Cheese
Pasta
Meat & Pantry
Italy
Regions
100
This country, with over 2,500 kinds, has the highest variety of cheese in the world.
What is Italy?
100
A phrase meaning "to the tooth," which describes how pasta should be cooked.
What is "al dente"?
100
When making salad, a prodigal person should provide this ingredient.
What is olive oil?
100
The colors of the Italian flag.
What are red, white, and green?
100
The continent where Italy is located.
What is Europe?
200
A sheep's milk cheese often used in amatriciana sauce.
What is a pecorino romano?
200
When making fresh pasta, you need 1 cup of flour, a pinch of salt, one egg, and this.
What is an egg yolk?
200
A South American plant brought to Europe during the Columbian Extraction, it features in many Italian dishes and sauces, including caprese salads.
What is the tomato?
200
Name the language spoken AND the currency used in Italy.
What is Italian and the Euro?
200
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Much of the red sauce/eggless pasta/macaroni dishes popular with Americans originate on this island province of Italy.
What is Sicily?
300
A sauce made with heavy cream, butter, and Parmesan cheese, this sauce is a popularized American version of an Italian dish.
What is Alfredo?
300
This shape of pasta (the Italian, not English name). 
What is farfalle?
300
One of the most commonly used herbs in Italian cuisine, especially the Genovese variety.
What is basil?
300
Italy is the top-producing country of this beverage, beating out France and Spain.
What is wine?
300
PiedMONT, with its cuisine rich in veal, butter, and cheese but not much seafood, adjoins this geographic landform.
What are mountains?
(What are the Alps?)
400
This type of cheese.
What is burrata?
400
This shape of pasta.
What is tagliatelle?
400
The process to make prosciutto di parma.
What is curing (or salt curing)?
400
Name one of the seas bordering Italy.
What is the the Ligurian Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea?
400
Pizza Napoletana and Spaghetti alle Vongole are dishes from this coastal region.
What is the South?
(What is Campania/Naples, Puglia?)
500
Vacche Rosse Parmigiano Reggiano comes from this animal that almost went extinct in the late 1900s.
What is the red cow?
500
This relatively new pasta shape (less than 100 years old) is modeled after the Bugatti's radiator.
What is radiatori?
500
When a food product is made by local farmers and artisans using traditional methods in Italy, it can put these letters on its label.
What is DOP?
500
Name one of the six countries that border Italy.
What is Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, or Switzerland?
500
Schiacciata alla Fiorentina, a dessert featuring the giglio (lily) symbol, is from this place?
(Accepted responses: city or region)
What is Florence, Tuscany?
What is Central Italy?