Food & Drink
Our Food & Drink category is prepared with the finest trivia and served to you fresh. Let yourself be whisked away by some of these tasty, tasty questions. Be sure to leave room for dessert!
What recipe, first published 50 years ago, has been requested most frequently through the years by the readers of “Better Homes and Garden”?
Because they spoil at high temperatures, what were once assumed to be safe for eating only in the months with the letter ‘r’ in their English/French names?
In cooking what is a ‘bain-marie’?
What is the worlds’s largest herb?
Which famous product was originally marketed as the “Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage”?
The Korean soup ‘Poshintang’ is a popular item on summertime menus. What is it made from?
What is the name of the dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine made from a meat stock or consommE?
Which is more substantial, ‘Afternoon Tea’ or ‘High Tea’?
Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?
Oryza sativa is what staple food item?
Scandinavian aquavit is flavoured with what?
What milk product did the U.S. Agriculture Department propose as a substitute for meat in school lunches, in 1996?
If you were served Crudites as a starter what would you be eating.
Cleopatra used the juice of what common salad ingredient to preserve her skin?
Because of its unusual taste and appearance, what food item is an acquired taste and gave rise to the Jewish-American expression “What am I, X?”, signifying frustration at being ignored?
What nation’s culinary wizards gave the world Stuffed Calf’s Eyes and Cow Brain Frittters?
What are the two top selling spices in the world?
The World’s biggest what was made at Utica, New York in January 1998?
Barrel size – what beer barrel contains 108 gallons?
Which strong cheese, made from ewes milk and stored in caves, is named after a village in France?
What crystalline salt is frequently used to enhance the flavor to TV dinners?
When milk sours what acid is formed?
Because the climate of Ireland hinders the growth of hard wheat (that creates a flour that rises with the assistance of yeast), bicarbonate of soda replaced yeast as the leavening agent. This led to the creation of what type of bread?
Which drink composed of three parts champagne or other sparkling wine and two parts chilled orange juice is traditionally served to guests at weddings?
What does barley become when prepared for brewing?
What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule?
Mafalde is what shaped pasta?
Eggwash is generally used for what purpose?
What hit the market alongside spinach as the first frozen veggies?
The name of which Nabisco shortbread biscuit/cookie is also a 1893 English romance novel by R.D. Blackmore?
Which fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and spices is used for many cocktails including the Martini and the Manhattan?
What does VVSOP mean on a cognac bottle?
Corzetti is what shaped pasta?
Which three flavors make up a Neapolitan ice cream?
What is the Culinary term for ‘According to the menu’?
From which French region does Claret come from?
What food product, marketed as Elijah’s Manna in 1904, was renamed because of objections from the clergy?
A nebuchadnezzar of wine holds the equivalent of how many bottles?
What starchy substance makes up the chewy bits nestled at the bottom of the trendy bar smoothie called a “boba”?
Although overshadowed by the dominance of its rival Hennessy, what cognac is a status symbol within the hip-hop community because of a song by Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy?
What was the first name of the original food manufacturer Mr. Heinz?
Majestic, Romano and Arran Victory are types of which vegetable?
What is the ‘religious’ name for the hot appetizer made of oysters wrapped with bacon?
In cooking terminology, what is the process of stewing meat (mainly game) for a long time in a tightly covered container, such as a casserole? A traditional dish that involves this process is made with hare and is known as civet de liEvre in France.
What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?
In a restaurant, what is the difference between being served ‘Service a la francaise’ and ‘Service a la russe’?
Most often used to cook fish and also poultry, what does the En Papillote method of cooking indicate?
British politician John Montigue is credited with inventing what?
Bacardi and Carioca rums come from what country?
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