Culinary History
This salad, despite its Italian-sounding name, was created in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920s.
What is Caesar Salad?
This Romanian dish is a stuffed cabbage roll, often served with sour cream & cheesy polenta (mamaliga).
What are Sarmale?
This British chef is known for his fiery temper and TV shows like Hell’s Kitchen.
Who is Gordon Ramsay?
This is the oldest known man-made beverage, predating civilization & even pottery.
What is beer?
Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of United Healthcare's CEO, was famously known to favor this Grass/Fighting Pokémon.
What is Breloom?
These cookies were invented in Massachusetts when a baker chopped up chocolate, expecting it to melt.
What are (Toll House) Chocolate Chip Cookies?
A type of pie made with layers of phyllo and cheese, sometimes with spinach or beef, sometimes called Burek is from this region of Europe.
What is the Balkans?
This cartoon character eats endless amounts of spinach to gain super strength.
Who is Popeye?
This spirit, distilled from juniper berries, became popular in Holland in the 16th century.
What is gin?
Emma Goldman, the famous anarchist, was deported to this country in 1919.
What is the Soviet Union?
The classic dessert tiramisu originates from this country.
What is Italy?
This Mediterranean spread, sometimes called Baba Ganoush, sometimes called Salată de Vinete, made from this savory fruit, olive oil, and garlic, is popular across the Balkans.
What is Eggplant/Aubergine?
The infamous Kitchen Nightmares host often criticized this popular but often fancy style of cooking for being overcomplicated.
What is French cuisine?
This French beverage, sparkling and associated with celebrations, originated in the region that it gets its name from.
What is Champagne?
Animals like black cats, rats, & raccoons have all been symbolically linked to this political philosophy promoting anti-authoritarianism.
What is anarchism?
Made with butter and flour, this is the base for most sources.
What is a roux?
A Romanian soup made from sour fermented wheat bran.
What is Ciorbă de Borș?
This animated show features a family whose father works at a nuclear power plant but is obsessed with donuts.
What is The Simpsons?
This dark spirit, distilled primarily in Scotland, is made from malted barley, aged in oak barrels, and its name is derived from the gaelic for "water of life."
What is whisky?
Before being fatally shot while taking audience questions at a Utah university event, this conservative activist had previously suggested that a certain number of gun violence deaths were an acceptable trade‑off to protect Second Amendment rights — a remark later mocked for its tragic irony after his assassination.
Who is Charlie Kirk?
Written by this prominent Roman gourmand, the first known cookbook, was titled De Re Coquinaria.
Who is Apicius?
This latin word for cake, is the origin for the following terms: plăcintă (romanian for pie), palačinka (serbian for pancake), πλατσέντα (greek for pastry), & placenta (English for the organ in mammals that nourishes the developing fetus).
What is PLACENTA?
In an episode of Futurama; discovered on the planet Omicron Persei 8, these crunchy, bite-sized treats sparked an intergalactic controversy when they were revealed to be sentient.
What are Popplers?
Varieties of this plant are used to produce the following: a sweet syrup, rope fibers, Mezcal, Tequila, & inulin.
What is Blue Agave?
In recent years, social media users jokingly claimed that these apex marine predators were “sinking the rich” after repeatedly ramming and damaging sailing yachts off the coast of Spain and Portugal — a narrative embraced as symbolic protest against inequality.
What are orcas?