Kitchen Corner
This traditional American cake, often associated with the South, is known for its bright red color and tangy cream cheese frosting.
Red Velvet Cake
These vibrant, yellow flowers are famous for turning their "heads" to follow the sun across the sky during the day.
Sunflowers
From the famous proverb: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the ____."
What is the bush
This is the largest museum in the world?
What is the Louvre
A very large feline.
What is a fat cat
This term describes the process of briefly plunging vegetables into boiling water and then into an ice bath to keep them crisp and colorful.
Blanching
This herb, often used in pesto, is said to keep away pests and is a popular companion plant for tomatoes.
Basil
From the Frank Sinatra classic: "I’ve got you under my ____."
What is skin
This is the country that is home to Mount Everest?
Nepal
A very chilly bowl of grains.
Rice Ice
Invented in 1930 at the Toll House Inn, these cookies were created when the baker added broken chocolate bar pieces to her dough.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is the specific term for plants that live for only one growing season and must be replanted every year.
What is annuals
This popular idiom about being well-prepared: "Always keep your powder ____."
What is dry
The Cape of Good Hope can be found in this country
South Africa
A ginormous mold or mushroom
humongous fungus
This classic thickening agent is made by cooking equal parts of flour and fat, usually butter, together over low heat.
What is a roux
Known as the "Queen of Flowers," this thorny shrub has varieties named "Tea," "Grandiflora," and "Floribunda."
What is rose
From the Wizard of Oz: "There’s no place like ____."
What is home
This city is home to La Sagrada Família
Barcelona
The invoice for one’s prescription tablets.
Unlike baking soda, this leavening agent contains its own acidic ingredient, which allows it to react and cause dough to rise when moistened.
What is baking powder
Often called "Nature’s Plowmen," these creatures help the garden by aerating the soil and breaking down organic matter.
What are earthworms
The ending of this Benjamin Franklin quote: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and ____."
What is wise
This is the name of the statue at the top of Mount Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janeiro
Christ the Redeemer
Dance performed by a tropical fruit
Mango Tango