This harmful bacteria is found in the intestines of humans and animals and can be transferred to food if food handlers do not wash their hands after using the washroom.
What is E. Coli?
100
Burning or browning the sugars in a food product.
What is caramelizing?
100
A tool used to extract the juice from a lemon.
What is a reamer?
100
A rice dish made by cooking the rice in a small amount of fat, adding boiling liquid, covering, and baking in an oven for 40-50 minutes.
What is rice pilaf?
100
The names of the four teenage mutant ninja turtles.
Who are Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello?
200
The bacteria is most commonly found in poultry products like chicken and eggs.
What is salmonella?
200
Combining and incorporating air into sugar and butter for a cookie or cake batter.
What is creaming?
200
A bowl-shaped instrument used for draining pasta or washing produce.
What is a colander?
200
A grain (specifically a grass) that looks like rice, and is typically found in China and North America.
What is wild rice?
200
The capital city of Manitoba.
What is Winnipeg?
300
The bacteria commonly found on the skin and hair, as well as in the noses and throats of humans.
What is staphylococcus?
300
"Everything in its place." Chefs prepare and gather all of the ingredients they will need BEFORE they begin to cook.
What is "mis-en-place?"
300
The defining special feature of a bread knife
What is a serrated edge?
300
A short grain rice that is used in making the Italian dish "risotto."
What is Arborio rice?
300
The restaurant where Penny, a main character on The Big Bang Theory, worked as a waitress/bartender.
What is The Cheesecake Factory?
400
The bacteria is found in dented and bulging canned foods.
What is botulism?
400
A temporary emulsion.
What is a vinaigrette?
400
The metal part of a knife to which the handle is attached.
What is the tang?
400
This simple yet comforting/filling food is made from a dough made simply of flour, eggs, water and salt.
What is pasta?
400
An internet phenomenon its height in February of 2013 had groups of people posting videos of themselves dancing to an excerpt of a song by Baauer.
What is the Harlem Shake?
500
This bacteria is found in under-cooked pork.
What is trichinosis?
500
Peas, beans, and lentils are all part of this category of food.
What are legumes?
500
An instrument used to "true" or "hone" the cutting edge of a knife.
What is a steel?
500
"Firm to the bite." This is the way pasta should be cooked.
What is "al dente?"
500
The film that won Best Picture in the 85th annual Academy Awards (in February of 2013).