Produce
Famous Dishes
Cheese
Name that Pasta
Odds & Ends
100
The purple vegetable that Italy made popular (it is often used as a vegetarian version of chicken parmesan)
What is eggplant
100
A flat bread made with pizza dough and topped with seasonings
What is focaccia
100
The cheese that is used on pizza and in Caprese salads
What is mozzarella
100
The bowtie pasta
What is farfalle
100
The inedible part of the artichoke
What is the choke
200
A green, globe-like shaped vegetable that is eaten baked, fried, grilled, etc. on pizza and in pasta
What is artichoke.
200
The Italian word for "big soup". It usually contains large amounts of vegetables and either rice or pasta
What is Minestrone
200
This cheese is long-aged, full-flavored and has a hard rind. It is used for grating and eaten in slivers
What is parmesan
200
The pasta with angled edges like the quill of a pen
What is penne
200
The tool used to get the pizza in and out of the oven
What is a peel
300
One of Italy's finest native ingredients, available in green and black
What are olives
300
An egg dish, similar to an omelette that includes vegetables and is baked in the oven
What is Frittata
300
A tangy cheese, not made from the milk of cows. It is often used in salads
What is goat cheese
300
The pasta that is made of half flour, half pureed potato (similar to a dumpling)
What is gnocchi
300
Italy's most widely used cooking oil
What is Olive oil
400
The edible seeds of a pine tree
What is pine nuts
400
A popular Italian food made with a pizza dough crust, which is folded, stuffed and is sandwich size
What is Calzone
400
The triple-cream cheese used in Italian desserts
What is mascarone
400
The pasta that looks like rice
What is orzo
400
The term for the appetizer in Italian cuisine
What is antipasto
500
The salted and pickled bud of a Meditteranean bush, used as a flavoring and garnish
What is a caper
500
The twice-baked Italian cookie
What is biscotti
500
The creamy blue cheese made in Lombardy (Italian blue cheese)
What is gorgonzola
500
The little ear or bowl-shaped pasta
What is orecchiette
500
Coarsely ground yellow maize.
What is polenta
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