Dreaming of Summer
Hayley Mills plays the double leading roles of kids who meet at camp in this film; their first meeting exposes a visceral hatred for each other.
The Parent Trap
Pounds, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons are part of the category of weights and this.
measures
Vertical lines run this way.
up and down, or from top to bottom
This antebellum South Carolina city boasts cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages, and Fort Sumter
Charleston
This term refers to a menu with separately priced items.
à la carte
This is the most popular color of rose given on Valentine’s Day
red
Roses account for 83 percent of all flowers sold on Valentine’s Day, and 63 percent of those roses are red
When leaving school for summer vacation, students in love are reminded by this 1966 hit single by the Happenings that they will see each other again in September
“See You in September”
We were taught about this graphical representation of food and the number of servings of each group we should have in a day.
food pyramid
This visual line separates the ocean from the sky.
horizon
This former maximum security prison sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay on a gigantic rock.
Alcatraz?
This term means to beat an ingredient, such as cream, to incorporate air into it.
whip
This major bodily organ gets its own month in February
heart
On a cold, dreary Sunday in the dead of winter, a reminder of what lies ahead comes with watching this sport, played on lush fairways and greens and often set against the pounding waves of the ocean
golf
Use your glass measuring cup for measuring this type of ingredient
liquid
White lines that run across the street at an intersection are known as this
crosswalk
This string of islands off the coast of North Carolina houses the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its distinctive, diagonal black-and-white stripes.
the Outer Banks
Food Network celebrity Alton Brown calls this type of cooking in a gas oven “upside-down grilling
broiling
Fat Tuesday is the culmination of this event.
Mardi Gras
This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.
Summertime
Add this to a roux to make a béchamel sauce.
milk
This letter is made up of two diagonal lines that cross in the center.
X
If spelunking is high on your bucket list, there’s no better place to take a cave tour than the Mammoth Cave in this state.
Kentucky
This is the term for chopping an ingredient into cubes larger than minced cubes
dice
Chosen because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, February is when this annual observance is celebrated
Black History Month
The refrain to this 1967 Johnny Rivers tune goes: All summer long, we spent dancin’ in the sand And the jukebox kept on playin’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
“Summer Rain”
We learned this important concept regarding preparing food so all of it would be ready at the same time; it also applies to timing work, projects, and other tasks
time management
These equidistant lines never cross; for example, railroad tracks.
parallel lines
This city is best place in the Northeast to see Gilded Age mansions.
Newport, Rhode Island
According to Good Housekeeping, to do this is “to cook food in a small amount of fat in a skillet over relatively high heat, stirring often or occasionally.”
sauté
If you are born on this numerical day in February, technically your birthday will happen only every four years.
February 29
This 1973 film, set at the end of the summer of 1962, stars Ron Howard and Richard Dreyfuss; it covers only one night as the two prepare to leave for college.
(AG)
American Graffiti
We were taught that when no fire extinguisher was available, we should put out grease fires with this common ingredient
baking soda
Some believe these imaginary straight lines connect sacred places, such as Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids
ley lines
This national park near Jackson, Wyoming, is named for the highest mountain peak within its borders
Grand Teton National Park
A tied bunch of fresh herbs used while cooking is called this
bouquet garni
The people who ride the Mardi Gras floats are required by law to wear these
masks
They are required to remain anonymous, a tradition that started hundreds of years ago. They can wear full face masks or masks that shield only the eyes.