Food for the Holidays
The main meat dish that many Americans eat at Thanksgiving
What's turkey?
Sweet dessert that is baked in the oven and served mostly on birthdays
What's cake?
An Italian dish consisting largely of noodles, typically served with a sauce.
What's spaghetti/pasta?
Fermented soy beans.
What's natto?
Not quite Mexican.
Spiced ground beef, lettuce and pieces of fried corn chips served over rice.
What's taco rice?
A soup made with vegetables and rice cakes.
What's ozoni?
A popular American dessert made with a big, orange vegetable.
What's pumpkin pie?
A Chinese food made with a soft outer shell and meat or vegetable filings
What's gyoza?
What are dumplings?
A popular style of hot pot. Usually eaten by dipping the cooked meat and vegetables in raw egg.
What's sukiyaki?
Not quite Italian.
Spaghetti served with a ketchup based sauce. Popular with kids.
What's Napolitan Pasta?
A bowl of vinegared rice covered with sushi toppings.
What's chirashi-zushi?
A baked snack that is small, flat and sweet. Usually has chocolate chips.
What are cookies?
A Japanese dish made with rice, often topped with raw fish.
What's sushi?
A noodle dish from Nagasaki, served with meat, seafood and lots of vegetables.
What's Nagasaki Chanpon?
Not quite Taiwanese.
Starch from the Cassava root, or the pearls made with this starch. An important ingredient in making bubble tea.
What is tapioca?
A pastry filled with lotus seed paste or red bean paste, traditionally eaten around the Mid-Autumn festival. Named after a bright object in the sky.
What's a mooncake?
A creamy dessert made with eggs, milk and sugar. It usually has a caramel sauce.
What's pudding?
An Italian type of cheese, with a strong, unique taste. Easily recognized by the blue/green mold spots on the cheese.
What is gorgonzola?
Japanese noodles made from buckwheat.
What's soba?
Not quite Mexican (again).
A deep-fried burrito.
What are chimichangas?
A chocolate roll cake decorated like a tree.
What's a Yule log / Bûche de Noël?
A traditional, dry Japanese sweet made mostly of powdered sugar and flour. Often served at tea ceremonies.
What's higashi?
A dish from France made with thin pancakes and an orange based sauce.
What are Crepes Suzette?
The Japanese version of a Portuguese dish called "peixinhos da horta".
Named after the 40-day period before Easter.
What's tempura?
Not quite Hawaiian.
A cold, sweet cream made by crushing a purple type of berry. Popular as a snack, it is very high in calories.
What is Açai?