Chengdu is the capital of this province that lends its name to a hot and spicy food variety
What is Szechuan province?
The main ingredients in a mint julep are mint leaves, simple syrup & this liquor
What is bourbon?
This Hawaiian nut, originally from Australia, was named in 1858 for a Scottish-born chemist
What is a macadamia nut?
This is a cooking herb in the mint family
What is thyme?
Grown in Georgia, this hickory family nut is a prime ingredient in Tanya Holland's chocolate bourbon pie recipe
What are pecans?
The name of this dish of marinated lamb, skewered & grilled, comes from the Greek for "skewer"
What is souvlaki?
Tequila, lime juice & grapefruit soda make one of these, also the name of Picasso's daughter
What is Paloma?
In the 1920s Italian chef Signor Cardini created this salad at his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico
What is the Caesar salad?
This condiment is made from eggs, lemon juice, oil & vinegar
What is mayonnaise?
The USDA recognizes egg sizes from peewee to this
What is jumbo?
Traditionally cooked in a clay pot, feijoada is a hearty Brazialian stew of these legumes along with pork & beef
What are black beans?
Starting with Q, this means to drink a beverage copiously & heartily
What is to quaff?
He and his team served 3.6 million meals in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017
Who is Chef José Andrés?
These are the holy trinity of Cajun cooking
What are bell pepper, celery and onion?
A liquid in which food is soaked before cooking, it's from the Latin for "sea water"
What is a marinade?
If you order some arugula in a London eatery, try this spacey word
What is rocket?
Legend says the Viennese began their love affair with coffee after fending off these invaders, who in 1683 left behind sacks of coffee beans
Who are the Turks?
This companion of Gertrude Stein raised some eyebrows with her 1954 cookbook
Who is Alice B. Toklas?
It sounds like to pamper eggs, but it means to cook them in water just below the boiling point
What is to coddle?
You deserve to be crowned if you know that sassafras, avocado & cinnamon are all part of this family
What is the laurel family?
It sounds more like Italian food, but this volcano on an island north of Sicily is known as the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean
What is Mount Stromboli?
As this "Next Generation" alien bartender, Whoopi Goldberg worked in the Ten-Forward Lounge
Who is Guinan?
In 1946 James Beard began hosting the first cooking program on network TV, called this
What is I Love to Eat?
This 1980s trio rapped, "It's Christmas time in Hollis, Queens. Mom's cooking chicken and collard greens"
Who are Run DMC?
An auction of this poet's possessions included her copy of "Joy of Cooking" with "Ted likes this" next to a veal recipe
Who is Sylvia Plath?