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100

What’s the name of the famously angry British host on the reality TV show “Hell’s Kitchen”?

Gordon Ramsay

100

What round, green food is one of Brazil's most common pizza toppings? Though considered a vegetable nutritionally, this plant is botanically a fruit and it makes occasional appearances in carbonara sauces.


Green Peas

100

Which famous soft drink was invented in 1892?

Coca Cola

100

What term is a cooking technique involving pouring fat or juices over, particularly meat, during cooking to keep it moist?

Basting

100

What bean originating in East Asia is used for making oil, miso, and tofu?

Soybean

200

A staple on Food Network, this chef appeared in several shows like Boy Meets Grill and Throwdown! With….

Bobby Flay

200

“Peasants cabbage” was an early term used for what cruciferous plant that spiked in popularity in the 2000s

Kale

200

Retired in the 21st century, "it's finger lickin' good" had been the slogan for over 50 years for what restaurant chain? The slogan had been conceived by a franchise owner rather than an ad agency.

KFC

200

What is the technique called when you plunge food into ice water as soon as you remove it from cooking liquid.

Shocking

200

In Indian cooking, what ingredient is called “jaggery”?

Sugar


300

Contemporary American chef known for his expertise on Italian cuisine as well as his feud with Gordan Ramsay.

Mario Batali

300

What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?

Strawberry

300

Horseradish was the first commercial packaged and sold foodstuff by what Pittsburgh based company?

Heinz

300

Literally meaning “everything in its place”, which 3-word French team describes the measuring and preparation of ingredients prior to cooking?

Mise en place

300

Japanese horseradish is more popularly known as what?

Wasabi

400

Highly regarded awards are given annually in the name of this man who is considered the dean of American chefs.  Among others he was an author, a columnist, a pioneering television cook and is linked with commercializing several food brands.

James Beard

400

What "B" berry was grown by and named after a California horticulturist who crossed the European raspberry, European blackberry, American dewberry, and loganberry?

Boysenberry

400

Which fast food chain has the largest number of restaurants in the world?

Subway

400

Coffee was the first food to undergo what process for cold-temperature long-term preservation?

Freeze-dried

400

What cheese is the Netherlands famous for making?

Gouda

500

Chef Paul Prudhomme who is credited with popularizing Creole cuisine ran a restaurant for several years in what American City?

New Orleans

500

What vegetable has toxic leaves but an edible stalk?

Rhubarb

500

What company was the one to invent “fast food”?

White Castle

500

To “bard” a roast means to do what to it?

Wrap it in fat

500

What is a wiener schnitzel traditionally made of?

Veal