BREAD
Broke bread? In 2012 Hostess stopped making this iconic squishy white loaf
Wonder Bread
B is for this aromatic long-grained rice that's traditionally served with Indian dishes
basmati
It's the roe of a sturgeon from the Black Sea
caviar
One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater
decaf
Hamburger U.'s main campus is a sprawling Illinois facility that trains this company's employees
McDonalds
In 1849 the Boudin family found the San Francisco air helped give their French bread a new taste & got into making this variety
Sourdough
T is for this tasty poultry dish, named for the clay oven it's roasted in
tandoori chicken
Dogs are trained to find the white or Piedmont variety of this fungus
truffle
On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries
cherries
The first hamburger chain in the U.S. was this one that sounds like it could've benefitted from a moat
White Castle
A cereal grain similar to wheat or barley, this can be turned into deli bread or Templeton whiskey
rye
D is for this vegetarian dish made with lentils or split peas; it's also a generic term for any number of dried pulses
dal
This type of highly prized Japanese beef comes from cows that are massaged & fed beer
Kobe beef
Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852
french press
Not seen on In-N-Out's drive-thru menu is the "Protein Style" burger, which uses this instead of a bun
lettuce
When in Britain, do have some tea & this round griddle-cooked bread that looks like an English muffin
crumpets
S is for these savory stuffed pastries seen here with sauce for dipping
samosa
The livers of geese that are overfed & underexercised are used to make this pate substance
foie gras
Before this process, coffee beans are green; after, they're brown & ready to grind
roasting
Hamburger is sometimes turned into this kind of "steak", as in the name of a British city
Salisbury
It's the pancake-like Ethiopian bread that also serves as your eating utensil & your tablecloth
injera
V is for this mega-hot curry, adapted from a Portuguese dish & originally made with pork
vindaloo
This most expensive spice in the world is used as the dye for the robes of Buddhist priests
saffron
These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards
fair trade
The FleurBurger 5000 is a $5,000 burger with black truffles & foie gras, made from wagyu, a type of beef originally from this country
Japan