Food and Flavor
This Salvadoran dish is a thick corn cake filled with cheese, beans, or pork and often served with pickled cabbage slaw.
What is a pupusa?
This Mexican American singer known as the Queen of Tejano Music
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
Nacogdoches: What fruit is celebrated at an annual downtown festival that features food, vendors, music, and a pie contest?
What are blueberries? The Texas Blueberry Festival.
This June holiday commemorates the announcement of emancipation in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
In Spanish, what does “¿Qué onda?” commonly mean in casual conversation?
What is “What's up?” or “How's it going?”
This Texas barbecue specialty is a large cut of beef cooked low and slow, especially popular in Central Texas.
What is brisket?
This Houston-born rapper released the hit song “Sicko Mode”
Who is Travis Scott?
Tyler: Which flower gives Tyler its nickname, the “[BLANK] Capital of America,” and is celebrated with an annual festival and parade?
What is the rose?
This Central American country, whose capital is San Salvador, and has a Pacific coastline.
What is El Salvador?
At a family cookout, this Southern side dish is made from cornmeal and is often fried into small golden rounds or balls.
What are hush puppies?
This Louisiana dish is made with seasoned rice and commonly includes chicken, sausage, or seafood.
What is jambalaya?
This music genre originated in the Bronx in the 1970s and grew into a culture involving MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art.
What is hip-hop?
Bakersfield, California, is famous for a country music style that developed partly in reaction to the smoother Nashville sound. What is this style called?
What is the Bakersfield Sound?
This Mexican holiday on September 16 commemorates the beginning of Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.
What is Mexican Independence Day?
This Mexican American celebration commemorates a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. It is not Mexico's Independence Day.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This Mexican dish consists of a tortilla folded around a filling and then cooked on a griddle, often with melted cheese.
What is a quesadilla?
This style of blues, associated with Texas and particularly the Dallas-area musician T-Bone Walker, helped shape modern electric blues guitar.
What is Texas blues?
Opelousas, Louisiana: This city is known as the “[BLANK] Music Capital of the World.” What genre is celebrated at its major Labor Day weekend music festival?
What is zydeco?
This Mexican holiday, celebrated on November 1 and 2, honors deceased loved ones with ofrendas, marigolds, and photos.
What is Día de los Muertos?
In Louisiana, what word describes the distinctive local culture and cuisine shaped by French, African, Spanish, Indigenous, and other influences, especially in southern parts of the state?
What is Creole or Cajun?
This Louisiana cooking mixture combines chopped onion, bell pepper, and celery and is often called the foundation of Cajun and Creole cooking.
What is the Holy Trinity?
This rapper from New Orleans is famous for the album Tha Carter III and the hit song “A Milli.”
Who is Lil Wayne?
Shreveport: What annual arts festival, established in 1976, brings visual artists, crafts, performances, and food vendors to downtown Shreveport?
What is the Red River Revel?
This Indigenous people have deep historical ties to East Texas and neighboring parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
Who are the Caddo people?
This Salvadoran word is often used to refer to a close friend or buddy, especially in informal speech.
What is “maje”?