Absurd Recipes
The main ingredient in both Jello and, more controversially, Aspic.
Gelatin
Signed in 1215, this document is considered the foundation of global constitutional law.
Magna Carta
Rather than provinces or states, Switzerland hosts these.
Cantons
This Monet painting of a Le Havre harbor at dawn gave the impressionist movement its name.
Impression Sunrise
This holiday is the most celebrated festival in Vietnamese culture, and offered its name to the Vietcong’s 1968 offensive.
Tet
To create “mock goose,” one serves this fruit, baked, inside of a chicken, which is said to replicate the texture of the larger bird.
Apple
Famously, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Israel lack these.
Written constitutions.
This international aid organization, founded by Henry Dunant and based in Geneva, is an inversion of the Swiss flag.
The Red Cross
Known for his paintings of ballet dancers and racetrack subjects.
Edgar Degas
This, the northern province of Vietnam
Cochin (China)
A 1940s recipe substitutes butter for a large amount of this creamed, egg-based condiment, in a chocolate cake
Mayonnaise
John Marshall’s 1803 opinion in this case was foundational to the global concept of separation of powers.
Marbury v. Madison
Switzerland has four official languages, German, French, Italian, and this.
Romansch
This French term for outdoor painting, to capture the real effect of light and atmosphere
En plain air
This, the female national dress of Vietnam.
Ao dai
A recipe for canned sardine cake instructs the baker to frost such a dish with this common, sweeter baking ingredient.
Cream cheese
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht sits in this southern German city.
Karlsruhe
Switzerland maintains this stance permanently in relation in world affairs.
Neutrality
This artist, known for his intimate portraits of women and children, was the only impressionist to be featured at all eight shows.
Camille Pissarro
This Vietnamese guerrilla led a successful insurgency against Ming China in 1418.
Le Loi
This notorious Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia recipe calls for boiling beef and serving it with a side of jelly beans.
Milk steak
In 2008, this South American country made headlines by granting nature itself constitutional rights.
Ecuador
This Latin term provides Switzerland’s national abbreviation, CH.
Confoederatio Helvetica
Georges Seurat developed this technique as an outgrowth of Impressionism, using tiny, distinct dots.
Pointillism
This 18th-century epic is considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature, penned by Nguyen Du.