Food and States
This is the official state dessert of Massachusetts.
What is Boston cream pie?
This casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name.
What is Texas Roadhouse?
This soup includes the Cajun/Creole "holy trinity" of celery, bell pepper, and onions along with stock, shellfish, and a thickener and is the official state food of Louisiana.
What is gumbo?
This Italian term means "to the tooth."
What is "al dente"?
This fast-food chain famously sold out of chicken sandwiches in 2019 and announced they'd return on a Sunday to take a jab at rival Chick-Fil-A.
What is Popeyes?
This chocolate brand hosts an amusement park and factory in a city that shares its name in Pennsylvania
What is Hershey?
This processed meat is popular in Hawaii and was named by combining the words "spiced" and "ham."
This cooking technique involves pouring fat or juices over meat during cooking in order to keep it moist.
What is basting?
The only wines that are legally allowed to be named “Champagne” must be bottled within 100 miles of the Champagne region in this country.
What is France?
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill and Hell's Kitchen restaurants are both located in this ancient Rome-themed hotel and casino.
What is Caesars Palace?
The Massachusetts town of Newton inspired the name for these chewy, square-shaped cookies filled with fig paste.
What are Fig Newtons?
Outside of its home city, the St. Louis Bread Company is more popularly known as this chain restaurant.
What is Panera Bread?
This term describes a Japanese cooking method of grilling with a sweet soy glaze.
What is teriyaki?
Often used to describe "savoriness," this is the fifth basic taste (in addition to sweet, sour, etc.)
What is umami?
This is the colloquial term for a rotating tray often placed on a table to aid in distributing food.
What is a Lazy Susan?
Hawaii and California are currently the only two US states that grow this type of bean.
What are coffee beans?
On July 14, 2021, in honor of National Macaroni and Cheese Day, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream partnered with this food brand to release Macaroni & Cheese-flavored ice cream.
What is Kraft?
A basic pesto sauce consists of basil, Parmesan, olive oil, salt, and this ingredient.
What are pine nuts?
Bacon is made from this cut of pork.
What is pork belly?
The Waldorf salad was named for the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC where it was first created for a charity ball in 1896. In addition to grapes, walnuts, and apples, this condiment is typically a key ingredient in the Waldorf salad.
What is mayonnaise?
This Northeast state is credited for being the birthplace of the hamburger.
What is Connecticut?
The first hamburger in the US was cooked, flipped and served in Connecticut and, if you’re looking for a bite of history, you’ll be happy to know that you can still eat at the original restaurant where it happened. Louis’ Lunch in New Haven is the oldest hamburger restaurant in the US, serving them to happy customers since 1895.
In multiple versions of an advertisement for a particular type of candy, a character named Mr. Owl returns a used candy stick to a young boy. Name the candy being advertised.
What are Tootsie Pops?
This is the appropriate internal temperature required to serve ground chicken (in Fahrenheit).
What is 165 degrees Fahrenheit?
What are Scoville units?
This American city lends its name to an omelette stuffed with diced ham, onions, and green peppers, topped with cheese, and served with a side of home fries or hashed browns?
What is Denver?