Gotta love fruits!
Craisins are both a popular snack and a registered trademark. What fruit is used to make craisins?
Cranberries
Considered a loan word from Greek, what is the difficult-to-spell name of the dip or sauce made of strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and other seasonings? It is most often served cold as part of an appetizer.
Tzatziki
Pizza Margherita is a typical Neapolitan pizza made with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, salt, extra-virgin olive oil, and what culinary herb?
Basil
There's a dessert with slightly mysterious origins (is it from France, Spain, or England?) that is also known as a burnt cream or Trinity cream. It famously has a custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. What is it?
Crème brûlée
The simple Italian salad known as a Caprese salad typically includes tomatoes, basil, and what variety of cheese?
Mozarella
Officially recognized as its state berry in 1991, Maine is one the world’s top producers of the wild variety of what fruit that is actually deep purple due to its anthocyanin antioxidants?
Blueberry
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill and Hell's Kitchen restaurants are both located in what ancient Rome-themed hotel and casino?
Caesars Palace
What common leafy green is native to Persia and is often associated with a specific cartoon character who made his maritime debut in 1929?
Spinach
Name the Italian dessert that contains ladyfingers, mascarpone, and a secret pick-me-up ingredient.
Tiramisu
What is the dairy product that is occasionally known as curds and whey, is drained to keep the curds loose (rather than pressed like Paneer), and is usually "dressed" with cream?
Cottage Cheese
Since 2006, what variety of apple has been Minnesota's state apple? It's considered such a prized commodity due to its sweetness, firmness, and tartness which make it an ideal apple for eating raw and its large cells, which rupture when bitten, filling the mouth with juice.
Honeycrisp
Momo is a popular South Asian food combining a carb-heavy covering with a filling of meat or vegetables. This food is often served in East Asia by what other name?
Dumpling
What common herb do some eaters complain tastes of soap? Some consumers of this plant in the family Apiaceae have a variation in their olfactory-receptor genes which brings out the soapy taste of this plant’s leaves.
Cilantro (Coriander)
In 2019, Fig Newton-maker Nabisco revealed that its mystery Oreo flavor that year had been what deep-fried Spanish dessert?
Churro
Any variety of cheese that resembles Emmental cheese is typically referred to in the United States as what yellow-white variety?
Swiss cheese
There's a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece with a namesake food item known for its purple color and smooth meaty texture. What is this fruit?
Kalamata Olive
A popular New Year dessert in China and Taiwan is Eight Treasure Rice. The "eight treasures" might include the black and golden varieties of what type of dried fruit?
Raisins
What fruit sometimes known as the alligator pear is likely to have originated in South Central Mexico? Botanically speaking, this fruit is a large berry with a single seed and it is now grown in dozens of countries in both hemispheres.
Avocado/ Avocadoes
Technically translating directly as "candy from milk," what is the name of the confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a brown substance which is used as a dessert or topping?
Dulce de Leche
Whole milk, lemon juice, and salt are typically the only three ingredients (along with a half hour of time) for making what popular homemade cheese with a name meaning "refined" in Italian?
Ricotta
What's the common name for a sponge cake with baked-in fruit that provides both flavor and decoration atop the cake?
Upside Down Cake
The condiment typically known as thousand island dressing and occasionally referred to on fast food menus as "special sauce" is in fact named for the Thousand Islands region which exists along the border of what TWO countries?
US and Canada
“Peasants cabbage” was an early term used for what cruciferous plant that spiked in popularity in the 2000s?
Kale
A "Baked Alaska" dessert is, unsurprisingly, a baked dessert made of ice cream that is covered in what other sweet?
Meringue
Poutine, often referred to as Canada's national dish, consists of french fries, gravy, and which other ingredient?
Cheese curds