator in print and on public TV?
What film, about a French chef in pre-Soviet Georgia, was
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
in 1966?
What is the cooked sugar-and-water solution called that is
a bar staple for sweetening drinks?
What is the term for continued cooking that takes place
after meat has been removed from the heat source, raising
the internal temperature between 5 and 20 degrees F?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Restaurants needn’t be called when there is
a small change in the number of guests or when the party
will be slightly delayed.
What country produces the most varieties of artichoke?
Claudine
Chef in Love
Simple syrup, gomme syrup, or sugar syrup
Carryover, or “afterheat” cooking
False
Italy
What celebrated classic French chef was known as the
“king of chefs and chef of kings”?
What love song recorded by Nat King Cole uses a beverage
metaphor in its title?
What toast is said to have come from an Old Norse term
referring to the custom of drinking from the skull of a fallen
enemy?
T r u e o r f a l s e : According to a 2005 study, eating 3.5 ounces of
dark chocolate a day may help reduce blood pressure.
What is the name of Wolfgang Puck’s fine-dining restaurants in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Maui, and Palo Alto?
Which cut of food is smaller—minced or chopped?
Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935)
“You’re the Cream in My Coffee”
Skoal
True
Spago
Minced
What did Sylvan N. Goldman invent in the 1930s that
boosted grocery store sales?
What is the carnivorous stage name of rock singer, actor,
and reported vegetarian Marvin Lee Aday?
What is a party called that is a cross between a cocktail
party and a buffet dinner party?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The majority of French black truffles sold to
importers and restaurants are wild.
What makes a Martini cocktail a Gibson?
Which type of instant-read thermometer is best for shallow
liquids or thin meats—a dial model or a digital model?
The shopping cart
Meat Loaf
A cocktail buffet (Enough food is served that guests need
not have dinner afterward.)
False (80 to 90 percent are cultivated.)
A pickled cocktail onion
A digital model (The sensors are small and within 1/4 inch
of the tip.)
What fast-food promoter wears a size 14 1/2 shoe?
What 1951 hit song by Rosemary Clooney promised, “I’m
gonna give-a you figs and dates and grapes and cakes . . .”?
What is the limit for delaying dinner for a late guest—
15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 45 minutes?
What will overwhipped cream produce?
What kinds of foods are listed as verdure [vehr-DOO-reh]
on an Italian menu?
What is the prep term for removing the outer skin of a fruit
or vegetable with a knife or vegetable peeler?
Ronald McDonald
“Come On-a My House”
15 minutes
Butter
Vegetables
Pare
What nutty character is never without his hat, cane,
monocle, gloves, and spats?
What did Charlie Chaplin dine on in the 1925 film
The Gold Rush?
Where are small, stemmed glasses, especially white wineglasses, properly held?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Tougher cuts of meat, such as lamb shanks, are
likely to have deeper flavor than tender cuts, such as lamb
chops.
Which New York City restaurant has had the distinction of
being rated four-stars the longest—Masa, Per Se, Daniel,
Jean Georges, or Le Bernardin?
What is the name of the root vegetable that is also known
as “oyster plant” due to its oysterlike flavor?
Mr. Peanut
His boiled boot
By the stems (so as not to heat the chilled wine with one’s
warm fingers)
True
Le Bernardin (The New York Times has given it four stars
for “extraordinary” since 1986.)
Salsify [SAL-sih-fee]
What was the Earl of Sandwich doing that required a free
hand, causing his meals to be served between slices of
bread?
What is the dreaded dish of Advent in Garrison Keillor’s
fictional Lake Wobegon?
How many dinner guests can the White House accommodate in the state dining room—240 guests, 340 guests, or
520 guests?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Grades of meat indicate U.S. Department of
Agriculture inspection for safety.
T r u e o r f a l s e : Busy restaurants are happy to seat a guest who
arrives early to hold the table for those party members
arriving later.
What handheld, footed tool slices firm fruits and vegetables with precision into thick, thin, julienne, and waffle
cuts?
Playing cards
Lutefisk [LOO-tuh-FIHSK] (a Scandinavian dish made
with dried cod)
240 guests
False (Grading is voluntary and is intended to communicate meat quality by age and marbling.)
False
A mandoline [MAHN-duh-lihn]
Who was widowed in 1805 at age 27 and left to run a Champagne house?
What Pulitzer-winning composer wrote the song “Lime
Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise”?
What should be pulled from a bottle with a sigh, not a
bang?
What is the name of Hardee’s 2/3 -pound, bacon cheeseburger that packs 1,410 calories and 107 grams of fat?
What was Monsieur Boulanger’s only menu item before
1765, when he broke with the guild rules to become the first
Paris restaurateur?
What creamy sauce was created in 1654 by a fishery investor to make dried cod taste better to a snubbing French
palate?
Veuve Clicquot (veuve means “widow” in French)
William Bolcom
A Champagne cork
The Monster Thickburger
Restoratives (a restorative beverage, such as a thin soup)
Béchamel (Louis de Béchamel)
In how many countries are McDonald’s restaurants
located—about 38 countries, 78 countries, or 118 countries?
What canned food did American pop artist Andy Warhol
paint that brought him notoriety in 1962?
Which is the least likely match with Shiraz—chili, roasted
veal, or barbecued meats?
Which does searing meats accomplish—sealed-in juices or
better flavors and eye appeal?
What is the menu term for the thymus glands and pancreas
of young animals, most often calves or lambs?
What cooking method using vacuum-seal bags was developed in France for foie gras and was later embraced by U.S.
superchefs, followed by home cooks?
About 118 countries (as of summer 2006)
Campbell’s soup cans
Roasted veal (Shiraz may overpower veal; Pinot Noir is a
safer bet.)
Better flavor and eye appeal (“Sear to seal” was
proclaimed by a German chemist in the 1850s. It was later
disproved and lives as a myth in today’s recipes.)
Sweetbreads
Sous vide [soo VEED] (a cooking method that poaches
sealed foods at low temperatures)
What food icon did Fortune magazine name the second
most popular American woman in 1945?
What does “M. F. K.” stand for in M. F. K. Fisher’s name?
What will black-eyed peas served to guests on New Year’s
Day bring?
What was the plea of the U.S. secretary of agriculture during
World War II that has become the plea of supporters of
sustainable agriculture today?
What French menu term means meat cooked and preserved in its own fat?
What is the Japanese name for the seaweed used to wrap
sushi?
Betty Crocker (Eleanor Roosevelt ranked first.)
Mary Frances Kennedy
Good luck in the new year
Buy fresh, buy local
Confit [kohn-FEE] (sometimes also used to refer to
preserved vegetables and fruits)
Nori
What German dumpling or noodle translates as “little
sparrow”?
What sauce is the title of a song made famous by Nat King
Cole and sung by Diana Krall in a 1996 tribute album to
Cole?
Which Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists—Wampanoag, Sioux, or
Choctaw?
Which egg is easier to peel when hard-cooked—a fresh egg
or an old egg?
What after-dinner drink requires skill and patience to layer
several liqueurs for a rainbow effect?
What is the food coating panko?
Spaetzle [SHPEHT-sluh]
“Frim-Fram Sauce”
The Wampanoag tribe
An old egg
Pousse-café
Japanese bread crumbs
What specialty grocer is known for selling “Two-Buck
Chuck,” a $2 bottle of Charles Shaw wine?
What does Scout’s guest, Walter, douse his dinner with in
the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?
Which is the proper order for eating cheese selections on a
cheese plate—no particular order, cow/goat/sheep, or delicate to assertive taste?
Which movie-theater treat has more calories—a small
buttered popcorn (7 cups) or a Snickers candy bar (2.07
oz)?
Which nut was mentioned most on restaurant menus
during the last half of 2004—pecans, almonds, or walnuts?
What common cooking practice prevents pasta sauce
from adhering to pasta?
Trader Joe’s
Syrup
Delicate to assertive taste
The popcorn (580 calories versus 280 calories for the
candy)
Pecans
Adding oil to the pasta cooking water (The starch in
unoiled pasta holds the sauce.)
What kitchenware company began in a Chicago basement
and grew to 70,000 “consultants” doing 1 million in-home
“shows” a year by 2006?
What architect brought award-winning kitchenware design
to Target stores, beginning in 1999?
What plate is above the forks in a place setting?
Which cuts of meat will be more tender—loin cuts or shoulder cuts?
What chef is described as a “techno chef,” and a “real life
Willy Wonka” for his postmodern, molecular gastronomy?
When is a “bubble-freer spatula” used?
The Pampered Chef
Michael Graves
The butter plate or bread plate
Loin cuts (from the back section of the animal; less exercise means more tender cuts)
Homaro Cantu
When filling canning jars
What movie actor raises money for charity through his line
of food products?
Who wrote “Sugar Cane” and “Pine Apple Rag”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Guests should be seated at a table by gender
(the man-woman-man-woman rule).
Which of the following exceeds 700 calories: McDonald’s
Big Mac, Burger King’s Whopper with cheese, or Wendy’s
Big Classic with cheese?
What kind of restaurant, introduced in the 1850s, served
light lunches to office workers on swivel stools, at typically
U-shaped counters?
What determines the distinctive flavors of pure honey?
Paul Newman
Scott Joplin
False (Seating guests by sociability is the preferred practice today.)
Burger King’s Whopper with cheese
The luncheonette, or lunch counter
The flower type (the bee’s source of nectar—clover,
orange blossom, etc.)
What “lady” got her start selling sandwiches from her
Georgia home in 1989 to support her family and is now a
restaurateur, cookbook author, and Food Network star?
What British comedy troupe, filmed in a lifeboat, considers
cannibalism in terms of spoiled, kosher, and lean meat?
Which cheeses—hard or soft—are most likely to accommodate the tannins in red wine?
What did Hebrew University scientists breed out of chickens
to cut processing time and expense?
Who is the chef-owner of the renowned bicoastal French
Laundry and Per Se restaurants?
What vegetable is sometimes referred to as “Swiss,” after a
16th-century botanist?
Paula Deen (She owns The Lady and Sons restaurant in
Savannah, Georgia.)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Hard
Feathers
Thomas Keller
Chard (The Swiss botanist was the first person to
describe the plant.)
What was the nickname of France’s King Louis VI, patron of
Les Halles market in Paris?
Who is the host of the public TV cooking show Ciao, Italia?
How many 1 1/2 -ounce jiggers will a fifth of liquor yield—
about 16 jiggers, 18 jiggers, or 20 jiggers?
Where on your tongue—the tip, center, or back—will bitter
flavors be most intense?
What is a tastevin [tahst-VAHN]?
What kinds of foods are serrated knives designed to cut?
Louis the Fat
Mary Anne Esposito
About 16 jiggers
The back
A wine-tasting cup (worn by sommeliers on a chain or
ribbon around the neck)
Soft foods (such as tomatoes, cakes, or breads)
What “smellmark” delighted Chicago tourists and locals
for decades but was cited by the Environmental Protection
Agency for clean air violations in 2005?
In what 1967 movie does bank robber Buck say, “It’s the
face powder that gets a man interested, but it’s the baking
powder that keeps him home”?
How many guests will a 9-inch cheesecake serve?
What did nearly 20 million Americans plant during World
War II to reduce demand for commercial produce, metal,
and transportation?
What is the militaristic name for the organization of kitchen
and “front of the house” staffs by specific tasks?
What is another name for pig’s feet that would be found in
English cookbooks?
The smell of chocolate (from the Blommer Chocolate
Company’s processing plant)
Bonnie and Clyde (Gene Hackman played Buck)
12
Victory gardens
The brigade (executive chef, sous chef, line cook,
maître d’, headwaiter, captain, front waiter . . .)
Trotters
What is the Japanese term for the taste that joins sweet,
sour, salty, and bitter as the “fifth taste”?
What 2000 comedy film brings four ethnically diverse Los
Angeles families together for a Thanksgiving feast?
What should be above eye level to avoid an irritating view
of other diners?
What kind of fresh bean can fight malaria but may also
trigger a potentially fatal reaction in people with a certain
genetic blood enzyme deficiency?
What is the Italian name for grilled garlic bread that is drizzled with olive oil and often topped with chopped fresh
tomatoes?
What two-piece, cone-topped baking dish hails from
North Africa and is traditionally used to make a stew of the
same name?
Umami
What’s Cooking?
The flame of candles
Fava beans (The favism disease causes a deficiency of the
blood enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, or
G6PD.)
Bruschetta [broo-SKEH-tah]
Tagine
What restaurant critic left the New York Times in 1999 to
become editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine?
What food taboo is depicted in the movie The Silence of
the Lambs (1991)?
What is the name for a stemmed, wide-bowled dish used to
serve ice cream sundaes?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Approximately 12 percent of Americans suffer
from “food poisoning” or food-borne illness each year.
What award-winning pastry chef and Food Network host
did Life magazine photograph making mud pies at age 6?
What is the name of both a barbecue tool and a basting
solution, used to prevent meats from drying out while
cooked over an open flame?
Ruth Reichl
Cannibalism
Coupe
True
Gale Gand
A mop
What is the name of a teakettle with two handles and a
chimney that is a traditional Russian wedding gift?
Who was Jell-O’s TV-commercial pitchman for 27 years,
increasing sales by 30 percent?
What glass is placed above the knife in a place setting?
What bacterial food-safety risk is associated with microwave cooking?
What, after 28 years, did Paris chef Alain Senderens
renounce, yet retain, with his “pompous” to casual restaurant makeover in 2006?
What stovetop pot, displaced by frozen foods and TV
dinners in the 1950s, is making a comeback with a new,
safer design?
A samovar
Bill Cosby
The water glass
Cold spots (resulting in undercooked food)
His restaurant’s star rating (The 2006 Michelin Red Guide
awarded Senderens’s scaled-back restaurant two out of
three possible stars.)
The pressure cooker
What Jewish dish was originally prepared by making a
mixture from fish flesh and stuffing it back into the fish skin
before cooking?
What is the name of the best-selling weight-control and
recipe book by Mireille Guiliano, a French Champagne
executive?
Which wine is likely to be served for its buttery flavor with
a simple roasted chicken—Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay,
or Riesling?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Canned goods with dents or bulging lids may
indicate a serious food-poisoning threat.
From which side of the diner—left or right—should food be
removed?
What cooktop technology cooks food with speed and
precision and won’t heat up a kitchen or surrounding
surfaces?
Gefilte fish (Gefüllte is Yiddish for “stuffed.”)
French Women Don’t Get Fat (2005)
Chardonnay [shar-don-AY]
True
Right
Magnetic induction cooktops
What sheep’s-milk blue cheese is aged in limestone caves
in southwestern France?
What Spanish surrealist artist painted The Persistence
of Memory (1931), showing ripening pocket watches
described by the artist as “the Camembert of time”?
What would Champagne, Dubonnet, Lillet, or vermouth be
called when served as an opening to a meal?
Which oil has a higher smoke point, peanut oil or corn oil?
What is the name of the high-heat oven made of bricks and
clay found in Indian restaurants?
What is another name for a bain-marie—a technique used
to gently bake custards and sauces?
Roquefort [ROHK-fuhrt]
Salvador Dalí
Apéritif (from the Latin aperire, “to open”)
Peanut oil (450 degrees F)
Tandoor oven
Water bath
Who hosts a weekly public-radio program named for her
award-winning cookbook Splendid Table?
What food company used the advertising slogan “Nothin’
says lovin’ like somethin’ from the oven”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Men “man” the barbecue at a higher rate when
entertaining than at other times.
Which U.S. Department of Agriculture food group—vegetables, fruits, or milk—has the largest recommended daily
serving size for adults, by cup measure?
What chef from Lyon, France, with restaurants in New York
City, Palm Beach, and Las Vegas, is regarded as one of
America’s greatest chefs?
What kind of oven circulates heated air?
Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Pillsbury
True
Milk (Adults on a 2,000-calorie diet should consume 3
cups of low-fat or fat-free calcium-rich foods each day.)
Daniel Boulud
A convection oven
What is considered California’s bulk, basic-quality
wine region?
What was the secret ingredient in the food wafer “soylent,”
consumed in the 1973 film Soylent Green?
What condiments are always passed as a pair, regardless of
the request?
How much water does an oyster’s gill filter in an hour—10 to
12 pints, 10 to 12 quarts, or 10 to 12 gallons?
T r u e o r f a l s e : More than 40 percent of adults in the United
States have worked in the restaurant industry during their
lifetime.
Which squash has a mostly green exterior—acorn squash,
butternut squash, or spaghetti squash?
Central Valley
Humans
Salt and pepper
10 to 12 gallons
True
Acorn squash
What host of two Food Network shows likes to say “BAM”
and “Kick it up a notch”?
What 2004 film chronicled filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s
monthlong diet of exclusively McDonald’s food?
Where are large, stemmed glasses, such as water goblets,
properly held?
T r u e o r f a l s e : An apple among properly stored potatoes will
retard potato sprouts.
What are crudités [kroo-dee-TAY], often served as an
appetizer with a dipping sauce?
What Spanish dish is traditionally cooked outdoors, over a
fire, in a wide, shallow, two-handled pan?
Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live, The Essence of Emeril)
Super Size Me
At the base of the bowl (with the thumb and first two
fingers)
True
Raw vegetables
Paella [pi-AY-yuh]
Where is the fortified wine known as port made?
What American food writer, author of The Gastronomical
Me, said, “First we eat, then we do everything else”?
How many hors d’oeuvres per guest is the rule of thumb
when served before a dinner—about three, five, or eight?
What does the food processing acronym IQF stand for, with
respect to frozen fruits and vegetables?
Who is the chef-owner of Chez Panisse, whose commitment to high-quality local ingredients awakened American
cuisine?
What is the prep term for cutting food into thin, matchlike
sticks?
Portugal
M. F. K. Fisher
About five
Individually quick frozen
Alice Waters
Julienne
What did a contest winner eat about 20 pounds of in
15 minutes at the 2005 Mudbug Madness Festival in
Shreveport, Louisiana?
What missing food delivery, needed for the king’s dinner,
puts Vatel over the edge in the movie Vatel (2000)?
Which shaker top has larger holes, a salt shaker or
a pepper shaker?
What spice is sometimes called a health food due to studies
suggesting that it may help regulate blood sugar and that its
fragrance may enhance brain activity?
What term describes 21st-century restaurant cooking with
liquid nitrogen, helium, a centrifuge, an ion particle gun,
and laser beams?
What is exposed on a “frenched” rack of lamb?
Crawfish
The fish delivery
A pepper shaker
Cinnamon
Molecular gastronomy
The rib bones
In what country is barbecued meat called churrasco [shooRAS-koo]?
What dressing, created at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco,
is named after a 1920s play about hostages held by a group
that believes in a goddess?
What wineglass is designed to show off and maintain its
contents with a tall, slender bowl?
What do 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon equal in a cup
measure?
What “iron chef” opened his first restaurant in Philadelphia,
followed by a $12 million New York City restaurant opening
in 2006?
T r u e o r f a l s e : In a professional kitchen, diced foods are cut
into three sizes—small, medium, and large cubes.
Brazil
Green goddess dressing (The Green Goddess)
The champagne flute (Its relatively small surface area
retains bubbles longer.)
1/3
cup
Masaharu Morimoto (Both restaurants are named
Morimoto.)
True (1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, and 5/8 inch)
Which U.S. president called the cocktail hour “the pause
between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of
the night”?
Who, in a TV episode, unknowingly orders escargots [ehskahr-GOH] in a Paris café and exclaims, “Waiter, this food
has snails in it,” and then requests ketchup?
What is the Hebrew toast “to life”?
What kinds of centers help families produce ready-to-heat,
almost mom-made dinners?
What specialty dish has Paris restaurant La Tour d’Argent
been issuing numbered certificates for since 1890?
What is pimentón de La Vera—a burn salve, the plant
pimientos come from, or Spanish paprika?
Herbert Hoover
Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy, episode 145, aired 1956)
L’chayim [luh-CHI-um]
Meal assembly centers (Nearly 700 of these centers were
operating in the United States in 2006.)
Pressed duck (Certificate number 33,642 was served to
Theodore Roosevelt.)
Spanish paprika
What is Thailand’s well-known rice noodle dish of tofu,
shrimp, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts, garlic, chiles, and
eggs?
What hit TV show’s setting was inspired by the Bull and
Finch Pub in Boston?
Which is the function of a wine basket—to prevent spillage
when serving, to transport wine horizontally, or to serve as
table decoration?
Which fish generally have the highest levels of beneficial
omega-3 fatty acids—ocean fish, farmed fish, or freshwater
fish?
What restaurant ban ordinance was Chicago Mayor Daley
mocking when he said, “I have a fish tank. I don’t want any
alderman . . . putting their hands in and start eating sushi”?
What is the term for preparing and assembling all ingredients and equipment before cooking?
Pad Thai
Cheers
To transport wine horizontally (to avoid disturbing the
sediment before decanting)
Ocean fish (Omega-3 comes from ocean plants known as
phytoplankton.)
A ban on foie gras in restaurants (July 26, 2006)
Mise en place [MEEZ ahn plahs]
What is the name of a beef stew cooked with red wine in
the style of the Burgundy region of France?
What did nursery-rhyme character Little Miss Muffet eat
while sitting on her tuffet?
What glassware is used for the drinks Singapore Sling and
Zombie?
What agriculture-related disease swept the Roman Empire
in 80 bc , killing thousands of humans and animals?
What chef is known for his New Orleans restaurants and
hails from Fall River, Massachusetts, where he worked in a
Portuguese bakery?
What is the term for securing poultry or meat with string to
hold its shape?
Boeuf bourguignon [BEUF boor-gee-NYON]
Curds and whey
A tall Collins glass or chimney glass
Anthrax
Emeril Lagasse
Trussing
What Italian dish is most closely associated with Naples?
What “Galloping Gourmet” changed his worldwide syndicated TV cooking style following his wife and coproducer
Treena’s heart attack?
How many quarts of mixer should be stocked at the bar for
every three guests—about 1 quart, 2 quarts, or 3 quarts?
What is the general term for cheeses made with milk from
animals that live on the farm where the cheese is made?
What kitchen area usually found in large restaurants, is a
chef garde manger, [gahrd mahn-ZHAY] in charge of?
What mixing technique gently combines a heavy ingredient into a light, airy mixture?
Pizza
Graham Kerr
About 1 quart
Farmstead cheese
The cold pantry
Folding
In what French wine region is the Chablis district?
What is the price of the Lenten hot cross buns that are
hawked in an English nursery rhyme?
Which direction are fork tines held—up or down—when
bringing food to the mouth in Continental-style eating?
How much larger, by size, is Pizza Hut’s The Full House XL
Pizza than its traditional large pizza—10 percent, 20 percent,
or 30 percent?
What state has the largest school-meal program, serving
about 860,000 meals a day, second only to the
U.S. military?
What two spices—one from the membrane and one from
the core—come from the seed of a tropical evergreen tree?
Burgundy
One penny (“One a penny two a penny, hot cross buns”)
Down
30 percent
New York
Mace (from the membrane) and nutmeg (from the core)
What Irish dramatist and Nobel Prize winner said, “There is
no love sincerer than the love of food”?
What Italian cooking teacher wrote The Fine Art of Italian
Cooking, first published in 1977 and revised and expanded
in 1990 and 2005?
Which red wine is known for its wide, food-friendly span
and is a likely choice with game or salmon—Pinot Noir,
Tempranillo, or Sangiovese?
What term applies to eggs from uncaged hens, usually kept
in barns or warehouses with access to the outdoors?
What World War II combat-troop meal, packed by Wrigley
Co., included a stick of gum and four cigarettes?
What boxed food mix will 75 percent of American homes
have in their pantry during any given year?
George Bernard Shaw
Giuliano Bugialli
Pinot Noir [PEE-noh NWAHR]
Free-range
K rations
Jell-O
What French chef got his start in the United States with the
Howard Johnson food division?
What food-TV band has percussionist Leonard “Doc”
Gibbs led since 1997?
Which is the bigger bar glass—highball or old-fashioned?
What is used as a measurement of intoxication by state
driving laws?
From which side of the diner—left or right—should food
be served?
What vegetable is known as the “pie plant”?
Jacques Pépin
The Emeril Live Band
A highball glass
BAC levels, or blood alcohol concentration
Left
Rhubarb
What American cook was awarded the French Legion of
Honor in 2000?
Who wrote Jewish Cooking in America, a companion cookbook to her public TV series, and chronicled American
food culture in The New American Cooking?
What two serving pieces are found on a served platter
of food?
What does the Wheaton Shucking Machine use to open 60
oysters per minute?
What is the name of a shellfish dish that combines Italian
and English words to say the same thing twice?
T r u e o r f a l s e : To speed up the ripening process, place unripe
fruit in a loosely closed paper bag with an apple.
Julia Child
Joan Nathan
A serving spoon and fork
Infrared light
Shrimp scampi (Scampi are large prawns or shrimp.)
True (The bag traps the accelerator, ethylene gas, from
the apple.)
What does the international federation known as IFOCE
supervise and regulate?
Which French Impressionist painter was a gourmand and
an avid recipe collector who cooked from his farmyard,
pond, and kitchen garden in Giverny?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A plate with a finger bowl on top of a doily,
presented directly before dessert, is the dessert plate.
What is the marketing name for a mushroomlike meatsubstitute made of a fungus?
Whose New York City restaurant opened in the Essex
House, in the spring of 2000, with unprecedented anticipation and food critic scrutiny?
What are jalapeño chiles called when dried and smoked?
Eating contests (International Federation of Competitive
Eating)
Claude Monet
True (When done with the finger bowl, move it with the
doily to the upper left of your place setting.)
Quorn
Alain Ducasse
Chipotle chiles
What “Cuban” drink, made popular by Ernest Hemingway, is said to have been invented in 1896 by an American
working in Cuba?
What film was Starbucks Entertainment’s first movie
venture, promoted on about 4 million beverage sleeves
a day?
In which cuisine—Chinese, Japanese, or Korean—is it not
customary to hold a rice bowl close to your mouth?
What is coral in a lobster?
What dining concept was born in Providence, Rhode Island,
in 1872 when Walter Scott began serving meals from a
horse-drawn lunch wagon to late-shift workers?
What is removed from butter when it is clarified?
The daiquiri (Jennings Cox, inventor)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Korean
The roe (eggs that turn the color coral when cooked)
The diner
Milk solids
What lobbyist owned the DC restaurant Signatures, which
closed after being named in a congressional corruption
scandal in 2005?
What fruit is used as a metaphor in a speech made by the
character Rupert in Women in Love (1969), a film based on
the D. H. Lawrence novel?
What knife is set across a plate rim in a place setting?
What is the common name for BSE (bovine spongiform
encephalopathy)?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Alain Ducasse was the first French chef to win
a total of six Michelin stars in 1998.
What will keep cut, raw potatoes from discoloring before
cooking?
Jack Abramoff
The fig (The speech, which is not in the novel, is taken
from a Lawrence poem called “Figs,” written in 1923.)
The butter knife
Mad cow disease
False (Although Ducasse was widely reported to be first,
the honor goes to Eugenie Brazier, who, from 1933 to
1938, held six stars for her two Lyon-area restaurants.)
A cover of cold water
What treat, born of boredom in New York City’s The
ChipShop kitchen, became a hot new item for state fair
concessionaires in 2002?
What book states, “There is death in the pot”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : British high tea is a substantial meal served in
late afternoon or early evening.
What livestock did scientists clone and genetically modify
in 2006 in pursuit of meat with heart-healthy fat?
T r u e o r f a l s e : According to sushi etiquette, pieces should be
picked up only with chopsticks.
Which poultry part is often considered a giblet but is not
technically one—the liver, heart, gizzard, or neck?
Batter-dipped, deep-fried Twinkies
The Bible (II Kings 4:40)
True
Pigs (genetically modified to make omega-3 fatty acids)
False (Fingers and chopsticks are equally correct.)
The neck (Giblets are the edible internal organs of
poultry.)
What rotisserie inventor’s mantra is “Set it and forget it”?
What kind of pie is “brighter than a silver spoon” and a
term of endearment in a 1988 James Taylor tune, recorded
as a duet with Ray Charles in 2004?
What is the signal from the host that a meal has ended?
What does acidulated water prevent in cut fruits and
vegetables?
What kind of restaurant did two Texans invent in the 1920s,
when they opened the first Pig Stand in response to the
automobile craze?
What popular cultivated mushroom variety is also known
as the “button mushroom”?
Ron Popeil
“Sweet Potato Pie”
His or her napkin placed on the table
Browning
The drive-in restaurant (Jessie G. Kirby and Reuben W.
Jackson)
The white mushroom
What CIA is not an organization of spies?
What is the name of the coffee shop that sold “loose-meat
sandwiches” in the ABC sitcom Roseanne, starting in the
1992 season?
What native Spanish wine is likely to be served at a tapas
party—Sangiovese, Tempranillo, or Pinot Noir?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Frozen foods can safely be defrosted at room
temperature.
What is the title of a house steward or headwaiter?
How much Cheddar cheese will yield 1 cup of grated
cheese—about 4 ounces, 8 ounces, or 12 ounces?
Culinary Institute of America
The Lanford Lunch Box
Tempranillo
False ( Frozen foods should always be defrosted in the
refrigerator.)
Maître d’hôtel, or maître d’
About 4 ounces
What stadium food of today did Julius Caesar introduce to
Rome in 48 bc?
Who wrote Of Human Bondage and advised, “To eat well in
England you should have breakfast three times a day”?
What should a butter knife not be used for?
What has been displaced in overscheduled families, inspiring a J. M. Smucker Co. contest with a $10,000 prize?
What “neighborhood” restaurant chain, headquartered in
Atlanta, has a 68 percent male customer base?
What herb has a downy silver-green leaf, a potent, earthy
flavor, and is often used with pork and in turkey stuffing?
Sausage
Somerset Maugham
Cutting (Bread should be broken with the fingers and
then buttered with the butter knife.)
Family dinners (The contest was called the “Family Dinner
Challenge.”)
Hooters
Sage
What did American astronaut Shannon Lucid make as a
treat for her Russian colleagues on the space station Mir
in 1996?
What 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair resulted in the enactment of federal food-inspection laws?
Which is the least likely match with Riesling—Asian dishes,
goat-cheese quiche, or tandoori chicken?
What material, produced at a German Alcoa plant, will wine
bottles be donning as an alternative to cork, synthetic cork,
and screw tops?
What should a diner look for when presented with a wine
cork?
What is a Chesapeake stabber?
Jell-O
The Jungle
Goat-cheese quiche (Sauvignon Blanc is a preferred
match with goat cheese.)
Glass stoppers (Vino-Lok)
A wet end, showing proper storage. (Sniffing is considered affected. Unless the cork is crumbly, a sniff will not
be indicative of anything.)
An oyster shucking knife
Which was the White House pastry-chef’s salary in 2006—
about $60,000, $120,000 or $145,000?
Where do Ethel and Lucy work in the I Love Lucy television
episode “Job Switching”?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A juicy, rare steak will heighten the tannins
in Cabernet Sauvignon, making the wine taste rough and
bitter.
Which body type in overweight people is at greater risk of
heart disease and diabetes—apple-shaped or pear-shaped?
T r u e o r f a l s e : On a French menu, meat prepared as rillettes
[ree-YEHT] is traditionally served as a cold appetizer with
bread or toast?
What prep term means to coat food with a dry substance
such as flour or sugar?
About $120,000
Kramer’s Candy Kitchen
False (Protein softens tannins, making the wine taste
smoother and more fruity.)
The apple-shaped body type
True (Meat is slowly cooked in seasoned fat, pounded into
a paste, potted and sealed with a layer of fat.)
Dredge
Who is credited with developing the methods for making
Champagne?
What Ralston Purina snack recipe debuted in the 1950s as
TV Mix, popular today by another name?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Acidity in a dish and its partnered wine should
be balanced, or the one with lower acidity will taste dull
and the one with higher acidity will taste too tart.
What is tomalley in a lobster?
What Yountville, California, restaurant was named “Best
Restaurant in the World” by Restaurant magazine?
How many minutes is the limit for making matzo that
conforms to the Jewish standards for unleavened bread?
Dom Pérignon
Chex Mix
True
The liver (considered a delicacy)
The French Laundry (2003, 2004)
18 minutes (the time before the dough is considered
leavened by fermentation)
In what venue does the Food Network’s Iron Chef competition take place?
What multinational, multibillion-dollar beverage company
is named for a character in the novel Moby Dick?
What is the name for a “half-cup” sized coffee cup?
T r u e o r f a l s e : The flavor of an oyster is determined solely by
the species.
When is an amuse, or amuse-bouche[ah-mewz-BOOSH],
“delight for the mouth,” served?
What is the cooking term for protein lumps that form in
dairy or egg mixtures when exposed to too much heat or
when combined with an acidic ingredient?
Kitchen Stadium
Starbucks
Demitasse [DEHM-ee-tass]
False (Oysters also get flavor from their home waters.)
Before the meal is served (as a complementary tidbit)
Curdle
What tart is from the Lorraine region of France?
What kind of salad does the Australian rock band The
Wiggles sing to children about?
What silverware is sometimes placed horizontally above
the center of a place setting?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Louisiana rice farmers flood their fields to grow
crawfish that feed on the remains of the harvest.
What is the most popular month to eat out?
What carries a higher price per gram—wild beluga caviar,
wild truffles, or saffron?
Quiche Lorraine
“Fruit Salad”
The dessert spoon and/or fork (with the tines or bowl to
the left)
True
August
Wild beluga caviar
Whose first cookbook of chocolate desserts was on the
New York Times best-seller list in 1980 and was republished
in 2006?
What year was the Food Network cable channel launched—
1993, 1998, or 2003?
At what hour on a clock face does the meat go for a traditionally set dinner plate?
What kind of vegetable are Cherokee Trail of Tears, True Red
Cranberry, and Arikara Yellow?
What restaurant chain sold fried clams and 28 flavors of ice
cream “from Maine to Florida”?
What curd has been eaten in China since the 10th century?
Maida Heatter (Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Chocolate
Desserts)
1993
6 o’clock
Beans (heirloom varieties)
Howard Johnson
Bean curd (tofu)
What English breakfast dish, adopted from India, is made
of flaked, smoked fish, rice, and hard-cooked eggs?
What is the nickname of TV sitcom character Yev Kasem, a
role based on an actual New York City vendor?
T r u e o r f a l s e : A cocktail party bar should be closed promptly
at the end time stated on the invitation.
What beef production practice is allowed in the United
States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand but outlawed in
Europe?
What is the name of a French pancake containing a savory
or sweet filling?
What fruit has a leathery pink to crimson skin, enclosing
hundreds of ruby red, translucent seeds fixed in a white,
pithy membrane?
Kedgeree [kehj-uh-REE]
Soup Nazi (for his demanding soup-ordering directives or
“No soup for you!” on the show Seinfeld )
False (It should be closed 45 minutes later.)
Hormone treatments (to control fat to lean and to encourage faster growth on less feed)
Crêpe [KRAYP or KREHP]
Pomegranate (granada in Spanish, after the city in Spain,
and grenade in French, lending its name to the Frenchnamed hand grenade, which it resembles)
Where will you find a barista in the United States—in a bar,
specialty coffee store, or teahouse?
What TBS cable-TV show pairs movies with menus cooked
on-air by visiting chefs?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Empty wineglasses are left on the table when a
new wine is served.
T r u e o r f a l s e : A peanut is not a nut but a legume that grows
underground.
What two utensils are traditionally used for eating dessert
crêpes?
What is the name of a traditional English dessert that
layers spirit-laden cake with jam, custard, whipped cream,
and garnish?
Specialty coffee store (In Italy, barista means bartender.)
Dinner and a Movie
False
True
A spoon (for cutting and eating) and fork (for stabilizing)
Trifle
What university documents 50 centuries of food and
cooking in its Culinary Archives & Museum?
What seafood do the films Flashdance, Crocodile Dundee 2,
Annie Hall, Splash, Little Mermaid, and Summer Rental have
in common?
Which number of courses is the usual limit at a formal
dinner party—four, six, or eight?
How many bubbles does the average bottle of Champagne
contain—49,000 bubbles, 490,000 bubbles, or 49 million
bubbles?
What do some restaurants require with the reservation to
reduce the number of no-shows?
What is the generic term for yeast, baking powder, and
baking soda?
Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island
Lobster
Six courses (soup, fish, entrée, salad, dessert, coffee)
49 million bubbles
A credit card deposit
Leavening
Who is the Roman mythological goddess of abundance
that carries a horn of plenty?
Who said, “Of the five fine arts, the fifth is architecture,
whose main branch is confectionary”?
Where on the wine bottle is a strong light source placed
during decanting?
Which splurge has more calories—an Outback Steakhouse
Bloomin’ Onion with dressing or 1 pint of Ben & Jerry’s
Chubby Hubby original ice cream?
What kind of bowl is sometimes presented at a formal
restaurant, following a course such as shellfish that makes
fingers messy?
What do you remove when a British recipe instructs you to
remove the pips?
Copia
Marie-Antoine Carême
Behind or below the bottle neck (to see the first signs of
sediment, a signal to stop pouring)
The Bloomin’ Onion with dressing (2,210 calories versus
1,320 for the ice cream)
A finger bowl
Seeds
What hippie duo, working from a Vermont gas station,
What state leads the United States in Spam consumption?
became successful food entrepreneurs in the late 1970s?
What TV reality show has used African cave spiders,
What Joey Dee song, named for an herb, started a 1960s
maggots, and “gross” cow parts (before mad cow
dance craze?
concerns) in contestant food stunts?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Wineglasses with rims that curve inward are
In what direction
is soup
when
eating?
designed
to help hold
thespooned
wine in the
glass
when swirled
and to capture the bouquet.
By what percentage has the number of commercially grown
What is aof
good
indicator
that cutbeen
fish isreduced
fresh? since the turn
varieties
fruits
and vegetables
of the 20th century—55 percent, 78 percent, or 97 percent?
What New
Times
food editor,
starting
is theYork
Italian
appetizer
calamari
fritti in 1957, established
the one- to four-star
restaurant
review
scale?
[kal-uh-MAHR-ee
FREE-tee]—fried
squid
or octopus?
What
name
of the
company
that in called
1985 was
the first
Whereisisthe
most
of the
heat—a
compound
capsaicin—
purveyor
of foie
gras in the United States?
found in chile
peppers?
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream)
“Peppermint Twist”
True
It’s odorless
Craig Claiborne
D’Artagnan
What did Herbert Hoover promise “in every pot” during the
1928 presidential campaign?
What puppet celebrity said, “Never eat more than you can
lift”?
How full should a wineglass be poured—one-third to onehalf full, or one-half to three-quarters full?
How many fluid ounces are in a standard U.S. wine bottle—
16.9 ounces, 25.4 ounces, or 33.8 ounces?
What style of Cantonese restaurant has diners point to
what they want from trays of small dishes passing by?
Which pork chop will have more flavor from fat—the chop
with meat on both sides of the bone (from the sirloin end), or
the one-sided, curved, boned chop (from the shoulder end)?
A chicken (“A chicken in every pot and a car in every
garage”)
Miss Piggy
One-third to one-half full (for swirling and bouquet)
25.4 fluid ounces
Dim sum restaurants
The shoulder-end chop (called a rib chop or center-cut
rib chop)
What food historian and food writer spent 20 years writing
The Oxford Companion to Food, published in 1999?
What 1994 film, based on a satirical novel depicts, health
reformer and inventor of corn flakes John Harvey Kellogg?
At what hour on a clock face does the starch go for a traditionally set dinner plate?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Grass-fed beef tends to cook faster than grainfed because it has less fat.
T r u e o r f a l s e : The standard markup for restaurant wines is
two to three times retail.
What is another name for the Chinese wok-skimmer made
of woven-brass wire and a bamboo handle?
Alan Davidson
The Road to Wellville
10 o’clock
True
True
A spider
What grand, gem-loving gourmand and super salesman of
the Gilded Age had legendary dining episodes with actress
Lillian Russell?
What 2004 movie about two characters named Miles and
Jack boosted Pinot Noir sales and wine country tourism
near Santa Barbara, California?
How many guests will a 9-by-13-inch cake serve?
What do the terms “thread” and “soft ball” describe?
What kind of beverage bar and gathering place was born
from the sale of carbonated medicated waters in the early
1800s?
What appliance will turn mashed potatoes into a gluey
mess?
Diamond Jim Brady
Sideways
12
Stages of hardness and temperature in candy-making
The soda fountain
A food processor
What German Christmas cookie is made of a simple dough
and embossed with elaborately carved rolling pins or
molds?
What 1960s movie and TV series helped raise public sentiment for legislation restricting tuna fishing in order to
protect dolphins?
T r u e o r f a l s e : If coffee is to be served after dinner, it is
proper to set the table with cups and saucers beforehand.
Which dietary fat is known to help lower LDL (low-density
lipoprotein) cholesterol—saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat,
or monounsaturated fat?
What custard dessert is likely to appear on most Latin
American or Spanish menus?
What chemical odor is most common in bloomy rind
cheese, such as Camembert, that is too ripe or has been
stored at too warm a temperature?
Springerle [SPRING-uhr-lee]
Flipper (the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972)
False
Monounsaturated fat
Flan [FLAHN]
An ammonia odor
Who “could eat no fat” and his wife “could eat no lean,” but
between them “they licked the platter clean”?
What children’s “cocktail” of grenadine syrup, ginger ale,
and a maraschino cherry is named after a 1930s child star?
What are children taught to eat with the rhyme “Little ships
go out to sea, I push my spoon away from me”?
In what month of the year do the greatest number of Americans diet?
T r u e o r f a l s e : It is customary to tip the bartender upon
leaving the bar for a table when the bar tab will added to
the dinner check.
What is the term for a bundle of mixed herbs used to flavor
soups and stews?
Jack Sprat
Shirley Temple
Soup
March (30 percent of Americans)
True (Leave a tip at the bar and subtract the bar bill when
figuring the dinner tip.)
Bouquet garni [boo-KAY gahr-NEE] (most commonly a
mix of parsley, thyme, and bay leaf)
What historical building is a San Francisco foodie destination, with 65,000 square feet or artisanal food and an
outdoor farmers market?
In what 1945 movie musical does the character Melissa
Frake exclaim, “I’ve got the most a woman can get in life!”
upon winning a blue ribbon for her mincemeat?
Which direction are fork tines held—up or down—when
bringing food to the mouth in American-style eating?
What celebrity-farmer couple raises pigs the old-fashioned
way and has formed a network of nearly 500 like-minded
pig farmers, often selling their meats to celebrity chefs?
How much did the typical American household spend on
food away from home in 2004—$938, $1,503, or $2,434?
What is the term for the white membrane that runs along
tenderloin cuts of meat and causes curling and an unpleasant chew if not removed?
The Ferry Building
State Fair
Up
Phyllis and Paul Willis (Niman Ranch Pork Company)
$2,434 (about $974 per person)
Silver skin
Who wrote The Joy of Cooking as a means to support
herself following her husband’s death in 1930?
What product was a marketing coup in the movie E.T.: the
Extra-Terrestrial (1982)?
When is it okay to place one’s elbows on the table
during a meal?
What is added to milk labeled “reduced lactose,” for the
lactose intolerant?
What is the name of an upholstered wall seat in a
restaurant?
What spice, essential to Szechuan [SEHCH-wahn] cooking,
cannot legally be imported into the United States unless it
is labeled heat-treated?
Irma Rombauer (1877–1962)
Hershey Reese’s Pieces
Between courses
Lactase (to turn milk lactose into more easily digestible
sugars)
A banquette
Szechuan peppercorns (They must be heat-treated to kill
a canker that could threaten the U.S. citrus industry.)
What lifestyle maven has a corporation listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MSO?
What 1920s tune, by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn, portrays
a fruit-stand owner who can’t say no?
What style Champagne glass has fallen out of favor for its
relative inability to retain effervescence?
How long does it take the liver to oxidize one alcoholic
drink—about 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or 60 minutes?
T r u e o r f a l s e : Sushi should be lightly swiped through soy
sauce and never left to linger there.
What Native American tuber is a member of the morning
glory family and is neither a potato nor a yam?
Martha Stewart
“Yes, We Have No Bananas” (made popular by Eddie
Cantor)
The saucer Champagne glass
About 60 minutes
True (A soak drowns the sushi and insults the chef.)
Sweet potato
What seeds are used to make Mexican pepitas [puh-PEEtahs]?
Who is the LA architect who used his signature titanium
“ribbons” in pink to represent red wine for a new complex
at Spain’s Marqués de Riscal Winery?
What is the term for a light evening meal served to guests
following a concert or sports event?
What thickener will actually thin under conditions of too
much heat, vigorous stirring, or a too-long cooking time?
In what Chicago restaurant could you eat your menu or
watch your food cook on the plate in a polymer box?
What British stove was invented in 1922 as a “heat storage
cooker,” using radiant, not conduction, heat?
Pumpkin seeds
Frank Gehry
Late supper
Cornstarch
Moto Restaurant
The Aga stove